Printer User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Copyright and Trademarks
- Operating System Versions
- Contents
- Safety Instructions
- Getting to Know Your Printer
- Printing Tasks
- Using the Control Panel
- Installing Options
- Replacing Consumable Products
- Cleaning and Transporting the Printer
- Troubleshooting
- Clearing Jammed Paper
- Printing a Configuration Status Sheet
- Operational Problems
- Printout Problems
- Print Quality Problems
- The background is dark or dirty
- White dots appear in the printout
- Print quality or tone is uneven
- Half-tone images print unevenly
- Toner smudges
- Areas are missing in the printed image
- Completely blank pages are output
- The printed image is light or faint
- The non-printed side of the page is dirty
- Print quality decreased
- Memory Problems
- Paper Handling Problems
- Problems Using Options
- Correcting USB Problems
- Status and Error Messages
- Canceling Printing
- Printing in the PostScript 3 Mode Problems
- The printer does not print correctly in the PostScript mode
- The printer does not print
- The printer or its driver does not appear in utilities in the printer configuration (Macintosh only)
- The font on the printout is different from that on the screen
- The printer fonts cannot be installed
- The edges of texts and/or images are not smooth
- The printer does not print normally via the USB interface
- The printer does not print normally via the network interface
- An undefined error occurs (Macintosh only)
- Printing in the PCL6/5 Mode Problems
- The printer does not print
- The printer does not print correctly in the PCL mode (only for Epson PCL6 printer driver)
- The printer does not start manual duplex printing (only for Epson PCL6 printer driver)
- The font on the printout is different from that on the screen
- The edges of texts and/or images are not smooth (only for Epson PCL6 printer driver)
- Cannot print from Citrix Presentation Server 4.5 (only for Epson PCL6 printer driver)
- About the Printer Software for Windows
- About the PostScript Printer Driver
- About the PCL Printer Driver
- Technical Specifications
- Where To Get Help
- Index
Note:
❏ For Windows 2000, if the Digital Signature Not Found dialog box appears during the installation
process, click Yes. If you click No, you will have to install the printer software again.
❏ For Windows Vista, Vista x64, XP, XP x64, Server 2003, or Server 2003 x64, if the Software
Installation dialog box appears during the installation process, click Continue Anyway. If you click
STOP Installation, you will have to install the printer software again.
❏ For Windows Server 2008 or Server 2008 x64, if the Windows Security dialog box appears during
the installation process, click Install this driver software anyway. If you click Don’t install this
driver software, you will have to install the printer software again.
Status and Error Messages
You can see the printer’s status and error messages on the LCD panel. For more information, see
“Status and Error Messages” on page 92.
Canceling Printing
Press the + Cancel Job button on the printer’s control panel.
To cancel a print job before it is sent from your computer, see “Cancelling a Print Job” on page 43.
Printing in the PostScript 3 Mode Problems
The problems listed in this section are those that you may encounter when printing with the PostScript
driver. All procedural instructions refer to the PostScript printer driver.
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