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

Font Guide........................................................................28
Network Guide.................................................................28
Online Help......................................................................28
Setup Guide......................................................................27
User’s Guide.....................................................................27
H
Headers and footers............................................................54
Help
Epson...............................................................................237
Hidden Watermark (copy protection) function.............60
How to register menus as bookmarks..............................65
I
I239X menu..........................................................................88
Imaging cartridge
Specifications..................................................................236
Information menu...............................................................66
Installing options
installing a CompactFlash memory............................140
installing a memory module........................................132
installing an interface card...........................................138
installing the duplex unit..............................................118
installing the optional paper cassette unit..................108
installing the stacker......................................................121
removing a CompactFlash memory............................145
removing a memory module........................................137
removing an interface card...........................................140
removing the duplex unit.............................................120
removing the optional paper cassette unit.................117
removing the stacker.....................................................127
Installing the postScript printer driver (Macintosh)....221
Installing the PostScript printer driver for the network
interface (Windows)...............................................220
Installing the PostScript printer driver for the parallel
interface (Windows)...............................................218
Installing the PostScript printer driver for the USB
interface (Windows)...............................................219
Interface cards
how to install..................................................................138
how to remove................................................................140
Interfaces
ethernet...........................................................................234
Parallel.............................................................................233
USB..................................................................................234
M
Maintenance
printer..............................................................................148
Printer (pickup roller)...................................................149
Memory module
how to install..................................................................132
how to remove................................................................137
specifications..................................................................235
MP tray
Specifications....................................................................30
Supported paper...............................................................30
N
Network menu.....................................................................80
O
Optional paper cassette unit
how to install..................................................................108
how to remove................................................................117
specifications..................................................................234
Options
specifications (CompactFlash).....................................236
specifications (duplex unit)..........................................235
specifications (memory module).................................235
specifications (optional paper cassette unit)..............234
specifications (stacker)..................................................236
Overlay
how to create (Windows)................................................55
how to print (Windows).................................................57
how to use (Windows)....................................................55
P
Paper
available paper................................................................229
loading the MP tray.........................................................30
loading the optional paper cassette...............................38
loading the standard lower paper cassette....................33
printable area..................................................................230
EPSON AcuLaser M8000 Series User's Guide
Index 246