Epson Stylus 1500 Manuale utente

INK JET PRINTER

Reference Guide

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Neither is any liability assumed for damages resulting from the use of the information

contained herein.

Neither Seiko Epson Corporation 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 Corporation’s operating and maintenance instructions.

Seiko Epson Corporation shall not be liable against any damages or problems arising from

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Original EPSON Products or EPSON Approved Products by Seiko Epson Corporation.

EPSON, EPSON Stylus, and EPSON ESC/P are registered trademarks and

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Seiko Epson Corporation.

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

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those marks.

The Energy Star emblem does not represent EPA endorsement of any product or service.

Printed on recycled paper with at least 10% post-consumer content

FCC Compliance Statement

For United States Users

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital

device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide

reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This

equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed

and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio or

television reception. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a

particular installation. If this equipment does cause interference to radio and television

reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is

encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures.

❑Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

❑Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

❑Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the

receiver is connected.

❑Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

WARNING

The connection of a non-shielded equipment interface cable to this equipment will

invalidate the FCC Certification of this device and may cause interference levels which

exceed the limits established by the FCC for this equipment. It is the responsibility of the

user to obtain and use a shielded equipment interface cable with this device. If this

equipment has more than one interface connector, do not leave cables connected to unused

interfaces. Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the manufacturer could

void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.

For Canadian Users

This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise emissions from

digital apparatus as set out in the radio interference regulations of the Canadian

Department of Communications.

Le présent appareil numérique n’émet pas de bruits radioélectriques dépassant les limites

applicables aux appareils numériques de Classe B prescrites dans le règlement sur le

brouillage radioélectrique édicté par le Ministère des Communications du Canada.

Contents

Introduction

Energy Star Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Energy-saving Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

How to Use This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Where to Get Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Electronic Support Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Important Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Chapter 1 Paper Handling

Choosing Paper and Other Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

Setting the Thickness Adjustment Lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

Loading Plain Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

Loading Oversized Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8

Loading Single Sheets Manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11

Using Special Papers and Other Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14

Loading Coated or Glossy Special Papers and

Transparencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15

Loading Envelopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15

Loading Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-18

Loading Banner Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-20

Removing Banner Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-20

Printing on Continuous Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-21

Loading Continuous Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-22

Removing Continuous Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-27

Adjusting the Loading Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-28

Adjusting the Tear-Off Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-29

Switching Between Continuous Paper and Single Sheets . . . 1-31

Switching to Single Sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-31

Switching to Continuous Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-32

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Chapter 2 Controlling the Printer

Using the Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

Using the Default Setting Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6

Chapter 3 Maintenance

Cleaning the Print Heads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

Replacing the Ink Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2

Selecting the Correct Ink Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3

Replacing the Black Ink Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4

Replacing the Color Ink Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6

Cleaning the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9

Transporting the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10

Calibrating the Printer When Printing From DOS . . . . . . . . 3-11

Chapter 4 Troubleshooting

Error Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1

Print Quality Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3

Printed output is faint, blurred, or of poor quality . . . . . 4-4

Printed image is smeared . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5

Vertical or horizontal lines do not align . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5

You see white banding in your printouts . . . . . . . . . . 4-6

The printout contains incorrect or garbled characters . . . 4-6

You see incorrect colors in your printout . . . . . . . . . . 4-7

Printing Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7

Printing has stopped but the Pause light is off . . . . . . . 4-8

You see a system memory error message on your PC

and the printer does not print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8

The printer sounds like it is printing, but nothing prints . 4-9

The printer prints blank pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9

Text printing is slow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9

You see error messages on your PC because of printing

conflicts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10

The printer does not seem to receive print jobs . . . . . . . 4-11

Paper Handling Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12

Paper Jam Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12

Paper Feeding Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12

Continuous Paper Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13

Other Paper Handling Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15

Other Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17

Printing starts too high or too low on the page, or the

page length or margins are not what you expect . . . 4-17

Ink cartridges do not last as long as expected . . . . . . . 4-17

Appendix A Using Optional Interfaces

Interface Boards for the PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1

Using the C823051 or C823061 Serial Interface Board . . . A-2

Installing an Optional Interface Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3

Connecting the Printer to the Network . . . . . . . . . . . A-5

Appendix B Technical Specifications

Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1

Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2

Ink Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-7

Mechanical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-8

Electrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-9

Environmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-9

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

Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-10

Interface Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-11

Pin assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-11

Timing chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-13

Initialization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-13

Default Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-14

Appendix C Commands and Character Tables

Command List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1

EPSON ESC/P 2 Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1

IBM XL24E Emulation Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-2

Character Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-2

International Character Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-7

Characters Available with ESC ( ^ Command . . . . . . . . C-8

Glossary

Index

Printer Parts

thickness

adjustment

lever

monochrome print head

color print head

compartment

printer cover

paper-release

lever

knob

control panel

tear-off

edge

black ink cartridge

compartment

page eject guides

output tray

paper support

edge guides

rear edge guide

center support

edge guides

(manual feed slot)

sprocket-lock lever sprocket cover

parallel

interface

center support

optional

interface

cover

manual feed guide

tractor feeder

Introduction

This manual contains general operating and maintenance

instructions for your EPSON®Stylus®1500, as well as

troubleshooting guidelines and technical specifications. For

instructions on setting up your printer and using the

Microsoft®Windows®or Apple®Macintosh®printer driver,

see the appropriate Setup and Software Guide.

Note:

After you install the driver, check the ReadMe icon in the EPSON

group in Windows or the README1st icon on the Macintosh hard

disk for the latest information about your printer and software.

Energy Star Compliance

As an Energy Star Partner, EPSON has determined

that this product meets the Energy Star guidelines

for energy efficiency.

The EPA estimates that if all desktop computers, printers, and

other peripheral devices met Energy Star standards, energy

cost savings would exceed $1 billion annually and carbon

dioxide emissions would be reduced by 20 million tons.

All of EPSON’s ink jet printers conform to Energy Star

standards.

Introduction 1

Energy-saving Tips

Here are a few tips you can use to be even more energy-wise:

❑If your monitor isn’t Energy Star compliant, turn it off

when you’re not using it.

❑Turn off your computer, printer, and monitor each day

when you are done using them.

❑Use the print preview option in your software to catch

errors before you print a document.

❑If you have an electronic mail system available to you, send

E-mail rather than memos. Not only is this faster, but you’ll

save paper and storage space too.

How to Use This Manual

After you have set up the printer as described in the Setup and

Software Guide, refer to this manual for the following

information:

Chapter 1, “Paper Handling,” explains how to select the right

paper or other media for your print job and load it in your

printer.

Chapter 2, “Controlling the Printer,” provides instructions for

managing the printer’s operation through its control panel. It

also explains how to access the printer’s Default Setting mode.

Chapter 3, “Maintenance,” explains how to clean the print

heads, replace the ink cartridges, and clean and transport the

printer.

Chapter 4, “Troubleshooting,” provides solutions to printing

problems you may encounter.

2 Introduction

Appendix A, “Using Optional Interfaces,” describes optional

interfaces you can install in your printer to enhance its

capabilities and explains how to install an interface board.

Appendix B, “Technical Specifications,” gives the specifications

for the Stylus 1500 printer.

Appendix C, “Commands and Character Tables,” lists the

EPSON ESC/P 2and IBM®XL24E emulation commands

supported by the printer and shows the printer’s built-in

character tables.

A Glossary and an Index are provided at the end of the

manual.

Where to Get Help

If you purchased your printer in the United States or Canada,

EPSON provides customer support and service through a

network of Authorized EPSON Customer Care Centers.

EPSON also provides the following services when you dial

(800) 922-8911:

❑Technical information on the installation, configuration,

and operation of EPSON products

❑Assistance in locating your nearest Authorized EPSON

Reseller or Customer Care Center

❑Customer relations

❑EPSON technical information library fax service

❑Product literature on current and new products.

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