EPSON® TM ActionLaser 1600 Reference Guide Allrights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval q&em, or transmitted in any form or by any means, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of Seiko Epson Corporation. No patent liability is assumd with respect to the use of the information contained herein. Neither is y~bility assumed for damages resulting from the use of the information contained 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 pm-chaser or thirdpartiesasaresultdaccident, misuse, or abuse of this product or unauthorized modScations, repairs, or alterations to this product. Seiko Epson Corporation and its affiliates shall not be liable against 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 !Xko Epson Corporation. ActionLaser, Epson Talk, and SelecType are trademarks of Epson America, Inc. Epson Connection is a service mark of Epson America, Inc. Epson and Epson ESC/P 2 are registered tradema& of Seiko Epson Corporation. Hewlett-Packard, HP, LaserJet, HP-GL, and HPGL/Z are registered trademarks of Hewlett-Packard Company. General Notice: Other product names used harein are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective companies. Copyright 0 1993 by Epson America, Inc., Torrance, California. ii FCC COMPLIANCE STATEMENT FOR AMERICAN 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 Bmits 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 interfemnce 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: 0 Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna 0 Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver 0 Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected 0 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 KC Certification of this device and may cause interference levels which exceed the Emits 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 rAp;zore than one interface connector, do not leave cables connected to Changes or modifications not expressly approved by Epson America, Inc., could void the user's authority to operate the equipment. FOR CANADIAN USERS `MS 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 present appareil num&ique n'kmet pas de bruits radio&ctriques d&passant les limites applicables aux appareils numkriques de Classe B prescritcs dans le r&glement sur le brouillage radio6lecuique &ii& par le Ministere des Communications du Canada. Contents Where to Get Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CompuServe On-line Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Laser safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CDRH regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Internal laser radiation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ozone emission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Laser Printer Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Important Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . About this Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 1 using Your printer 1 2 3 3 3 4 4 5 7 9 About Your Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 Controlling the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5 Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5 SelecType mode.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6 Control panel components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6 Changing the language of display messages . . . . . . . . 1-10 Controlling the Printer with Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11 Sharing the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11 Sharing printer settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12 Sharing emulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13 Chapter 2 Paper Handling Standard and Optional Paper Trays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2 Choosing Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2 iii Loading Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting the paper tray's paper size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . selecting the Paper Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using Windows software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using DOS software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Printing on Special Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Choosing special paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . using manual feed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 3 Fonts What You Need to Know about Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Font Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Choosing a Font . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Printer and Screen Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . When the printer and screen fonts don't match . . . . . . . Bitmap and outline fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TrueType fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Available Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding More Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Installing a font cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Removing the font cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Downloading soft fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . selecting Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Font Samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 4 SelecType SelecType Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . When to use SeIecType . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SelecType menus and items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using SeIecType . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing and saving SelecType settings . . . . . . . . . . Resetting SelecType settings to the factory defaults . . . . SelecType tutorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PRINTING MENU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LJ4 Emulation Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ESC/P2 MENU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3 2-4 2-5 2-5 2-6 2-6 2-7 2-8 3-2 3-2 3-4 3-4 3-6 3-6 3-7 3-7 3-9 3-9 3-11 3-11 3-12 3-13 4-2 4-2 4-3 4-4 4-5 4-5 4-6 4-7 4-10 4-12 FX MENU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GL2 MENU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JOB MENU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EMULATION MENU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TRAY SIZE MENU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CONFIG MENU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PARALLEL MENU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SERIAL MENU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TEST MENU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 5 using Other Printer Emulation When to Use Other Emulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other Available Emulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing the Emulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Epson ESC/P2 and FX Emulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Operating as an LQ or Fx printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EscP2 and FX Menu items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Epson GL/2 Emulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The two Epson GL/2 emulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Operating in GL/2 emulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GL2 MENU items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 6 Troubleshooting and Maintenance Resetting and Initializing the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Resetting the printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Initializing the printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . General Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Print Quality Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Option Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Status and Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Data Dump Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . optimizing Print Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adjusting the RITech setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adjusting print density . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12 4-12 4-13 4-14 4-15 4-16 4-21 4-21 4-24 5-2 5-2 5-3 5-4 5-4 5-5 5-10 5-10 5-12 5-12 6-2 6-2 6-3 6-3 6-7 6-12 6-14 6-20 6-21 6-21 6-23 V Cleaning the Printer . . . . . . . . . . Cleaning the inside of the printer Removing spilled toner . . . . . . Cleaning the printer case . . . . . ............... ............... ............... ............... 6-24 6-25 6-26 6-26 Appendix A Technical $N?CifkUfiOt?S Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paper specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paperfeed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . General.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Environmental. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mechanical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Electrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Parallel interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Serial interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Options and Consumables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lower paper cassette (C812301) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Imaging cartridge (S051016) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appendix B Command Summary Supported Emulations and Control Languages . . . . . . . . . B-2 LJ4 Emulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2 LJ4 emulation commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2 GL/2 emulation context commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-14 Epson ESC/P 2 and FX Emulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-17 Epson ESC/P 2 emulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-17 Epson FX emulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-21 Epson GL/2 Emulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-26 PJL Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-26 EJL Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-27 A-2 A-2 A-3 A-4 A-4 A-4 A-5 A-5 A6 A-6 A-8 A-11 A-11 A-12 Appendix C Option Installation Installing the Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lower Paper Cassette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Installing the lower paper cassette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Loading paper into the lower paper cassette . . . . . . . . Face-Up Output Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Optional Interface Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Installing an interface board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Memory Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Removing the controller board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Installing the memory module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reinserting the controller board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Checking the memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Font Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-2 C-2 C-2 C-4 C-6 C-7 C-7 C-10 C-11 C-13 C-15 C-17 C-18 Index vii Getting Started The Epson ActionLaser 1600 printer combines high performance and reliability with a wide range of features. To get started with y ...