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Color Laser Printer

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Where to Find Information

Setup Guide

Provides you with information on assembling the printer and installing the printer software.

Reference Guide (this manual)

Provides you with detailed information on the printers functions, optional products, maintenance, troubleshooting, and technical specifications.

Network Guide

Provides network administrators with information on both the printer driver and network settings.You need to install this guide from the software installation CD to your computers hard disk before referring it.

Paper Jam Guide

Provides you with solutions for paper jam problems about your printer you may need to refer to on a regular basis. We recommend printing this guide and keeping it near the printer.

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Contents

Safety Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10Warnings, Cautions, and Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10Important Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13Power On/Off Cautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Chapter 1 Gett

Printer Parts . . . .Front view .Rear view . .Inside the prControl pan

Options and ConOptions. . . .Consumable

Printer Features .High-speed Duplex prinPre-defined Toner save mResolution I

Various Printing Double-sideFit to page pPages per shWatermark 3

ing to Know Your Printer

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el. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18sumable Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21tandem printing engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21ting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21color settings in printer driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

ode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22mprovement Technology (RITech). . . . . . . . . . . .22Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23d printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23rinting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24eet printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

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Chapter 2 Paper Handling

Paper Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26MP tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Standard lower cassette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27500-Sheet/1000-Sheet Paper Cassette Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Selecting a paper source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Loading Paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31MP tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Standard lower cassette and optional paper

cassette uOutput Tray

Printing on SpeciEPSON ColoEPSON ColoEnvelopes . Labels . . . . Thick paperTransparencLoading a cu

Chapter 3 Using

About the PrinterAccessing th

Making Changes Making the Resizing priModifying tUsing a watPrinting witMaking ExteMaking Opt

Monitoring YourInstalling EPAccessing EGetting prinOrder Onlinnit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

al Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38r Laser Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39r Laser Transparencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 and extra thick paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45ies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45stom paper size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

the Printer Software with Windows

Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47e printer driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47to Printer Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48print quality setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48ntouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56he print layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58ermark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59h the duplex unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63nded Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65ional Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Printer Using EPSON Status Monitor 3 . . . . . . . 68SON Status Monitor 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

PSON Status Monitor 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71ter status details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75



Setting Monitoring Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77Status Alert window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79Job Management function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79Stopping monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84Monitored Printers settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84

Setting Up the USB Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85Canceling Printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87Uninstalling the Printer Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88

Uninstalling the printer driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88Uninstall the USB device driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91

Chapter 4 Using

About the PrinterAccessing th

Making Changes Making the Resizing priModifying tUsing a watPrinting witMaking Exte

Monitoring Your Accessing EGetting prinSetting MonStatus Alert Using the Jo

Setting Up the USCanceling PrintinUninstalling the P

For Mac OS For Mac OS 5

the Printer Software with Macintosh

Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93e printer driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93to Printer Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94print quality settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94ntouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101he print layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102ermark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104h the duplex unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110nded Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112Printer using EPSON Status Monitor 3 . . . . . . .114PSON Status Monitor 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114ter status details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115itoring Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118b Management function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118B Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120g. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121rinter Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122

9.X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122X. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122



Chapter 5 Setting Up Your Printer on a Network

For Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124Sharing the printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124Setting up your printer as a shared printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125Using an additional driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127Setting up a clients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133Installing the printer driver from the CD-ROM . . . . . . . . . . 141

For Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143Sharing the printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143Setting up yAccessing thFor Mac OS

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Control Panel MeInformationTray Menu Setup MenuColor RegistReset MenuUSB Menu. Network Me

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500-Sheet/1000-SInstalling thRemoving th

Memory ModuleRemoving aour printer as a shared printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143e shared printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

tions of the Control Panel

l Panel Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147ke control panel settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147ss the control panel menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147nus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159nu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

lling Options

heet Paper Cassette Unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160e optional paper cassette unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161e optional paper cassette unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 memory module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176



Chapter 8 Maintenance and Transportation

Replacement Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180Toner Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181Photoconductor Unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187Fuser Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193Transfer Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .198Cleaning the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202Transporting the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202

Checking color registration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208

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Clearing JammedPrecautions Jam AB (covJam A (coveJam AC (covJam B (coverJam ABC (coJam at the M

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Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211for clearing jammed paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211ers A and B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212r A). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214er A and paper cassettes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .219 B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223ver A, paper cassettes and cover B). . . . . . . . . .225P tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .226

Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .227lems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .229ight does not turn on. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .229

oes not print (Ready light off) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .229ight is on but nothing prints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .229l product is not available . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231nters cannot be monitored in a 95 environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .232arbled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .232t of colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .232s orientation on the page is not correct . . . . . .233 not print correctly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .233oblems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .234t in color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .234



The printout color differs when printed from different printers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

The color looks different from what you see on the computer screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

Print Quality Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236The background is dark or dirty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236White dots appear in the printout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237Print quality or tone is uneven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237Half-tone images print unevenly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237Toner smudges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238Areas are mCompletely The printed The non-prin

Memory ProblemPrint qualityInsufficient Insufficient

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Contacting Custoissing in the printed image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239blank pages are output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239image is light or faint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240ted side of the page is dirty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 decreased. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

memory for current task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241memory to print all copies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241roblems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242ot feed properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242sing Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242ot feed from the optional paper cassette . . . . . 243en using the optional paper cassette . . . . . . . . 243

option cannot be used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244roblems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244ions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244erating system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245are installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245essages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253

g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267ncel Job button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267set menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267mer Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269



Appendix A Technical Specifications

Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .271Available paper types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .272Paper that should not be used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .272Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .274Printable area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .276

Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .277General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .277Environmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .278Mechanical.Electrical. . .Standard an

Interfaces. . . . . . .USB interfacEthernet inte

Options and Con500-Sheet/1Memory moToner cartridPhotoconduTransfer uniFuser unit 12

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sumables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .282000-Sheet Paper Cassette Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .282dules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .283ges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .284

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Safety Information

Warnings, Cautions, and Notes

w Warningsmust be followed carefully to avoid bodily injury.c Cautionsmust bNotes contain imporprinter.

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llow these precautions carefully to ensure safe, ration:



Because the printer weighs approximately 36.0 kg (79 lb) with consumable products installed, one person should not lift or carry it. Two people should carry the printer, lifting it by the correct positions as shown below.

* Do not

Be carefuHIGH TEhas beenvery hot11

lift the printer by these areas.

l not to touch the fuser, which is marked CAUTION MPERATURE, or the surrounding areas. If the printer in use, the fuser and the surrounding areas may be .

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1. Do not insert your hand deep into the fuser unit.2. CAUTION HIGH TEMPERATURE

Do not insert your hand deep into the fuser unit as some components are sharp and may cause injury.

Avoid touching the components inside the printer unless instructed to do so in this guide.

Never force the printers components into place. Although the printer iit.

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ispose of used toner cartridges, photoconductor ser units, or transfer units in fire, as they can explode e injury. Dispose of them according to local ns.

s spilled, use a broom and dustpan or a damp cloth p and water to clean it up. Because the fine particles e a fire or explosion if they come into contact with a o not use a vacuum cleaner.

east one hour before using a toner cartridge after it from a cool to a warm environment to prevent from condensation.



When removing the photoconductor unit, avoid exposing it to room light for more than five minutes. The unit contains a green-colored light-sensitive drum. Exposure to light can damage the drum, causing dark or light areas to appear on the printed page and reducing the service life of the drum. If you need to keep the unit out of the printer for long periods, cover it with an opaque cloth.

Be careful not to scratch the surface of the drum. When you remove the photoconductor unit from the printer, always place thedrum, sisurface a

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o keep consumable components out of the reach of .

ave jammed paper inside the printer. This can cause er to overheat.

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an outlet that meets the power requirements of this

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your printer to an electrical outlet that meets the quirements of this printer. Your printers power ents are indicated on a label attached to the printer.

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If you are unable to insert the AC plug into the electrical outlet, contact an electrician.

Adjust only those controls that are covered by the operating instructions. Improper adjustment of other controls may result in damage that requires repair by a qualified service representative.

ENERGY STAR Compliance

The Internata voluntary pindustry to pcomputers, mand multifuncaused by puniform am

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ction devices, and in an effort to reduce air pollution ower generation. Their standards and logos are ong participating nations.

ff Cautions

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Getting to Know Your Printer

Printer Parts

Front view

a. controb. cover c. outpud. powee. latch of. latch og. standah. MP tri. expans

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Use these buttons to access the control panel menus, where you can make printer settings and check the status of consumable products. For instructions on how to use these buttons, see Using the Control Panel Menus on page 147.

t On or flashes when an error has occurred. Flashing slowly when the printer is not ready.

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h. Ready light(Green)

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to your printers capabilities by installing any of the tions.

t On when print data is stored in the print buffer (the section of printer memory reserved for receiving data) but not yet printed.Flashes when the printer is processing data.Off when no data remains in the print buffer.

ob button Press once to cancel the current print job. Press and hold for more than two seconds to delete all jobs from the printer memory, including jobs the printer is currently receiving, saving to the printing.

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The 500-Sheet Paper Cassette Unit (C12C802061) holds one paper cassette. It increases paper-feeding capacity up to 500 sheets of paper.

The 1,000-Sheet Paper Cassette Unit (C12C802071) holds two paper cassettes. It increases paper-feeding capacity up to 1,000 sheets of paper.

Optional memory modules expand your printers memory, allowing you to print complex and graphics-intensive docume

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special media listed below provide you with the printouts.

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Do not use the media listed above in other printers, except when specified in the documentation.

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omes with a full set of features that contributes to d consistent, high-quality output. The main features

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tandem printing engine

s state-of-the-art tandem engine features 400 MHz ssing and single-pass technology that delivers 24 per minute) at 600 dpi color and monochrome

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comes with a built-in duplex unit, allowing you to n both sides of the page. You can produce

quality double-sided documents. Use this feature nt job to cut costs and save resources.

GY STAR partner, EPSON recommends the use of rinting function. See ENERGY STAR Compliance

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Pre-defined color settings in printer driver

The printer driver offers many pre-defined settings for color printing, allowing you to optimize print quality for various types of color documents.

For more information, see Making the print quality setting on page 48 for Windows, or Making the print quality settings on page 94 for Macintosh.

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Various Printing Options

This printer provides you with a variety of different printing options. You can print in various formats, or can print using many different types of paper.

The following explains the procedure for each type of printing. Choose the appropriate one for your printing.

Double-side

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e duplex unit on page 63 (Windows)

e duplex unit on page 110 (Macintosh)

nt on both sides of paper.

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Fit to page printing

Resizing printouts on page 56 (Windows)

Resizing printouts on page 101 (Macintosh)

Note:This function is not available with Mac OS X.

Lets you autdocument to

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Lets you priomatically enlarge or reduce the size of your fit the paper size you selected.

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print layout on page 58 (Windows)

print layout on page 102 (Macintosh)

nt two or four pages on a single sheet.



Watermark printing

Using a watermark on page 59 (Windows)

Using a watermark on page 104 (Macintosh)

Note:This function is not available with Mac OS X.

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Chapter 2

Paper Handling

Paper Sources

This section describes the combinations of paper sources and paper types

MP tray

Paper Type

Plain paper

Envelopes

Labels

Thick paperWeight: 106 159 g/m

Extra thick paWeight: 160 216 g/mdling

that you can use.

Paper Size Capacity

A4, A5, B5, Letter (LT),Half-Letter (HLT),Executive (EXE),Government Legal (GLG),Legal (LGL),Government Letter (GLT),F4

Custom-size paper:88.9 139.7 mm minimum215.9 355.6 mm maximum

Up to a 100 sheets(Total thick stack: up to 10 mm)

Monarch (MON), C10, DL, C5, C6, IB5

Up to a 10 mm thick stack

A4, Letter (LT) Up to a 10 mm thick stack

to 88.9 139.7 mm minimum215.9 355.6 mm maximum


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A4, Letter (LT) Up to a 10 mm thick stack

Paper Type

Plain paper

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Plain paper

EPSON ColorPaper

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Paper Size Capacity

A4, A5, B5,Executive (EXE),Letter (LT),Legal (LGL)Government Legal (GLG),

Up to 500 sheets(Total thickness: up to 56 mm)

Laser A4, Letter (LT) Up to 500 sheets

Paper Size Capacity

A4, A5, B5,Letter (LT),Executive (EXE),Legal (LGL)Government Legal (GLG),

Up to 500 sheets in each cassette(Total thickness: up to 56mm)

Laser A4, Letter (LT) Up to 500 sheets in each cassette

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Selecting a paper source

You can specify a paper source manually, or set the printer to select the paper source automatically.

Manual selection

You can use the printer driver or the printers control panel to select a paper source manually.

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dows, access the printer driver, click the Basic tab, and select the paper source that you want to use Paper Source list. Then click OK.

intosh, access the printer driver, open the Basic dialog box, and select the paper source that you want om the Paper Source list. Then click OK.

e printers control panel

he control panels Setup Menu, then select Paper nd specify the paper source you want to use.

the printer to select the paper source containing the size of paper automatically, select Auto Selection in river or Auto using the printers control panel.

ill search for a paper source containing the specified the following order.



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MP TrayLower Cassette 1

Note: If you make paper size settings or paper source settings in your

application, these settings may override the printer driver settings.

If you select an envelope for the Paper Size setting, it can be fed only from the MP tray regardless of the Paper Source setting.

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ke paper size settings or paper source settings in your n, these settings may override the printer driver settings.

ct an envelope for the Paper Size setting, it can be fed only MP tray regardless of the Paper Source setting.

change the priority of the MP tray by using the MP Mode the control panels Setup Menu. For details, see Setup n page 155.

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Manually feeding paper

Manual feeding is similar to normal paper feeding, except that you need to press the N Start/Stop button to print each page or each job. This can be helpful when you want to set paper for the page or job.

Follow these steps to feed paper manually.

1. Access the printer driver by one of the following methods.

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cess the printer driver from Windows XP, Me, 98, 95, , NT 4.0, or Server 2003, click Start, point to Settings, click Printers. Next, right-click the EPSON AL-C3000 anced icon and click Properties (in Windows Me, r 95), Printing Preferences (in Windows XP, 2000, or er 2003), or Document Defaults (in Windows NT

ccess the printer driver from Macintosh, select Print the File menu on any application or select Chooser the Apple menu and click the AL-C3000 icon

rehand.

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3. Select the correct paper size from the Paper Size list.

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heet or a stack of the selected size paper with the side up. Adjust the paper guides to match the paper

are loading.

r into the MP tray with the printable surface facing down, he standard and optional paper cassettes with the printable cing up.

ocument from your application. The LCD panel anual Feed and the selected page size.

tart/Stop button to print. Paper is loaded and

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describes how to load paper into the MP tray and the er cassette. If you use special media such as es or envelopes, see also Printing on Special Media

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MP tray

Follow these steps to load paper into the MP tray.

1. Open the MP tray, then pull out the expansion tray on the MP tray to accommodate the size of the media you want to load.

2. Load a sfacing dstack to dling

tack of the desired media with the printable surface own, then slide the guides against the sides of the get a snug fit.



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Note:To print on the back side of previously printed paper, use the MP tray. The duplex unit cannot be used for this purpose.

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ading procedure is the same for the standard lower the optional paper cassette unit.

o plain paper, you can also use special media such as r Laser Paper in the paper cassettes.

steps to load paper into the standard and optional te units. The illustrations show the standard lower

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1. Pull the paper cassette out until it stops. Then lift up the front of the cassette and pull out the cassette.

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guides to accommodate the paper you are loading. ear guide forward to slide it.

nt the sheets from sticking together, fan a stack of hen tap the edge on a firm surface to line it up.



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4. Insert the stack into the cassette, lining it up with both the back and right sides of the cassette. Make sure that all the paper is under the metal retaining clip, with the printable surface up.

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printers control panel to select the LC1 Type setting ches the type of loaded paper. For details, see Tray n page 153.

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Note:If you have installed and loaded paper into the optional paper cassette unit, select LC1 Type through LC3 Type settings that match the loaded paper types.

Output Tray

The output tray is located on the top of the printer. Since printouts are output face-down, this tray is also referred to as the face-down tray. This traprevent you

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EPSON Color Laser Paper

You can load EPSON Color Laser Paper in the following paper sources:

MP tray (upstandard lowoptional pap

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mmends the use of EPSON Color Laser ies.

ing is not available for transparencies.

ies can be loaded into the MP tray only (up to a 10 ck). When using transparencies, you should make s as shown below:

ttings on the Basic Settings menu (for Windows) or Settings dialog box (for Macintosh) in the printer shown below.

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You can also make these settings on the Tray Menu in the control panel.

Please note the following when handling this media:

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h sheet by its edges, as oil from your fingers may to the surface and damage the printable surface of the e EPSON logo appears on the printable side.

ading transparencies in the MP tray, insert the short t with the printable surface facing down.



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When using transparencies, load them in the MP tray and set the Paper Type setting to Transparency in the printer driver.

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n: that have just been printed on may be hot.

ality of envelopes may be irregular because different nvelope have different thicknesses. Print one or two check the print quality.

n: use window envelopes. The plastic on most window

pes will melt when it comes into contact with the fuser.

g on the quality of envelopes, the printing environment, ting procedure, envelopes might be wrinkled. Make a trial

before you print on a lot of envelopes.

rinting is not available for envelopes.

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The following table shows important settings you have to make when using envelopes.

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Mon, C10, DL, C5, C6, IB5

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Paper Source: MP Tray

Paper Type: Thickdling

he following tips for handling this media.

elopes with the short edge first and the printable side s shown below.

inting on DL size envelopes, load them with the long t and the printable side down.

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Height: 139.7 mmWidth: 88.9 mm

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s that are DL size (220 110) can be used even if they do the minimum size requirement shown above.

up to 10 mm thickness of labels into the MP tray at ever, you may need to feed some labels one sheet at d them manually.

rinting is not available for labels.

g on the quality of labels, the printing environment, or the procedure, labels might be wrinkled. Make a trial print run

print on a lot of labels.

Min. 88.9 mm

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t the label adhesive from coming into contact with printer ays use labels that completely cover the backing sheet, with etween the individual labels.

eet of paper on top of each sheet of labels. If the paper sticks, e those labels in your printer.

have to make the setting Thick* for Paper Type in the nu.

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The following table shows important settings you have to make when using thick (for 106 to 162 g/m paper) or extra thick (for 163 to 216 g/m paper) paper.

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Printer driver settings Paper Size: A4, A5, B5, LT, HLT, EXE, LGL, GLG, GLT, F4

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hick and extra thick paper, you cannot do duplex printing .

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transparencies up to 100 sheets into the MP tray.

g table shows important settings you have to make transparencies.


Paper Type: Thick or Extra Thick

MP tray (up to 100 sheets)

setting in the Tray A4 or LT

settings Paper Size: A4, LT


Paper Type: Transparency

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Loading a custom paper size

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our custom paper. Then click OK and your custom ze will be saved.

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Using the Printer Software with Windows

About the Printer Software

The printer driver lets you choose from a wide variety of settings to get the beincludes EPSUtility menu.your printerMonitor 3 o

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st results from your printer. The printer driver also ON Status Monitor 3, which is accessed through the EPSON Status Monitor 3 lets you check the status of . See Monitoring Your Printer Using EPSON Status n page 68 for more information.

e printer driver

ss the printer driver directly from any application om your Windows operating system.

ettings made from many Windows applications setting made when the printer driver is accessed rating system, so you should access the printer driver plication to make sure that you get the result you

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printer driver, click the Print or Page Setup from u. You also need to click Setup, Options, Properties, tion of these buttons.

Server 2003 users

printer driver, click Start, click Printers and Faxes, inters. Right-click your printer icon, then click ferences.

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Windows Me, 98 or 95 users

To access the printer driver, click Start, point to Settings, then click Printers. Right-click your printer icon, then click Properties.

Windows 2000 users

To access the printer driver, click Start, point to Settings, then click Printers. Right-click your printer icon, then click Printing Preferences.

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To access thclick PrintersDefaults.

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e printer driver, click Start, point to Settings, then . Right-click your printer icon, then click Document

rivers online help provides details on printer driver

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print quality setting

nge the print quality of printouts through settings in river. With the printer driver, you can make the print hoosing from a list of predefined settings, or the settings.



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Choosing the print quality by using the Automatic setting

You can change the print quality of printouts to favor speed or detail. There are two levels of print output, 300 dpi and 600 dpi. 600 dpi provides high quality, precise printing, but requires more memory and slows the printing speed.

When Automatic is selected in the Basic Settings menu, the printer driver takes care of all detailed settings according to the color setting you select. Color and resolution are the only settings you have to size or orien

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make. You can change other settings such as paper tation in most applications.

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2. Click Automatic. Then choose desired printing resolution from Fast (300 dpi) or Fine 600 dpi) with the slider bar.

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g is unsuccessful or a memory-related error message electing a lower resolution may allow printing to proceed.

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ed settings are provided to help you optimize print particular kind of printout, such as presentation r images taken by a video or digital camera.

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2. Select Advanced. You will find the predefined settings in the list on the right of Automatic.

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en may vary depending on your operating system version.

e most appropriate setting from the list according to of document or image you want to print.

hoose a predefined setting, other settings such as de, Resolution, Screen, and Color Management are cally. Changes are shown in the current settings list the Basic Settings menu.

driver provides the following predefined settings:

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Automatic (Standard)

Suitable for regular printing, especially photos.

Text/Graph

Suitable for printing documents that include text and graphs, such as presentation documents.

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or Image Color Matching. This feature automatically out colors to match colors on your screen.

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Suitable for printing high-quality presentation documents that include text and graphs.

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int settings

to change detailed settings, make the settings

teps below to customize your print settings.

Basic Settings tab.

vanced, then click More Settings.

olor or Black as the Color setting, then choose rinting resolution from 600 dpi or 300 dpi with the

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Note:When making the other settings, see online help for details on each setting.

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Saving your settings

To save your custom settings, click Advanced, then click Save Settings on the Basic Settings menu. The Custom Settings dialog box appears.

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for your custom settings in the Name box, then click settings will appear in the list to the right of in the Basic Settings menu.

ot use a predefined setting name for your custom settings.

a custom setting, click Advanced, click Save Settings ic Settings menu, select the setting in the Custom Settings x, then click Delete.

ot delete predefined settings.

e any setting in the More Settings dialog box when custom settings is selected in the Advanced Settings sic Settings menu, the setting selected in the list ustom Settings. The custom setting that was elected is not affected by this change. To return to setting, simply reselect it from the current settings

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Resizing printouts

You can have your document enlarged or reduced during printing.

To automatically resize pages to fit the output paper

1. Click the Layout tab.

2. Select the Zoom Options check box, then select the desired paper siwill be p

3. Select Upcorner owith cenPrinter Software with Windows

ze from the Output Paper drop-down list. The page rinted to fit on the paper you have selected.

per Left (to print reduced page image at upper left f the paper) or Center (to print reduced page image tering) for Location setting.

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If necessary, select the paper size to be printed from the Output Paper drop-down list.

Modifying the print layout

Your printer can print either two or four pages onto a single page and specifies the printing order, automatically resizing each page to fit the specified paper size. You can also choose to print documents surrounded by a frame.

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2. Select thSettingsPrinter Software with Windows

Layout tab.

e Print Layout check box, then click Print Layout . The Print Layout Settings dialog box appears.

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Order choices depend on the number of pages selected d the paper orientation (Portrait or Landscape) selected on Settings menu.

to apply the settings and return to the Layout menu.

rmark

teps to use a watermark on your document. In the dialog box, you can select from a list of predefined , or you can make an original watermark with text or e Watermark dialog box also allows you to make a tailed watermark settings. For example, you can e, intensity, and position of your watermark.

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2. Select the Watermark check box, then click Watermark Settings. The Watermark dialog box appears.




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e image intensity of the watermark with the slider bar.

ont (to print the watermark in the foreground of the t) or Back (to print the watermark in the nd of the document) for the Position setting.

e location on the page where you want to print the rk from the Location drop-down list.

e horizontal or vertical Offset position.

e size of the watermark with the Size slider bar.

to apply the settings and return to the Special menu.

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Making a new watermark

You can make a new watermark as follows.

1. Click the Special tab.

2. Select the Watermark check box.

3. Click Watermark Settings. The Watermark dialog box appears.

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en appears when you select Text.

lect Text, type the watermark text in the Text box. If ct BMP, click Browse, select the BMP file you want to click OK.

ve. Your watermark will appear in the List box.

to apply the new watermark settings.

ter up to 10 watermarks.

the duplex unit

ting prints on both sides of the paper. When printing the binding edge can be specified as required to desired page order.

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As an ENERGY STAR partner, Epson recommends the use of the double-sided printing function. Refer to ENERGY STAR Compliance for more information on the ENERGY STAR program.


2. Select the Duplex check box, then select Left, Top, or Right as Binding position.

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plex Settings to open the Duplex Settings dialog box.

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inting for binding as a booklet, select the Binding check box and make appropriate settings. For details ch setting, see online help.

to apply the settings and return to the Layout menu.

nded Settings

e various settings in the Extended Settings dialog the dialog box, click Extended Settings on the tings menu.

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a. Offset Makes fine adjustments to the printing position on the front and the back of data on a page in 1 mm increments.

b. Uses the settings specified on the printer button:

Select this button to use the settings specified on the control panel.

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settings on the driver

Select this button to use the settings specified in the printer driver.

e selected ze check box:

When you select this check box, the printer prints on loaded paper, regardless of size.

ntinue check Select this check box to clear errors automatically and continue printing after a given time (about 5 seconds) when Paper Set, Print Overrun, or Mem Overflow occurs.

mpression Select the compression level for image data from the drop-down list. For example, selecting Low (Higher Quality) provides better print quality, but slows the printing speed.

tically change chrome mode

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h. Skip Blank Page check box:

When you select this check box, the printer skips blank pages.

i. High Speed Graphics Output check box:

Select this check box to optimize the printing speed of graphics composed of line drawings such as overlaid circles and squares.

Clear this check box if graphics do not print correctly.

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tion check box:

Select this check box to enable the collate settings that are specified on the application.

spooling provided by rating system x:

Select this check box to enable the Spool function for Windows XP, 2000, NT 4.0, or Server 2003.

ge Error check Select this check box to avoid Print Overrun errors when printing data which requires a lot of memory to print, such as documents with a large number of complex fonts or graphics. Doing so may slow down printing somewhat.

button: Click this button to return the driver settings to the initial settings.

ton: Click this button to open online help.

button: Click this button to exit the dialog box or printer driver without saving the settings.

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Making Optional Settings

You can update the installed option information manually if you have installed options to your printer.

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Optional Settings tab, then select the Update the ption Info Manually button.

ttings. The Optional Settings dialog box appears.

ttings for each installed option, then click OK.

Your Printer Using EPSON Status

us Monitor 3 is a utility program that monitors your ives you information about its current status.

ndows XP users:indows XP LPR connections and shared Windows XP

TCP/IP connections with Windows clients do not support anagement function.

Status Monitor 3 is not available when printing from a esktop connection.

ndows 95 users:ring network printers in a Windows 95 environment, ket 2 must be installed. Windows Socket 2 is available from poration.



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Installing EPSON Status Monitor 3

Follow the steps below to install EPSON Status Monitor 3.

1. Make sure that the printer is off and that Windows is running on your computer.

2. Insert the printer software CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive.

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language selection window appears, select your country.

EPSON Installation Program screen does not appear atically, double-click the My Computer icon, right-click

D-ROM icon, click OPEN in the menu that appears, then le-click Epsetup.exe.

ntinue. When the software license agreement screen read the statement, then click Agree.

alog box that appears, click Local.

etwork Guide for information on installing EPSON Status 3 on a network.

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5. Click Custom.

6. Select the EPSON Status Monitor 3 check box, then click Install.

7. In the dialog box that appears, make sure that your printer icon is selected, and click OK.

8. In the diand the appears.Printer Software with Windows

alog box that appears, select your country or region, URL for EPSONs Web site in that country or region Then click OK.



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Note: In this dialog box, you can set the URL for the site where you

can order consumables online. See Order Online on page 75 for details.

Selecting your country or region allows you to change the settings of the URL.

The URL for the site is not displayed when selecting (No Setting). Also, you cannot use the Order Online button on the E

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PSON Status Monitor 3 dialog box.

you click the Cancel button, the Web sites URL does not r, but the EPSON Status Monitor 3 installation

nues.

e installation is complete, click OK.

PSON Status Monitor 3

teps below to access EPSON Status Monitor 3.

he printer driver, then click the Utility tab.

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You can monitor printer status and obtain information on consumable products using the EPSON Status Monitor 3 dialog box.

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b. Printer image: The image at the upper left shows the printer status graphically.

c. Text box: The text box next to the printer image displays the current status of the printer. When a problem occurs, the most probable solution is displayed.

d. Close button: Clicking this button closes the dialog box.

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umables: Displays information for the paper trays and Consumables.

nformation: Displays information for the print jobs. The Job Information menu is displayed when the Show job information check box on the Monitoring Preferences dialog box is on. See Using the Job Information menu on page 81 for details.

: Displays the paper size, the paper type and the approximate amount of paper remaining in the paper source. Information for the optional cassette is displayed only if this option is installed.

: Indicates the amount of remaining toner. The toner icon flashes if the toner is low.

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Clicking this button enables you to order consumables online. See Order Online on page 75 for details.



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j. Photoconductor Unit:

Indicates the remaining functional life of the photoconductor unit.

The green level meter indicates the remaining life of the photoconductor unit that is set. The level meter color turns to red when the life is low.

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sumables online, click the Order Online button on tatus Monitor 3 dialog box. The Order Online dialog

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a. Status Monitor button:

Opens the EPSON Status Monitor 3 dialog box.

b. Text box: Displays the consumables and codes.

c. Order Now/Find Dealer button

Connects to the URL where you can place an order and find the dealer nearest you.

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When you click this button, a confirmation window asking if you wish to connect to the Web site appears. If you do not want this window to appear, select the Do not display the confirming window check box in the confirmation window.

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Opens the Utility Settings dialog box and allows you to change the settings of the registered URL.

If you do not want the confirmation window to appear when you press the Order Now/Find Dealer button, select the Do not display the confirming window check box in the Utility Settings dialog box.

button: Closes the dialog box.

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To make specific monitoring settings, click Monitoring Preferences in the Utility tab of the printer driver. The Monitoring Preferences dialog box appears.

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g settings and buttons appear in the dialog box:

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c. Select Shortcut Icon: To use the shortcut icon, select the Shortcut Icon check box, then choose an icon. The icon you select appears on the right side of the task bar.Once the shortcut icon is in the task bar, you can double-click it to open the EPSON Status Monitor 3 dialog box. Alternatively, you can right-click the shortcut icon, then

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select Monitoring Preferences from the menu to open the Monitoring Preferences dialog box, and your printer from the menu to open the EPSON Status Monitor 3 dialog box.

agement: To display the Job Information menu in the EPSON Status Monitor 3 window, select the Show job information check box.

Note:This menu is enabled only under the conditions given in Connections Supporting the Job Management function on page 80.

To display the notification message when your print job is finished, select the Notify when printing completed check box.

onitoring of printers check

When this check box is selected, a shared printer can be monitored by other PCs.

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The Status Alert window indicates what type of error has occurred and offers you a possible solution. The window closes automatically once the problem is cleared.

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