Epson EPL-N2000 User manual

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Laser Printer
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Copyright © 1996 by Seiko Epson Corporation, Nagano, Japan
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Declaration of Conformity
According to ISO/IEC Guide 22 and EN 45014
Manufacturer: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Address: 3-5, Owa 3-chome, Suwa-shi,
Nagano-ken 392 Japan
Representative: EPSON EUROPE B.V.
Address: Prof. J. H. Bavincklaan 5 1183
AT Amstelveen
The Netherlands
Declares that the Product:
Product Name: Laser Printer
Type Name: EPL-N2000
Model: L240B
Conforms to the following Directive(s) and Norm(s):
Directive 89/336/EEC:EN 55022 Class A
EN 50082-1
IEC 801-2
IEC 801-3
IEC 801-4
EN 61000-3-2
EN 61000-3-3
Directive 73/23/EEC: EN 60950
October 1996
M. Hamamoto
President of EPSON EUROPE B.V.
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Contents
Getting Started
About This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
About Your Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
ENERGY STAR Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
About Making Printer Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Printer Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
OneTouch modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
SelecType . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Remote Control Panel utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Ozone safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11
Laser Printer Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12
Important Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16
For United Kingdom Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-17
Warnings, Cautions, and Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-19
Chapter 1 Paper Handling
Loading Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Manually loading paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Selecting the paper size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Loading an uncommon paper size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Choosing Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Envelopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Colored paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
Transparencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
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Chapter 2 Understanding Your Printer
The Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Chapter 3 Options
Printer Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Installing an Optional Paper Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Installing the Optional Lower Paper Cassette . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Installing the Duplex Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Removing the Duplex Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
PCMCIA Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
Installing a PCMCIA card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
Removing a PCMCIA card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15
Memory Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
Installing a memory module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
Removing a memory module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20
ROM Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-21
Optional Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-21
Installing the LocalTalk/Serial module . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-23
Installing a Type-B Interface Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-24
Using the Serial Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-26
Using the serial interface utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-28
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Chapter 4 Remote Control Panel Utility
Remote Control Panel Utility Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
When to use the Remote Control Panel utility . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Installing the Remote Control Panel utility . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Accessing the Remote Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
LaserJet 4/EPSONScript Level 2 Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
ESCP2 Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
FX Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
I239X Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Page Setup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Type Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
Printer Setup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
Other Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
More Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17
Duplex Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
Chapter 5 SelecType
When to Use SelecType . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
SelecType . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Using SelecType . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
SelecType menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Understanding SelecType Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
Test Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
Emulation Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
Printing Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
Tray Size Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11
Config Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12
Setup Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-15
Parallel B Menu, Parallel C Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16
Serial Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17
L/T Menu, AUX Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-18
LJ4 Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19
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Using the OneTouch Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-21
Using Other Emulation Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-23
Changing emulation modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-23
ESC/P 2 or FX Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-24
I239X Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-27
EPSON GL/2 Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-28
Before printing in EPSON GL/2 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-29
GL2 Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-30
Chapter 6 Troubleshooting and Maintenance
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Paper Jam and Feeding Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Preventing paper feed and paper jam problems . . . . . . . . 6-5
Print Quality Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9
Memory Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14
Option Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-15
Status and Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-18
Hex Dump Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-28
Replacing the Imaging Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-29
Optimizing Print Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-32
Adjusting RITech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-32
The RITech setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-32
Adjusting print density . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-33
Resetting the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-34
Cleaning the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-35
Removing spilled toner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-36
Cleaning the printer case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-37
Transporting the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-37
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Appendix A Technical Specifications
Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2
Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3
Environmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4
Mechanical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4
Electrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-5
Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-5
Parallel B interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-5
Parallel C interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-7
Ethernet Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-12
Options and Consumables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-12
250 Sheet Lower Paper Cassette (C81269✽)/
250 Sheet Paper Tray (C81270✽) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-12
500 Sheet Lower Paper Cassette (C81264✽)/
500 Sheet Paper Tray (C81266✽) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-13
Duplex Unit (C81268✽) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-13
Imaging Cartridge (S051035) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-14
Appendix B Symbol Sets
Introduction to Symbol Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2
In LJ4 Emulation Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-3
International Set for ISO sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-18
In ESC/P 2 or FX Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-19
International Character Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-23
Characters available with the ESC (^ command . . . . . . . . . B-24
In I239X Emulation Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-24
In EPSON GL/2 Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-24
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Appendix C Command Summary
LaserJet 4 (LJ4) Emulation Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-3
GL/2 context commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-7
ESC/P 2 and FX Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-9
ESC/P 2 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-9
FX mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-12
PJL Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-15
I239X Emulation Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-16
Page format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-16
Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-17
Auxiliary Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-18
AGM Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-19
Appendix D Working with Fonts
Printer and Screen Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-2
Available Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-3
Adding More Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-6
Downloading fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-6
Selecting Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-6
Appendix E Map of SelecType Menus
Glossary
Index
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