Epson PowerLite 7500 User manual

User’s Guide
Printed on recycled paper
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EPSON CORPORATION. The information contained herein is designed only for use
with this EPSON printer. EPSON is not responsible for any use of this information as
applied to other printers.
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Copyright © 2000 by Epson America, Inc. CPD-8323R1
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Introduction
Do You Need PostScript? 1
Special Features 2
Macintosh System Requirements 3
Windows System Requirements 4
How To Use Your Manuals 4
Cautions, Notes, and Tips 5
Where To Get Help 6
1Installing EPSON Stylus
RIP for Macintosh
Checking the Printer 1-2
Determining Your Configuration 1-3
Standalone Configuration 1-3
Direct Connection Network Configuration 1-4
Typical Network Configuration 1-5
Installing EPSON Stylus RIP on
a Standalone or Print Server Macintosh 1-6
Installing EPSON Stylus RIP on a Client Macintosh 1-8
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Color Matching 1-9
Press Simulations 1-9
ColorSync 2.x Support 1-10
PANTONE Color Support 1-10
2Printing with EPSON
Stylus RIP for Macintosh
Setting Up the EPSON Stylus RIP Server 2-2
Configuring EPSON Stylus RIP Preferences 2-4
Setting Up Your PostScript Printer 2-5
Printing from an Application 2-8
Sending the Print Job 2-9
Setting Print Job Options 2-10
Starting the EPSON Stylus RIP Server Software
Automatically 2-14
Drag and Drop Printing 2-15
Managing Print Jobs 2-16
Using the Stylus RIP Monitor 2-17
3Installing EPSON Stylus
RIP for Windows
Checking the Printer 3-2
Installing the EPSON Stylus RIP Software 3-2
Installing the PostScript Driver on Windows 95,
Windows 98, and Windows NT 3-5
Installing the PostScript Driver on Windows 2000 3-8
Setting Up Network Printing 3-11
Enabling File and Print Sharing 3-11
Connecting the Client Computers 3-12
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Color Matching 3-12
ICC Support 3-13
PANTONE Color Support 3-14
4Printing with EPSON
Stylus RIP for Windows
Printing from an Application 4-1
Starting EPSON Stylus RIP 4-2
Printing with the Default Options 4-2
Printing and Setting Printer Options 4-3
Managing Print Jobs 4-8
Batch Printing 4-9
Network Printing 4-10
Sending Print Jobs from Client Computers 4-10
Configuring EPSON Stylus RIP 4-11
Setting EPSON Stylus RIP Preferences 4-11
Starting EPSON Stylus RIP Automatically 4-12
5Troubleshooting
Printing High Quality Color Images 5-1
Solving Problems 5-2
You see a Printer cannot be opened or Printer not
found error message (Macintosh) 5-2
You see a memory or VM error message (Macintosh) 5-3
You see a communications error message when you
try to open EPSON Stylus RIP 5-3
EPSON Stylus RIP does not run (Windows) 5-3
Your saved files don’t print (Windows) 5-4
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EPSON Stylus RIP takes a long time before printing
starts 5-4
Your printouts contain incorrect fonts or jagged type 5-4
The printer is producing pages containing illegible
type or characters 5-5
Images and type look bitmapped and jagged on your
printouts 5-5
You see Font not found or Find font error messages
(Macintosh) 5-6
One or more colors are missing in your printout or
it prints in black ink only 5-6
Your printed output has white lines 5-7
Bitmap images or clip art looks jagged 5-7
You’re having trouble printing from PageMaker 6.0
or 6.5 (Windows) 5-7
EPS and TIFF files do not print 5-7
Your printout has misplaced images or type 5-8
Printed images are clipped at the edges 5-8
Your Macintosh freezes when you try to print from
QuarkXPress 5-8
Your Macintosh loses custom page sizes when
selecting PDF file output from QuarkXPress 3.3x 5-8
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The EPSON Stylus®RIP software lets you use your EPSON
Stylus Color or EPSON Stylus Photo ink jet printer as a
PostScript®3 (Macintosh®, Windows®2000, and
Windows NT®) and Level 2 (Windows 95 and 98) compatible
printer. It reads the Adobe®PostScript files automatically
created by the EPSON Stylus RIP printer driver, seamlessly
converts them into raster images, and automatically prints them
on your printer. You can use the EPSON Stylus RIP with both
Macintosh and Windows systems, in standalone or networked
configurations.
Adobe PostScript is the industry standard for high-quality
graphic output. All the elements in a document—including
text, graphics
, and other images—are processed and reproduced
using PostScript code. Then, when you print from an application
such as QuarkXPress,
®
the RIP software creates a raster image
from the PostScript code and sends it to your printer.
Do You Need PostScript?
In many cases, you may not need the ability to print in
PostScript, and for these occasions you should use the standard,
non-PostScript driver that comes with your printer. Using the
standard driver is also a good way to ensure that your computer
and printer are connected and working properly, so make sure
you install the non-PostScript EPSON driver following the
instructions in your printer’s setup documentation.
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Here’s what you can use the EPSON Stylus RIP for:
◗Printing documents with placed or imported EPS images
◗Printing from complex PostScript-based drawing and
publishing applications like Adobe Illustrator,
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Macromedia®Freehand,
®Adobe PageMaker, ®QuarkXPress,
and CorelDRAW™
◗Matching PANTONE®spot colors
For all other printing applications, especially photography, use the
standard, non-PostScript EPSON driver. In many cases, you will
get better performance with the standard driver than with the
EPSON Stylus RIP.
Special Features
To make the most of your printer’s photo-quality output, the
EPSON Stylus RIP software includes these special features:
◗EPSON error diffusion software, the same high-quality
AcuPhoto Halftoning™technology used in EPSON’s
non-PostScript printer drivers
◗PANTONE professional color palette files—calibrated for
your EPSON Stylus Color or EPSON Stylus Photo printer
using a variety of media at various resolutions—to give you
PANTONE colors when you use PANTONE licensed
applications
◗Support for ColorSync®2.x on the Macintosh and Image
Color Matching (ICM) for Windows through
International Color Consortium®(ICC) profiles
◗Press Simulation, which adjusts your EPSON printer’s
color gamut to more closely match the output of
SWOP-coated printing devices
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Macintosh System Requirements
To use EPSON Stylus RIP with a Macintosh in either a
standalone or network environment as a print server, your
system should meet the following minimum requirements:
◗Power Macintosh,
®iMac™series, or Power Macintosh G3
or G4 series
◗At least 16MB of available RAM for the EPSON Stylus
RIP software (20MB or more is recommended), in
addition to the RAM needed by your operating system and
other applications
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At least 52MB of free hard disk space to install the software
and at least 150MB of free hard disk space for processing large
files
◗Macintosh Operating System 8.5.1 or later
◗CD-ROM drive
◗Serial, Ethernet, or USB connection to the printer. The
USB connection can be either a built-in USB port or the
EPSON USB Adapter kit (part number C-USB-PK4).
To set up a Macintosh as a client on a network using the
EPSON Stylus RIP, your system must have the following
minimum configuration:
◗Macintosh Centris,
®Macintosh Quadra, ®Performa, ®Power
Macintosh, iMac series, or Power Macintosh G3 or G4
series
◗Ethernet™AppleTalk®connection with the Macintosh set
up as the EPSON Stylus RIP print server
◗8MB RAM
◗ At least 2MB of free hard disk space to install the software and
at least 150MB of free hard disk space for processing large files
◗Macintosh Operating System 7.6.1 or later
◗CD-ROM drive
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Windows System Requirements
To use the EPSON Stylus RIP in either a standalone or
peer-to-peer network environment, your system should include:
◗IBM®-compatible PC with 486 or higher processor
(Pentium®133 MHz or higher recommended)
◗Microsoft Windows 95/98, Windows 2000 or
Windows NT 4.0
◗At least 16MB of RAM (32MB or more recommended)
◗At least 50MB of free hard disk space to install the software
and at least 150MB of free hard disk space for processing
files (more for large files)
◗CD-ROM drive
◗An available parallel port configured as LPT1
You can print with the EPSON Stylus RIP on a peer-to-peer
Windows network by using file sharing, with the printer
connected to the print server’s parallel port. In this networked
environment, you install the EPSON Stylus RIP software on
the print server only. Users printing from applications on client
computers need to direct their PostScript output to a file on the
shared folder on the print server. See page 3-5 for instructions.
How To Use Your Manuals
Before you install the RIP, make sure you set up your printer
and install the standard EPSON non-PostScript driver that
came with your printer, following the instructions in your
printer’s documentation. Also, refer to your EPSON printer’s
documentation for instructions on using and maintaining your
printer.
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