Epson 400 Series Manuale utente

Where to Find Information

This User’s Guide

Provides you with all the information you need to use your

EPSON Stylus COLOR 400 and consumable products, from

setting up to troubleshooting.

Online Help (CD-ROM)

Provides you with detailed information and instructions on the

Windows printer software that controls your printer. Online

help will be automatically installed when you install the printer

software. See Chapter 3 for information on accessing online

help.

EPSON Answers (CD-ROM)

Provides you with additional information on using your

printer and printing with colors. Here’s what you’ll find in

EPSON Answers:

❑How To displays a step-by-step guide for using your

printer, information about printer maintenance, and

instructions on replacing consumable products.

❑Problem Solver helps you fix common printing problems

when you encounter them.

❑Test Print lets you print a test page to check the results of

settings you have made and provides links to other sections

of EPSON Answers based on the results.

❑Color Guide explains the ABC’s of color printing and

shows you how to get impressive results from your printer.

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Color Ink Jet Printer

system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying,

recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of SEIKO EPSON CORP.

The information contained herein is designed only for use with this EPSON printer.

EPSON is not responsible for any use of this information as applied to other printers.

Neither SEIKO EPSON CORP. nor its affiliates shall be liable to the purchaser of this

product or third parties for damages, losses, costs, or expenses incurred by purchaser or

third parties as a result of: accident, misuse, or abuse of this product or unauthorized

modifications, repairs, or alterations to this product, or (excluding the U.S.) failure to

strictly comply with SEIKO EPSON CORP.’s operating and maintenance instructions.

SEIKO EPSON CORP. shall not be liable for any damages or problems arising from the use

of any options or any consumable products other than those designated as Original

EPSON Products or EPSON Approved Products by SEIKO EPSON CORP.

EPSON and EPSON ESC/P are registered trademarks and EPSON ESC/P Raster and

EPSON Stylus are trademarks of SEIKO EPSON CORP.

Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.

IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation.

General Notice: Other product names used herein are for identification purposes only and may be

trademarks of their respective owners. EPSON disclaims any and all rights in those marks.

User’s Guide

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Declaration of Conformity

According to ISO/IEC Guide 22 and EN 45014

Manufacturer: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

Address: 3-5, Owa 3-chome, Suwa-shi,

Nagano-ken 392 Japan

Representative: EPSON EUROPE B.V.

Address: Prof. J. H. Bavincklaan 5 1183

AT Amstelveen

The Netherlands

Declares that the Product:

Product Name: Ink Jet Printer

Type Name: EPSON Stylus COLOR 400

Model: P950A

Conforms to the following Directive(s) and Norm(s):

Directive 89/336/EEC:EN 55022 class B

EN 61000-3-2

EN 61000-3-3

EN 50082-1

IEC 801-2

IEC 801-3

IEC 801-4

Directive 73/23/EEC: EN 60950

October 1996

M. Hamamoto

President of EPSON EUROPE B.V.

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Contents

Safety Information

Important Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1

A few precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-2

ENERGY STAR Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-3

For United Kingdom Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-4

Warnings, Cautions, and Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-5

Chapter 1 Getting to Know Your Printer

Printer Parts and Control Panel Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

Options and Consumable Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

Chapter 2 Getting Started

Unpacking the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

Choosing a Place for the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

Using a printer stand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

Attaching the Paper Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

Plugging in the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5

Installing the Ink Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6

Connecting the Printer to Your PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11

Installing the Printer Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12

Installing in Windows 95 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13

Installing in Windows 95 (using plug-and-play) . . . . . . 2-14

Installing in Windows 3.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18

Loading Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20

Starting to Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22

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Chapter 3 Using the Printer Software

Checking Your Printer Driver Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2

How to access the printer driver settings . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3

How to check the settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4

Making Changes to Printer Driver Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6

Using the Automatic setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7

Using the predefined settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8

Customizing the print settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10

Making the Media Type setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12

Using the Printer Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14

Status Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15

Nozzle Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16

Head Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16

Print Head Alignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16

Checking Printer Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17

Understanding the EPSON Spool Manager . . . . . . . . . 3-17

Understanding the Despooler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18

Getting Information Through Online Help . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19

From Windows applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19

From Windows 95 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19

From Windows 3.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19

Chapter 4 Printing on Special Paper

Loading Special Paper and Other Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2

About special media cleaning sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5

Loading Envelopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6

Loading Transparencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7

Using EPSON Photo Paper (S041134) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8

Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8

Removing the perforated margins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10

Storing EPSON Photo Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10

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Chapter 5 Maintenance and Transportation

Replacing an Ink Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2

Cleaning the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7

Transporting the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8

Chapter 6 Troubleshooting

Diagnosing the Problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2

Error indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2

Status Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4

Printer operation check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4

Problems and Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7

Power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7

Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8

Paper handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-13

Printing quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-16

Increasing the Print Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-23

Cleaning the Print Head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-25

Aligning the Print Head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-28

Ink Cartridge Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-28

Contacting Customer Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-30

For United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland users . . 6-30

For Australian users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-33

For Hong Kong and Singapore users . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-35

For Philippines users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-36

Appendix A Tips for Color Printing

Basics of Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2

Image Resolution and Image Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-5

Guidelines for Using Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-7

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Appendix B Printer Specifications

Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2

Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-3

Printable area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-5

Ink Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-6

Mechanical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-7

Electrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-8

Environmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-8

Safety Approvals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-9

Glossary

Index

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Safety Information

Important Safety Instructions

Read all of these instructions and save them for later reference.

Follow all warnings and instructions marked on the printer.

❑Do not place the printer on an unstable surface or near a

radiator or heat source.

❑Place the printer on a flat surface. The printer will not

operate properly if it is tilted or at an angle.

❑Do not block or cover the openings in the printer’s cabinet.

Do not insert objects through the slots.

❑Use only the type of power source indicated on the

printer’s label.

❑Connect all equipment to properly grounded power

outlets. Avoid using outlets on the same circuit as

photocopiers or air control systems that regularly switch

on and off.

❑Do not use a damaged or frayed power cord.

❑If you use an extension cord with the printer, make sure

the total ampere rating of the devices plugged into the

extension cord does not exceed the cord’s ampere rating.

Also, make sure the total ampere rating of all devices

plagged into the wall outlet does not exceed the wall

outlet’s ampere rating.

❑Unplug the printer before cleaning. Clean with a damp

cloth only. Do not spill liquid on the printer.

❑Except as specifically explained in this guide, do not

attempt to service the printer yourself.

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