Epson AcuLaser C8600 User manual

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Setup Guide
Provides you with information on assembling the printer and
installing the printer software.
Reference Guide (this manual)
Providesyouwithdetailedinformationontheprinter’sfunctions,
optional products, maintenance, troubleshooting, and technical
specifications.
Administrator Guide
Provides network administrators with information on both the
printer driver and network settings.

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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
patentliabilityisassumedwithrespecttotheuseoftheinformationcontainedherein.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

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Contents
Chapter 1 Product Information
PrinterParts.........................................14
OptionsandConsumableProducts.......................16
Options.........................................16
Consumableproducts .............................17
AboutYourPrinter....................................18
ReserveJobfunction..............................19
HDDFormOverlayfunction.........................19
Pre-definedcolorsettingsinprinterdriver..............19
Duplexprinting...................................20
Resolution Improvement Technology (RITech) . . . . . . . . . .20
Chapter 2 Paper Handling
AvailablePaper ......................................21
EPSONspecialmedia.............................21
Generalpaper ...................................23
Paperthatshouldnotbeused.......................24
PaperSources.......................................25
MPtray.........................................26
Standardlowercassette............................27
250-SheetPaperCassetteA3W .....................27
500-SheetPaperCassetteUnit......................28
LargeCapacityPaperCassetteUnit..................29
Selectingapapersource...........................29
OutputTrays.........................................32
Face-uptray.....................................32
Face-downtray...................................33
How to select an output tray and optional lower cassette . . 34
Loading Paper . . . . . . . . . ..............................34
MPtray.........................................35
Standard and Optional Lower Cassettes ...............38

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PrintingonSpecialMedia...............................42
EPSONColorLaserPaper..........................42
EPSON Color Laser Coated Paper . . . . . . . ............43
EPSONColorLaserTransparencies..................44
Envelopes.......................................45
Labels..........................................47
Thickpaper/Extra-thickpaper........................48
Loadinganuncommonsizepaper........................48
Chapter 3 Using the Printer Software with Windows
AboutthePrinterSoftware..............................51
AccessingthePrinterDriver.............................51
MakingChangestoPrinterSettings.......................52
Makingtheprintqualitysetting.......................52
Resizingprintouts.................................58
Modifyingtheprintlayout...........................60
Usingawatermark................................63
Usinganoverlay..................................66
UsingHDDformoverlay............................72
Duplexprinting...................................76
MakingExtendedSettings..........................79
UsingtheReserveJobFunction..........................82
Re-PrintJob.....................................84
VerifyJob.......................................85
StoredJob ......................................86
ConfidentialJob..................................87
Monitoring Your Printer by Using EPSON Status Monitor 3. . . . .89
AboutEPSONStatusMonitor3......................89
Installing EPSON Status Monitor 3. . . . . . . . ............89
AccessingEPSONStatusMonitor3...................91
Gettingprinterstatusdetails.........................93
UsingtheJobManagementfunction..................94
SettingMonitoringPreferences ......................98
Status Alert window . . . ...........................100
Stoppingmonitoring..............................100
SettingMonitoredPrinters.........................101
SettingfortheUSBConnection.........................101

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CancelingPrinting ...................................103
Uninstalling the Printer Software . . . . . . . . . . . .............104
Uninstalling the printer driver and
EPSONStatusMonitor3........................104
Uninstalling EPSON Status Monitor 3 only . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Chapter 4 Setting Up Your Printer on a Network
SharingthePrinter...................................111
SettingupYourPrinterasaSharedPrinter................112
UsinganAdditionalDriver.............................114
Settingfortheclients.................................119
WithWindowsMe/98/95...........................120
WithWindows2000/XP...........................122
WithWindowsNT4.0.............................125
Installing the Printer Driver from the CD-ROM..............127
Chapter 5 Using the Printer Software with Macintosh
About the Printer Software .............................129
AccessingthePrinterDriver............................129
MakingChangestoPrinterSettings......................130
Makingtheprintqualitysetting......................130
Resizingprintouts................................135
Modifyingtheprintlayout..........................136
Usingawatermark...............................139
PrintingwiththeDuplexUnit.......................145
MakingExtendedSettings.........................146
UsingtheReserveJobFunction ........................148
Re-PrintJob....................................150
VerifyJob......................................151
StoredJob.....................................152
ConfidentialJob.................................153
Monitoring Your Printer by using EPSON Status Monitor 3 ....155
AboutEPSONStatusMonitor3.....................155
AccessingtheEPSONStatusMonitor3 ..............155
Gettingprinterstatusdetails........................156

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SettingMonitoringPreferences .....................158
Status Alert window . . . ...........................159
UsingtheJobManagementfunction.................159
SettingfortheUSBconnection..........................161
CancelingPrinting....................................163
UninstallingthePrinterSoftware.........................163
Chapter 6 Functions of the Control Panel
ControlPanelOperation...............................165
UsingtheControlPanelMenus.........................167
Whentomakecontrolpanelsettings.................167
How to access the control panel menus...............167
PrintingandDeletingReserveJobData...................170
UsingtheQuickPrintJobMenu.....................170
UsingtheConfidentialJobMenu....................171
ControlPanelMenus .................................172
Controlpanelmenusummary.......................172
InformationMenu................................174
TrayMenu......................................177
EmulationMenu.................................179
PrintingMenu...................................179
SetupMenu ....................................182
QuickPrintJobMenu.............................187
ConfidentialJobMenu............................187
ResetMenu ....................................188
ParallelMenu...................................189
USBMenu .....................................190
LJ4Menu......................................192
GL2Menu......................................195
PS3Menu......................................197
ESCP2Menu...................................198
FXMenu.......................................201
I239XMenu ....................................203

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Chapter 7 Using Options
250-Sheet Paper Cassette A3W . . . . . . . . . . . .............207
Installing the 250-Sheet Paper Cassette A3W. . . . . . . . . .207
Removing the 250-Sheet Paper Cassette A3W. . . . . . . . . 209
500-Sheet Paper Cassette Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . .............209
Installing the 500-Sheet Paper Cassette Unit . . . . . . . . . . 210
Removing the 500-Sheet Paper Cassette Unit . . . . . . . . . 210
LargeCapacityPaperUnit.............................210
Installing the Large Capacity Paper Unit ..............212
RemovingtheLargeCapacityPaperUnit.............217
DuplexUnit.........................................218
Installing the Duplex Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . .............219
RemovingtheDuplexUnit.........................225
HardDiskDrive .....................................226
Installing the Hard Disk Drive. . . . . . . . . . .............226
ReformattingtheHardDiskDrive....................231
RemovingtheHardDiskDrive......................232
MemoryModule.....................................235
Installing a memory module . . . . . . . . . . . .............236
Removingamemorymodule.......................240
AdobePostScript3ROMModule........................243
Installing the Adobe PostScript 3 ROM module. . . . . . . . . 243
Removing the Adobe PostScript 3 ROM module. . . . . . . . 247
InterfaceCards......................................250
Installing an interface card . . . . . . . . . . . . .............250
Removinganinterfacecard........................253
PrintingaStatusSheet................................253
Chapter 8 Replacing Consumable Products
ReplacementMessages...............................255
PrecautionsDuringReplacement........................256
TonerCartridge .....................................257
Handlingprecautions.............................257
Replacingatonercartridge........................258
PhotoconductorUnit..................................262
Handlingprecautions.............................262

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Replacing the photoconductor unit. . . . . . . . ...........263
WasteTonerCollector................................267
Handlingprecautions.............................267
Replacingthewastetonercollector..................268
Chapter 9 Cleaning and Transporting the Printer
CleaningthePrinter..................................271
TransportingthePrinter...............................272
Chapter 10 Troubleshooting
ClearingJammedPaper...............................277
Error messages for paper jams . . . . . . . . . . ...........277
Precautionsforclearingjammedpaper...............280
PaperJam-theLowerCassette....................280
PaperJam-MPtray..............................282
PaperJam-CoverA(JamA).......................283
PaperJam-CoverB(JamB).......................285
PaperJam-UnitC(JamC)........................288
PaperJam-CoverD(JamD)......................292
PaperJam-CoverE(JamE).......................293
PaperJam-CoverF(JamF).......................295
PaperJam-UnitG(JamG)........................296
Operationalproblems.................................299
The Ready light does not turn on when you turn
the printer on......................................299
The printer does not print and the Ready light is off ......299
TheReadylightisonbutnothingprints...............299
Printoutproblems....................................301
The font selected in the application software
willnotprint...................................301
Some or all of the printout is garbled ...................301
Thepositionoftheprintoutisnotcorrect..............303
Graphicsdon’tprintcorrectly.......................303
The printed surface is rough when duplex printing
on coated paper ..................................303

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ColorPrintingProblems...............................304
Cannot print in color..................................304
The printout color differs when printed from
different printers ...................................304
The color looks different from what you see on
the computer screen ...............................305
Printqualityproblems.................................305
Thebackgroundisdarkordirty.....................305
Black or white bands appear in the printout..............307
White dots appear in the printout where the
toner density is high................................307
Printqualityisunevenonthepage ..................307
Print quality is uneven on thick or coated paper. . . . . . . . .308
Half-tone images print unevenly........................308
Toner smudges......................................308
Areas are missing in the printed image..................310
Completely blank pages are output.....................310
The printed image is light or faint.......................312
The non-printed side of the page is dirty.................312
MemoryProblems ...................................312
The message Collate was disabled appears
on the LCD panel ..............................312
The message Duplex Men Overflow appears
on the LCD panel ..............................314
The message Image Optimum appears
on the LCD panel ..............................314
The message Mem Overflow appears on the LCD panel...314
The message Need Momory appears on the LCD panel. . . 315
The message Print Overrun appears
on the LCD panel ..............................315
Paperhandlingproblems..............................316
Paper does not feed from the proper paper source . . . . . .316
StatusandErrorMessages............................316
CancelingPrinting ...................................331
Using the printer driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .............332
Usingthecontrolpanel............................332
UsingtheJobCancelbutton.......................332
UsingtheResetMenu............................332

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Appendix A Technical Specifications
Paper .............................................335
Available paper types . . ...........................336
Papertypespecifications..........................337
Printablearea...................................340
Printer.............................................341
General........................................341
Environmental...................................343
Safetyapprovals.................................343
Mechanical.....................................346
Electrical ...........................................346
Interfaces..........................................347
Parallel interface. . . . . . ...........................347
USBinterface...................................347
Ethernetinterface................................347
OptionsandConsumables.............................348
250-SheetPaperCassetteA3W.....................348
500-SheetPaperCassetteUnit.....................348
LargeCapacityPaperUnit.........................350
DuplexUnit.....................................350
Memory module.....................................351
IEEE 1394 Interface (for Macintosh only) ...............352
HardDiskDrive..................................352
Tonercartridges.................................352
Photoconductorunit..............................353
Waste toner collector . . ...........................353
Appendix B Symbol Sets
IntroductiontoSymbolSets............................355
In the LJ4 Emulation Mode. . ...........................356
InternationalcharactersetsforISO..................358
IntheESC/P2orFXModes............................359
Internationalcharactersets ........................360
Characters available with the ESC (^ command. . . . . . . . .361
IntheI239XEmulationMode...........................361
In the EPSON GL/2 Mode. . . ...........................362

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Appendix C Working with Fonts
AvailableFonts......................................363
LJ4/GL2mode..................................363
ESC/P2andFXmodes...........................366
I239Xmode....................................366
Printingfontsamples.............................367
AddingMoreFonts...................................368
SelectingFonts......................................368
DownloadingFonts...................................368
EPSONFontManager(WindowsOnly)...................369
Installing EPSON Font Manager . . . . . . . .............369
EPSONBarCodeFonts(WindowsOnly)..................370
Systemrequirements.............................372
Installing EPSON BarCode Fonts . . . . . . .............373
PrintingwithEPSONBarCodeFonts.................374
BarCodeFontspecifications .......................378
Appendix D Contacting Customer Support
ForNorthAmericanusers .............................392
ForLatinAmericanusers..............................393
ForEuropeanUsers..................................394
For United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland Users. . . 394
ForUsersinGermany............................396
France........................................396
Spain.........................................396
Italy...........................................397
Portugal.......................................397
Austria........................................397
Netherlands....................................397
Belgium&Luxemburg............................398
Switzerland.....................................398
Glossary
Appendix ENotice for Windows XP Users

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Index

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Product Information

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Printer Parts
control panel face-down tray
MP tray
front cover
paper cassette
paperpathunit
(unitC)
expansion tray
Duplex Unit slot
cover paper cassette
cover (cover D)
right cover

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fuser unit
(unit B)
parallel interface
connector
TypeBInterfacecard
slot cover
Ethernet interface
connector
output path cover
(cover A)
power switch
face-up tray
USB interface
AC inlet
photoconductor
unit
fuser waste toner
collector
toner cartridge

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Control panel
Options and Consumable Products
Options
You can add to your printer’s capabilities by installing any of the
following options:
❏The 250-Sheet Paper Cassette A3W (C813521) accommodates
250 sheets of A3W-size paper.
❏The 500-Sheet Paper Cassette Unit (C12C813871) holds one
paper cassette. It increases paper-feeding capacity up to 500
sheets of paper.
❏TheLarge Capacity PaperUnit(C12C813891)holds twopaper
cassettes. It increases paper-feeding capacity up to 1,000
sheets of paper.
Up button
Enter button
Down button
LCD Panel
Data light
Error light
Back button Ready light
Job Cancel button
Start/Stop button

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❏The Duplex Unit (C12C813881) provides for automatic
printing on both sides of the paper.
❏The Hard Disk Drive (C12C823921) expands the printer’s
capacity by allowing you to print complex and large print jobs
at high speed.
❏An optional memory module expands your printer’s
memory, allowing you to print complex and
graphics-intensive documents.
❏The Adobe®PostScript®3™ROM Module (C12C83249✽)
generates crisp PostScript output. It cannot be used for a
Macintosh®connected with an IEEE 1394 Type B Interface
Card.
❏The IEEE 1394 Type B Interface Card (C12C82372✽)canbe
used for Macintosh users. It can be connected to a Macintosh
FireWire®port.
Note:
The asterisk (✽) is a substitute for the last digit of the product number,
which varies by country.
Consumable products
The life of the following consumable products is monitored by the
printer. The printer lets you know when replacements are needed.
Toner Cartridge (Black)
Toner Cartridge (Yellow)
Toner Cartridge (Magenta)
Toner Cartridge (Cyan)
Photoconductor Unit
(includes the waste toner collector)
Waste Toner Collector
S050038/S050082
S050039/S050079
S050040/S050080
S050041/S050081
S051082
S050020

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The EPSON special media listed below provide you with the
best-quality printouts.
cCaution:
❏Do not use other EPSON media such as EPSON special
media for ink jet printers, as they can cause paper jams and
damage the printer.
❏Donotusethemedialistedaboveinanyotherprinters,except
when specified in the documentation.
About Your Printer
The printer comes with a full set of features that contributes to
ease of use and consistent, high-quality output. The main features
are described below.
EPSON Color Laser Paper (A4)
EPSON Color Laser Paper (A3)
EPSON Color Laser Paper (A3W)
EPSON Color Laser Paper (Letter)
EPSON Color Laser Transparencies (A4)
EPSON Color Laser Transparencies (Letter)
EPSON Color Laser Coated Paper (A4)
EPSON Color Laser Coated Paper (A3)
S041215
S041216
S041217
S041218
S041175
S041174
S041383
S041384