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
Windows 2000 users
Click Start, point to Settings, then click Printers. Right-click your printer’s icon, then click Printing
Preferences.
Printing a configuration status sheet
To confirm the current status of the printer, print a configuration status sheet from the printer driver.
Note:
Print the configuration status sheet on A4 size paper (Landscape.)
1. Access the printer driver.
2. Click the Optional Settings tab and then click Configuration in Print Status Sheets.
Making Extended Settings
You can make various settings in the Extended Settings dialog box. To open the dialog box, click
Extended Settings on the Optional Settings tab.
Making Optional Settings
You can update the installed option information manually if you have installed options to your
printer.
1. Access the printer driver.
2. Click the Optional Settings tab, then select Update the Printer Option Info Manually.
3. Click Settings. The Optional Settings dialog box appears.
4. Make settings for each installed option, then click OK.
Displaying consumable information
The remaining service life of the consumables is displayed on the Basic Settings tab.
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