Epson FX-2170 - Impact Printer User manual

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User’s Guide

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Setting Up Your Software
Refer to the following sections for printer driver installation
instructions.
For Microsoft Windows users
If Microsoft Windows is installed on your computer, follow
the steps below to install the correct driver for your printer.
If you are using Windows 3.1, follow these steps:
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Make sure Windows is running and the Program Manager
window is open.
Insert the floppy disk containing the driver into your floppy
disk drive.
Click File; then click Run.
Type A: SETUP (or B: SETUP); then click OK.
Select your printer’s name in the Printer Model window and
click Continue. The printer driver installs automatically.
Click OK.
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Installing the driver for Windows 95 users
Follow these steps to install the printer driver using the
Windows 95 plug-and play capabilities:
Note:
To install the driver using the Windows 95 plug-and play
capabilities, your computer’s parallel port must be an IEEE-2284
(ECP or EPP compatible) bidirectional parallel port. See your
computer documentation for more information.
1. Make sure plain paper is loaded in the printer and the
printer is connected to the computer’s parallel port. (The
paper is used to perform a test print in step 11.)
2. Turn off your printer and computer, if necessary.
3. Turn on the printer first; then turn on the computer. Your
computer begins loading Windows 95.
4. If you defined a password, enter it at the prompt. You see
the New Hardware Found screen.
Note:
If you do not see the New Hardware Found screen, please follow
the procedure under “Installing the driver while running
Windows 95,” the next section.
5. Make sure your printer model name is displayed on the
screen. Then click the Driver from disk provided by
hardware manufacturer button. Do not select any of the
other buttons.
Note:
The next time you turn on your computer after installing the
driver, Windows 95 may display the New Hardware Found
screen again. In this case, click the Do not install a driver
radio button; then click OK. This screen does not appear again.
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6. Click OK. You see the Install From Disk screen.
7. Insert the Windows printer driver disk in a disk drive.
8. If you inserted the disk in drive A, click OK. Otherwise,
change the drive letter in the Copy manufacturer’s files
from box and click OK.
9. At the next screen you can type a unique name for the
printer in the Printer name box. We recommend that you
keep the model name as shown. The program will copy
the files to your hard disk and add an icon to the Printers
folder using the printer name you assign.
To use the printer as the default printer for Windows 95
applications, select Yes. (No is the default setting.)
10. Click the Next button.
11. In the next screen, select YES to print a test page.
12. Click the Finish button.
13. Choose Yes in the test page confirmation dialog if the page
printed correctly. If it did not print correctly, choose N O
and follow the directions on the screen.
To access the driver, see “Checking the printer driver
settings,” page 5 of this supplement.
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Installing the driver while running Windows 95
If you are using Windows 95, follow the steps below.
1. In the Desktop window, double-click the My Computer
icon.
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Double-click the Printers folder.
Double-click the Add Printer icon.
Click the Next button.
Select the Local printer or Network printer radio button.
Then click the Next button.
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7.
Click the Have Disk button.
Insert the floppy disk containing the driver into your
computer’s floppy disk drive.
8. Type
A: WIN 95 (or B: WIN 95); then click OK.
9.
Select your printer’s name in the dialog box, then click the
Next button.
10. Select the port you want to use with this printer.
11. Click the Next button.
12. Select the Yes radio button if you want to make your
printer the default printer. Otherwise, select the N O radio
button.
13. Click the Next button.
14. Click the Yes radio button to print a test page.
15. Click Finish.
16. In the dialog box that appears, choose Yes if the test page
printed satisfactorily. If it didn’t print satisfactorily,
choose NO and follow the directions that appear on your
screen.
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Windows 3.1, refer to the information in your User’s Guide.
Checking the printer driver settings
If you are using Windows 95, follow these steps to select the
appropriate settings.
1. In the Desktop window, click the Start button.
2. Select Settings; then click Printers.
3. Right-click on your printer icon.
4. Choose Properties.
5. Select the paper size you have loaded in the printer from the
Paper size list on the Paper menu. If you don’t see your
paper size, scroll through the list, and select the correct
size. The diagram on the screen changes according to the
paper size you select.
6. Select Portrait or Landscape orientation. The diagram on the
screen changes according to the orientation you select.
7. Select the paper source.
8. Select the resolution on the Graphics menu.
9. Make any other settings you wish, and click OK when you
are finished.
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DOS printer utilities
Your printer driver disk includes the EPSON Remote! and
EPSON Calibration utilities. You can use EPSON Remote! to
change the printer’s default settings from your computer
instead of the control panel. EPSON Calibration is used to
properly align your printout.
Installing EPSON printer utilities
To install the utilities, follow these steps:
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Insert the floppy disk containing the printer utilities into
your computer’s disk drive.
From the DOS prompt, type A: SETUP (or B: SETUP); then
press Enter.
In the screen that appears, select your printer’s name in the
Printer Model window and press Enter. C: EPUTIL appears
as the default directory.
Press Enter. All the necessary files are copied to the EPUTIL
directory on drive C.
Using EPSON printer utilities
To use your EPSON utilities, follow these steps:
1. From the DOS prompt, change the current directory to the C
drive.
2. To use the EPSON Remote! utility, type PRNSET, and press
Enter, or to use the EPSON Calibration utility, type
CALIBRAT, and press Enter.
3. Follow the instructions on the screen to use either utility.
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Please replace the illustration on page 2-11 of your User's
Guide with the illustration below.
2. Please replace the illustration on the upper portion of page
2-12 of your User’s Guide with the illustration below.
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On page 5-3, add the information below.
When replacing the ribbon cartridge or ribbon pack, you can
use the cartridge and pack listed below, in addition to the
products listed in your User's Guide.
Ribbon cartridge S015086
Ribbon pack
S010033
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