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

Paper output capacity: Face-down tray Up to 500 sheets of plain paper (80 g/m)
Stacker Up to 500 sheets of plain paper (80 g/m)
Printer language: ECP/Page
ESC/P 2 24-pin printer emulation (ESC/P 2 mode)
ESC/P 9-pin printer emulation (FX mode)
IBM Proprinter emulation (I239X mode)
Adobe PostScript3 (PS3 mode)
PCL6/PCL5 emulation (PCL mode)
Resident fonts: 84 scalable fonts, and 7 bitmap fonts for ESC/Page
95 scalable fonts, and 5 bitmap for PCL5
80 scalable fonts, and 1 bitmap for PCL6
17 scalable fonts for PostScript3
RAM: 128 MB, expandable up to 576 MB
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Printing speed varies by paper type or other conditions.
Environmental
Temperature: In use: 10 to 35˚C (50 to 95˚F)
Not in use: 0 to 35˚C (32 to 95˚F)
Humidity: In use: 15 to 85% RH
Not in use: 10 to 85% RH
Altitude: 2,000 meters (6,562 feet) maximum
Mechanical
Dimensions Height: 390 mm (15.4 in.)
Width: 518 mm (20.4 in.)
Depth: 429 mm (16.9 in.)
Weight Approx. 22.5 kg (about 49.6 lb)
(Excluding consumables and options)
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