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or otherwise, without the prior written permission of Seiko Epson Corporation. No patent

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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: Laser Printer

Type Name: EPL-N1200

Model: L250A

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

Directive 89/336/EEC:EN 55022 Class B

EN 50082-1

IEC 801-2

IEC 801-3

IEC 801-4

EN 61000-3-2

EN 61000-3-3

Directive 73/23/EEC: EN 60950

August 1996

M. Hamamoto

President of EPSON EUROPE B.V.

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Contents

Getting Started

About This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

About Your Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

ENERGY STAR Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

About Making Printer Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

Printer Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

OneTouch Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

SelecType . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

Remote Control Panel utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

Ozone safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11

Laser Printer Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12

Important Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15

For United Kingdom Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16

Warnings, Cautions, and Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-18

Chapter 1 Paper Handling

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

Loading Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

Loading paper for automatic feeding in the MP

(Multi Purpose) Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

Manually loading paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

Selecting the paper size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

Choosing Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7

Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8

Envelopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8

Colored paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8

Transparencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8

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Chapter 2 Understanding Your Printer

The Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5

Chapter 3 Making Printer Driver Settings

Using the Printer Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2

Understanding the required settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3

Accessing the driver menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4

How to Make settings on the menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4

Saving settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5

Deleting settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5

Restoring the driver default settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5

Getting help from the printer driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6

Exiting the printer driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6

Accessing the Font Manager window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6

Accessing the Softtray Manager window . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6

Accessing the Overlay Manager window . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7

Driver Setting Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7

Printer Settings menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7

Paper menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10

Adding a new size to the Paper Size list . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12

Printer SelecType menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13

Printer Options menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15

Font Manager Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17

Adding fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20

Deleting fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-22

Changing a font name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-23

Copying and moving fonts to another printer port . . . . . . . 3-23

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Softtray Manager Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25

Creating a softtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-26

Overlay Manager Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-27

Creating an overlay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-28

Deleting an overlay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-29

Chapter 4 Options

Printer Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2

500-Sheet Lower Paper Cassette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3

Installing the lower paper cassette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3

Loading paper into the 500-sheet lower paper cassette . . . . 4-5

Memory Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7

Installing a memory module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7

Removing a memory module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11

ROM Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11

Optional Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12

Installing the LocalTalk/Serial module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13

Installing an optional interface card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15

Using the Serial Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17

Using the serial interface utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19

Chapter 5 Remote Control Panel Utility

Remote Control Panel Utility Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2

When to use the Remote Control Panel utility . . . . . . . . . . 5-2

Installing the Remote Control Panel utility . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3

Accessing the Remote Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3

LaserJet 4/EpsonScript Level 2 Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4

ESCP2 Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5

FX Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5

I239X Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6

Page Setup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6

Type Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9

Printer Setup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11

Other Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14

More Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17

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Chapter 6 SelecType

When to Use SelecType . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2

SelecType . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3

Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3

Using SelecType . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3

SelecType menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4

Understanding SelecType Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8

Test menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8

Emulation menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9

Printing menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9

Tray Size menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-11

Config menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-12

Setup menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14

Parallel B menu, Parallel C menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-16

Serial menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-16

L/T menu, AUX menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-18

LJ4 menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-18

Using the OneTouch Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-20

Using Other Emulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-22

ESC/P 2 or FX Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-22

I239X Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-26

EPSON GL/2 Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-27

Before printing in the EPSON GL/2 mode . . . . . . . . . . . 6-28

Chapter 7 Troubleshooting and Maintenance

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2

Paper Jam and Feeding Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2

Preventing paper feed and paper jam problems . . . . . . . . 7-5

Print Quality Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9

Memory Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-14

Option Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-14

Status and Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-17

Hex Dump Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-23

Replacing the Imaging Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-24

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Optimizing Print Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-27

Adjusting RITech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-27

The RITech setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-27

Adjusting print density . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-28

Resetting the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-29

Cleaning the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-30

Removing spilled toner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-31

Cleaning the printer case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-32

Transporting the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-32

Appendix A Technical Specifications

Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2

Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3

General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3

Environmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4

Mechanical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4

Electrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-5

Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-5

Parallel B interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-5

Parallel C interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-7

Using the ECP mode in Windows 95 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-12

Serial Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-13

Options and Consumables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-16

500-Sheet Lower Paper Cassette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-16

Imaging cartridge (S051016) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-16

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Appendix B Symbol Sets

Introduction to Symbol Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2

In LJ4 Emulation Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-3

International Set for ISO sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-18

In ESC/P 2 or FX Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-19

International Character Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-23

Characters available with the ESC (^ command . . . . . . . . B-24

In I239X Emulation Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-24

In EPSON GL/2 Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-24

Appendix C Command Summary

LaserJet 4 (LJ4) Emulation Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-3

GL/2 context commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-7

ESC/P 2 and FX Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-9

ESC/P 2 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-9

FX mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-12

PJL Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-15

EJL Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-16

I239X Emulation Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-20

Page format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-20

Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-22

Auxiliary Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-23

AGM Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-23

Appendix D Working with Fonts

Printer and Screen Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-2

Available Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-3

Adding More Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-6

Downloading fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-6

Selecting Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-6

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Appendix E Map of SelecType Menus

Switching between SelecType Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-2

Glossary

Index

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