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

Special media....................................................................39
unavailable paper...........................................................229
Paper Jam A (Cover A).....................................................157
Paper Jam B A (Cover B or A).........................................161
Paper Jam C1 A, Paper Jam C2 A, Paper Jam C3 A,
Paper Jam C4 A (All paper cassettes and Cover
A)..............................................................................172
Paper Jam DM (Duplex Unit’s cover)............................182
Paper Jam MP A (MP tray or Cover A).........................168
Paper Jam STK (Stacker)..................................................183
Paper jams
how to clear.....................................................................156
Paper source
MP tray..............................................................................30
optional paper cassette....................................................38
standard lower paper cassette........................................33
Parallel Interface................................................................233
Parallel menu.......................................................................78
Password config menu........................................................90
PCL menu.............................................................................81
PCL printer driver
about the PCL Mode.....................................................226
hardware requirements.................................................226
system requirements......................................................226
PostScript printer driver
Accessing the PostScript printer driver (Macintosh)
...................................................................................224
Accessing the PostScript printer driver (Windows)
...................................................................................221
hardware requirements.................................................217
Installing the PostScript printer driver for Mac OS
X users......................................................................222
Selecting a printer in a network environment for
Mac OS X users.......................................................222
PostScript printer driver settings
Using AppleTalk under Windows 2000.....................221
Precautions
Replacing consumable products..................................147
Print layout
Modifying the print layout.............................................50
Printer
cleaning...........................................................................148
cleaning (pickup roller).................................................149
consumable products......................................................27
electrical..........................................................................233
environmental................................................................232
general.............................................................................231
mechanical......................................................................232
optional products.............................................................26
parts (front view).............................................................23
parts (inside).....................................................................25
parts (rear view)...............................................................24
standard and approvals.................................................233
transporting......................................................................17
transporting (long distance).........................................153
transporting (short distance).......................................154
Printer driver
Accessing the printer driver (Windows)....................204
Uninstalling the Printer software (Windows)...........215
Printer driver settings
Creating an overlay (Windows).....................................55
Delete the form overlay data on the storage................59
Duplex printing................................................................48
Making a new watermark...............................................53
Making Extended settings (Windows).......................205
Making Optional settings (Windows)........................205
Output Settings................................................................49
print layout.......................................................................50
Printing the copy-protected document........................60
Printing with an overlay..................................................57
Printing with storage form overlay...............................59
Register the storage form overlay data on the storage
.....................................................................................58
Re-Print Job......................................................................62
Reserve Job........................................................................62
Using a watermark...........................................................52
Using an overlay...............................................................55
Using headers and footers..............................................54
Using storage form overlay.............................................58
Printer software (Windows)
About...............................................................................204
Printing menu......................................................................70
Problems, solving
contacting Epson...........................................................237
PS3 menu..............................................................................82
Q
Quick Print Job menu.................................................77, 104
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