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2-4
2-4 | Monitoring and Configuring the Printer
3. Press the
Item
button. You see
NOZZLE CHECK=PRINT
on the
display.
4. Press the
Enter
button. The nozzle check prints as shown below:
Each line should be complete, with no gaps in the dot pattern. If any
dots are missing, as shown below, you need to run a cleaning cycle. Press
the
Cleaning
button on the control panel and hold it for at least
3seconds.
For more information, see 3-2. If you’re using the EPSON printer
driver, you can run the Head Cleaning utility. See page B-18
(Macintosh) or C-18 (Windows) for instructions.
Checking Ink Levels and Component Life
You can view printer status information on the control panel display without
printing a status check. Follow these steps:
1. Press the
SelecType
button on the control panel. Press it several times
until you see
PRINTER STATUS MENU
on the display.
2. Press the
Item
button. You see
VERSION <number>
on the
display. This indicates the firmware version installed in your printer.
3. Continue pressing the
Item
button to display the amount remaining for
each of the 6 inks or service life remaining for a number of printer parts.
The indicators read as follows:
E*****F
= full (or full life remaining
)
E ****F
= 3/4 full (or 3/4 life remaining)
E ***F
= 1/2 full (or 1/2 life remaining)
E**F
= 1/4 full (or 1/4 life remaining)
E*F
= nearly empty (or service life near end)
EF
= empty (or service life ended)
Содержание
- Front matter 1
- P r i n t e r g u i d e 1
- Contents 4
- Handling paper 4
- Introduction 4
- Maintaining and transporting the printer 5
- Monitoring and configuring the printer 5
- A installing an ethernet interface card 6
- B using epson drivers and utilities for macintosh 6
- Resolving problems 6
- Specifications 6
- C using epson drivers and utilities for windows 7
- Introduction 8
- How to use your manuals 9
- Using this 10
- Using this printer guide 10
- Warnings cautions and notes 11
- Where to get help 11
- As an energy star partner epson has determined that this product meets the energy star guidelines for energy efficiency 12
- Automated telephone services 12
- Electronic support services 12
- Energy star compliance 12
- Epson also provides customer support through the following services 12
- Introduction 5 12
- The epa energy star office equipment program is a voluntary partnership with the computer and office equipment industry to promote the introduction of energy efficient personal computers monitors printers fax machines and copiers in an effort to reduce air pollution caused by power generation 12
- You can purchase ink cartridges paper manuals and accessories from epson accessories at 800 873 7766 or visit our web site at www epsonsupplies com u s sales only in canada please call 800 873 7766 for dealer referral 12
- Important safety instructions 13
- Year 2000 ready 13
- Ink cartridge safety instructions 14
- Chap 1 handling paper 16
- Chapter 1 handling paper 16
- Selecting paper and other media 16
- 2 handling paper 17
- Epson cut sheet product codes 17
- Epson papers which are specially formulated for the inks used in the printer ensure high quality results the following tables list the product codes for the epson paper and film available for your printer the name on the package may be different from the name shown in this table use the product code to identify the paper or film 17
- Epson roll paper product codes 17
- Printing on epson paper and film 17
- Printing tips for epson media 18
- Using roll paper 18
- Attaching paper to the spindle 19
- Removing paper from the spindle 20
- Inserting the spindle in the printer 21
- Loading roll paper for printing 24
- 10 handling paper 25
- Caution 25
- Feed the paper into the paper slot 25
- Light an 25
- Light are not flashing then pull the paper set lever all the way up 25
- Make sure the 25
- Operat 25
- Cutting roll paper manually 27
- Printing trim lines 28
- Using cut sheet paper 28
- Printing on thick sheets 30
- Adjusting the platen gap for thick sheets 32
- Catching printouts in front of the printer 33
- Using the paper hammock 33
- Catching printouts under the printer 36
- Registering paper thickness and drying time 37
- Setting paper configurations 37
- Selecting registered paper settings 38
- Chap 2 monitoring and configuring the printer 40
- Chapter 2 monitoring and configuring the printer 40
- Using the control panel to monitor the printer 40
- 2 monitoring and configuring the printer 41
- Button again to resume printing 41
- Button and hold it down for 3 seconds this clears all data in the printer s memory 41
- Button press the 41
- Checking printer status 41
- If you decide to cancel a job after the printer has started processing it you can reset the printer press th 41
- If you need to stop the printer during a print job press the 41
- Messages appear on the control panel display and lights come on or flash to indicate various phases of printer operation the following table explains the status messages and lights 41
- Monitoring normal printer operation 41
- Pausing and resetting the printer 41
- Status messages 41
- You can use the control panel to print a status check or nozzle check these prints allow you to test the printer without sending a print job and without connecting the printer to the rip you can also check the amount of ink remaining total number of prints and the status of your cutter blade and other printer parts 41
- Printing a nozzle check 42
- Printing a status check 42
- Checking ink levels and component life 43
- Button to exit the printer status menu 44
- Carriage motor 44
- Cleane 44
- Cleaning unit 44
- Cr moto 44
- Cutter lif 44
- Error messages 44
- Following is a list of the items displayed note that all parts on the list except the ink cartridges and paper cutter need to be replaced by authorized epson service centers 44
- Head uni 44
- Ink absorbing pad 44
- Ink left 44
- Ink left l 44
- Ink left lm 44
- Light cyan 44
- Light magenta 44
- Magenta 44
- Monitoring and configuring the printer 2 5 44
- Paper cutter 44
- Paper feed motor 44
- Pf moto 44
- Press the 44
- Print head 44
- Responding to messages and light indicators 44
- Selectyp 44
- Total prints 44
- Waste ink 44
- When your ink or paper runs out or a problem occurs a message appears on the display the lights on the control panel come on or flash the following table lists the messages alphabetically and includes an explanation and instructions for correcting the problem 44
- Yellow 44
- 6 monitoring and configuring the printer 45
- Error messages continued 45
- Error messages continued 46
- Monitoring and configuring the printer 2 7 46
- Setting default roll paper margins 47
- Using the control panel to configure the printer 47
- Selecting the printer s interface 48
- Changing the printer s code page setting 49
- Configuring the parallel interface 49
- Restoring default settings 50
- Setting the control panel language 50
- Chap 3 maintaining and transporting the printer 52
- Chapter 3 maintaining and transporting the printer 52
- Running a nozzle check 52
- Running a cleaning cycle 53
- Aligning the print head 54
- Printing the alignment patterns 54
- Completing the alignment procedure 55
- Replacing ink cartridges 57
- 8 maintaining and transporting the printer 59
- Carefully pull the empty cartridge straight out of the printer 59
- Hold the ink cartridge with the arrow mark face up and pointing to the rear of the printer then insert the ink cartridge into the slot don t force the cartridge 59
- Make sure the replacement cartridge is the correct color and remove it from its package 59
- Warning 59
- Close the ink compartment cover by pushing the lever down until it clicks into place 60
- Ink out 60
- Light goes off 60
- Maintaining and transporting the printer 3 9 60
- Push the cartridge clamp back make sure the corresponding 60
- Removing the used cutter blade 61
- Replacing the paper cutter blade 61
- Installing the new cutter blade 64
- Cleaning the printer 65
- Transporting the printer 66
- Moving the printer without the leg assembly 67
- Setting up the printer after transporting it 69
- Chap 4 resolving problems 70
- Chapter 4 resolving problems 70
- Diagnosing problems 70
- Improving print quality 71
- Using hex dump mode 71
- Print quality problems 72
- Resolving problems 4 3 72
- 4 resolving problems 73
- Print quality problems continued 73
- If none of these suggestions help try the solutions below 74
- If you can t turn the printer on if it stops printing unexpectedly or if nothing prints check the following 74
- If you re using the rip station 5100 make sure the interface cable is securely connected to the printer and rip and the rip is turned on check the rip station 5100 user guide for additional troubleshooting solutions 74
- Light is on 74
- Operat 74
- Operational problems 74
- Resolving problems 4 5 74
- Solving operational problems 74
- The printer is plugged securely into a working electrical outlet that s not controlled by a switch or timer 74
- The printer is turned on and the 74
- 6 resolving problems 75
- Operational problems continued 75
- If your printouts are not what you expected try the suggestions below 76
- Miscellaneous printing problems 76
- Resolving problems 4 7 76
- Solving miscellaneous printing problems 76
- 8 resolving problems 77
- Miscellaneous printing problems continued 77
- If paper feed or paper jam problems occur frequently try one or more of the following solutions 78
- If you re not using a roll of paper that s installed in the printer secure it with the roll paper belt see page 1 8 for more information 78
- Make sure no foreign objects are inside the printer 78
- Make sure the paper is not folded wrinkled or damp 78
- Make sure the paper is not too thick or too thin see pages 1 1 and 5 2 for paper specifications 78
- Make sure the printer s environment falls within the required temperature and humidity range 78
- Miscellaneous printing problems continued 78
- Resolving problems 4 9 78
- Solving paper problems 78
- When you re loading roll paper make sure you line up the edge with the row of holes on the printer always turn the roll back to remove the slack see page 1 11 for more information 78
- Solving roll paper feed problems 79
- Clearing paper jams 80
- Chap 5 specifications 84
- Chapter 5 specifications 84
- Printing 84
- 2 specifications 85
- Cut sheet paper specifications 85
- Depending on the media feed and print quality are guaranteed on paper thicknesses of 0 8 to 0 1 mm 85
- Do not load curled or folded paper 85
- Poor quality paper may reduce print quality and cause paper jams or other problems if you encounter problems switch to a higher grade of paper 85
- Roll paper specifications 85
- Environmental 86
- Mechanical 86
- Minimum margins for roll paper and cut sheets 86
- Printable area 86
- Specifications 5 3 86
- Electrical 87
- Initialization 87
- Ink cartridges 88
- Safety approvals 88
- 6 specifications 89
- Ecp mode 89
- Forward channel 89
- Parallel interface 89
- Reverse channel 89
- Serial interface rs 423 standard 90
- Specifications 5 7 90
- Appendix a installing an ethernet interface card 92
- Appendix b using epson drivers and utilities for macintosh 94
- Connecting the printer 94
- Setting up your software 95
- Before you start turn off all virus protection programs see your anti virus software documentation for instructions then follow these steps to install your printer software 96
- Checking system requirements 96
- Connection 96
- Follow the steps in the next section to select your printer using either the serial interface or an appletal 96
- Icon appears double click the icon then follow the instructions on the screen 96
- Inch full page color image requirements may vary depending on the size complexity and resolution of your images 96
- Insert your printer software cd rom 96
- Installe 96
- Installing the software 96
- Make sure your macintosh meets the requirements listed in the table below the memory requirements are for printing a 40 96
- Restart 96
- System requirements 96
- Using epson drivers and utilities for macintosh b 3 96
- When the 96
- When you see the installation complete message click 96
- After you install the software you need to open the chooser to select your printer follow these steps 97
- B 4 using epson drivers and utilities for macintosh 97
- Click the name you assigned to your epson stylus pro 9000 then click 97
- Icon and select the appletalk zone you want to use a list of all the printers connected to the selected zone appears on the right 97
- Icon and the port your printer is connected to 97
- If you re using a serial connection click th 97
- If you re using an appletalk network click the 97
- Make sure the printer is connected to your macintosh and turned on 97
- Open the chooser 97
- Selecting your printer in the chooser 97
- Spro 900 97
- Spro 9000 at 97
- Choosing page setup options 98
- Setting print options 98
- Choosing basic print options 99
- And then choose one of the print job types from the custom settings list as described on the following page 100
- Automatic 100
- If the paper you re using is not listed in the table check the instructions included with the paper if you re using a non epson printing material choose the closest setting you may have to experiment with different settings to determine which one is best for the substrate you re using 100
- Media typ 100
- Media type settings for epson media 100
- Option as follows 100
- Quality spee 100
- Select 100
- Select a 100
- Set the 100
- Setting appropriate for the media you re printing on as listed in the following table 100
- Slider appears in the mode box set it according to the priorities of your print job depending on the media type setting this slider may not appear 100
- To have the printer driver analyze the contents of your image or file and make the appropriate printing adjustments if a 100
- Using epson drivers and utilities for macintosh b 7 100
- B 8 using epson drivers and utilities for macintosh 101
- Button to see a preview of your printed image 101
- Choose from the following buttons to access additional features 101
- Click and then click th 101
- Click if you want to reduce your image to fit on the page 101
- Click to access the printer monitoring and maintenance utilities see page b 18 for more information 101
- Click to turn on background printing this lets you use the monitor3 utility see page b 12 for more information 101
- Custom print job settings 101
- If you re using photosho 101
- In your dialog box see your photoshop documentation for instructions on using these settings 101
- Previe 101
- Printer color managemen 101
- When you re finished choosing print options click 101
- You ll see settings for 101
- Choosing advanced print options 102
- Color adjustment modes 104
- Color management settings 104
- Colorsync rendering intent settings 104
- Photoenhance3 settings 104
- The following tables list the color management settings available when you choose either color adjustment photoenhance3 or colorsync 104
- Using epson drivers and utilities for macintosh b 11 104
- Managing print jobs 105
- Setting up background printing 105
- Using monitor3 106
- Cancelling printing 108
- Checking printer status 108
- Selecting configuration options 109
- Running nozzle check and head cleaning utilities 111
- Running print head utilities 111
- Running the print head alignment utility 112
- Appendix c using epson drivers and utilities for windows 114
- Connecting the printer 114
- Before you install the drivers and utilities you need to make sure your computer meets the minimum system requirements then follow the procedures for installing the software this section covers 115
- C 2 using epson drivers and utilities for windows 115
- Checking system requirements 115
- Inch full page color image requirements may vary depending on the size complexity and resolution of your images 115
- Installing the software 115
- Make sure your computer meets the requirements listed in the table below the memory requirements are for printing a 40 115
- Plug the other end of the cable into the computer s parallel port 115
- See the next section for instructions on installing the printer software you must install the printer software before using your printer 115
- Setting up your software 115
- System requirements 115
- Installing the software 116
- Setting print options 116
- Choosing basic print options 117
- And then choose one of the print job types from the custom settings list as described on the following page 118
- Automatic 118
- If the paper you re using is not listed in the table check the instructions included with the paper if you re using a non epson printing material choose the closest setting you may have to experiment with different settings to determine which one is best for the substrate you re using 118
- Media typ 118
- Media type settings for epson media 118
- Option as follows 118
- Quality spee 118
- Select 118
- Select a 118
- Set the 118
- Setting appropriate for the media you re printing on as listed in the following table 118
- Slider appears in the mode box set it according to the priorities of your print job depending on the media type setting this slider may not appear 118
- To have the printer driver analyze the contents of your image or file and make the appropriate printing adjustments if a 118
- Using epson drivers and utilities for windows c 5 118
- C 6 using epson drivers and utilities for windows 119
- Custom print job settings 119
- Tab and follow the instructions in the next section for choosing paper option 119
- When you re finished choosing print options click the 119
- Choosing paper options 120
- Choosing advanced print options 121
- Color adjustment modes 124
- Color management settings 124
- If you want to have your advanced settings available for reuse then type a name for the group of settings and click 124
- Photoenhance3 settings 124
- Save setting 124
- The following tables list the color management settings available when you choose either color adjustment or photo enhance3 124
- The name is added to your list of custom settings 124
- Using epson drivers and utilities for windows c 11 124
- When you re finished setting advanced printer options click 124
- Managing print jobs 125
- Using the progress meter 125
- Using status monitor 2 126
- Using the spool manager 126
- Checking printer status 128
- Checking print job status 129
- Setting monitoring preferences 130
- Running nozzle check and head cleaning utilities 131
- Running printer utilities 131
- Running the print head alignment utility 132
- Running the printer and option information utility 133
- Running the speed and progress configuration utility 134
- Printer parts front 142
- Printer parts back 143
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