Where to Find Information Setup Guide Provides you with important safety information about this printer, information on assembling the printer and installing the printer software. Reference Guide (this manual) Provides you with detailed information on the printer's functions, optional products, maintenance, troubleshooting, and technical specifications. Note: This guide includes information for both the EPL-6200 and EPL-6200L models. Unless stated, the information applies to both printer models. The majority of the illustrations and screen shots used in this guide show the EPL-6200 model. Specific illustrations and screen shots of the EPL-6200L model are included in places where the differences between the two models result in different instructional information. ® Laser Printer All rights reserved. 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Copyright © 2003 by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Nagano, Japan. ii Contents Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii Warnings, Cautions, and Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii Important Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xvii Power On/Off Cautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviii Chapter 1 Product Information Printer Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Indicator lights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Buttons (EPL-6200 only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Options and Consumable Products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Options (EPL-6200 only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Consumable products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Features at a Glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Adobe PostScript 3 (EPL-6200 only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Resolution Improvement Technology and Enhanced MicroGray technology (EPL-6200 only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Toner Save mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Duplex printing (EPL-6200 only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Fit-to-page printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Printing multiple pages on a sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Watermark printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Overlay printing (EPL-6200 only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 High-quality printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Chapter 2 Paper Handling Paper Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 MP tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 500-Sheet Lower Paper Cassette Unit A4 (EPL-6200 only) . . 15 v Manual feed slot (EPL-6200 only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 Loading Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 MP tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 500-Sheet Lower Paper Cassette Unit A4 (EPL-6200 only) . .21 Manual feed slot (EPL-6200 only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 Loading a custom paper size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 Printing on Special Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Envelopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Thick paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 Transparencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 Chapter 3 Using the Printer Driver For Windows About the Printer Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 Installing the Printer Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 Installing the printer driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 Installing the EPSON Status Monitor 3 (EPL-6200 only) . . . .35 Installing the PostScript printer driver (EPL-6200 only) . . . .37 Using the Printer Driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47 Accessing the printer driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48 Printer driver settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49 Accessing the PostScript printer driver (EPL-6200 only) . . . .64 PostScript printer driver settings (EPL-6200 only) . . . . . . . . .64 Using online help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93 Monitoring Your Printer with EPSON Status Monitor 3. . . . . . . . .93 About EPSON Status Monitor 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93 Accessing the EPSON Status Monitor 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94 Getting printer status details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96 Using the Job Management function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98 Setting monitoring preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100 Status Alert window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104 Stopping monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105 Selecting printers to be monitored (EPL-6200 only) . . . . . . .106 Setting for the USB Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106 Canceling Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108 From the control panel (EPL-6200 only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108 vi From the computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Uninstalling Printer Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Uninstalling the printer driver and EPSON Status Monitor 3110 Uninstalling only the EPSON Status Monitor 3 (EPL-6200 only) 113 Chapter 4 Using the Printer Driver For Macintosh About the Printer Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Mac OS 8.6 to 9.x Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Installing the printer driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Selecting the printer driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Printer driver settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Installing the PostScript printer driver (EPL-6200 only) . . . 130 Selecting the PostScript printer driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 PostScript printer driver settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Using online help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Mac OS X Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Installing the printer driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Selecting the printer driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Printer driver settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 Installing the PostScript printer driver (EPL-6200 only) . . . 159 Selecting the PostScript printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Changing the printer setup settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 PostScript printer driver settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 Monitoring Your Printer with EPSON Status Monitor 3 . . . . . . . 179 About the EPSON Status Monitor 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 Accessing the EPSON Status Monitor 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 Getting printer status details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Setting Monitoring Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Status Alert window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Setting for a USB Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Canceling Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 From the control panel (EPL-6200 only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 From the computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 Uninstalling Printer Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 Mac OS 8.6 to 9.x users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 vii Mac OS X users. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189 Chapter 5 Setting Up Your Printer on a Network (EPL-6200) For Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .192 Sharing the printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .192 Setting up your printer as a shared printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193 Using an additional driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195 Setting up a clients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202 Installing the printer driver from the CD-ROM . . ...