Setup Sheet Provides you with 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. Administrator's Guide Provides network administrators with information on both the printer driver and network settings. 1 2 Color Laser Printer All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, 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 assumed with respect to the use of the information contained herein. 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 the use of any options or any consumable products other than those designated as Original EPSON Products or EPSON Approved Products by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION. EPSON and EPSON ESC/P are registered trademarks and EPSON ESC/P 2 is a trademark of SEIKO EPSON 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. Copyright © 2002 by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Nagano, Japan Reference Guide 4 Contents Contents Warnings, Cautions, and Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Important Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Power On/Off Cautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Chapter 1 Product Information Chapter 1 Printer Parts Options and Consumable Products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Consumable products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 About Your Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Reserve Job function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 HDD Form Overlay function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Pre-defined color settings in printer driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Duplex printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Resolution Improvement Technology (RITech) . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Chapter 2 Paper Handling Available Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 EPSON special media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 General paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Paper that should not be used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Paper Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 MP tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 500-Sheet Paper Cassette Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Selecting a paper source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Contents 5 Output Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 Loading Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 MP tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 Optional Lower Cassette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 Printing on Special Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 EPSON Color Laser Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42 EPSON Color Laser Coated Paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42 EPSON Color Laser Transparencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 Envelopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46 Thick paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47 Loading a custom paper size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47 Chapter 3 Using the Printer Software with Windows About the Printer Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49 Accessing the Printer Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49 Making Changes to Printer Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50 Making the print quality setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50 Resizing printouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56 Modifying the print layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58 Using a watermark. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61 Using an overlay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64 Using HDD form overlay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70 Printing with the Duplex Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72 Making Extended Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74 Using the Reserve Job Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77 Re-Print Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78 Verify Job. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80 Stored Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81 Confidential Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82 Monitoring Your Printer by Using EPSON Status Monitor 3 . . . . .84 Installing EPSON Status Monitor 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84 Accessing EPSON Status Monitor 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88 Getting printer status details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89 Using the Job Management function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90 Setting Monitoring Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95 Status Alert window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97 6 Contents Stopping monitoring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Setting Monitored Printers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Setting for the USB Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Canceling Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Uninstalling the Printer Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Uninstalling the printer driver and EPSON Status Monitor 3101 Uninstalling only EPSON Status Monitor 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Chapter 4 Using the Printer Software with Macintosh About the Printer Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Accessing the Printer Driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Making Changes to Printer Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Making the print quality setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Resizing printouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Modifying the print layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Using a watermark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Printing with the Duplex Unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Making Extended Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Using the Reserve Job Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Re-Print Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Verify Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Stored Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Confidential Job. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Monitoring Your Printer by using EPSON Status Monitor 3. . . . 135 Accessing the EPSON Status Monitor 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Getting printer status details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Setting Monitoring Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Status Alert window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Using the Job Management function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Setting for the USB connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Canceling Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Uninstalling the Printer Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Chapter 5 Setting Up Your Printer on a Network For Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Contents 7 Sharing the printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145 Setting up your printer as a shared printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146 Using an additional driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148 Setting for the clients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154 Installing the printer driver from the CD-ROM . . . . . . . . . .162 For Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164 About the shared printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164 Setting up your printer as a shared printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164 Accessing the shared printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166 Chapter 6 Installing Options 500-Sheet Paper Cassette Unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169 Duplex Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175 Hard Disk Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181 Memory Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .186 Adobe PostScript 3 ROM Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190 Interface Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193 Printing a Status Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196 Chapter 7 Functions of the Control Panel Using the Control Panel Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199 When to make control panel settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199 How to access the control panel menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199 Printing and Deleting Reserve Job Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201 Using the Quick Print Job Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201 Using the Confidential Job Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202 Control Panel Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203 Control panel menu summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203 Information Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205 Status Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208 Tray Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208 Emulation Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210 Printing Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210 Setup Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213 Quick Print Job Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .218 8 Contents Confidential Job Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 Reset Menu. . ...