Epson SC-F500 Series Manual

Operator’s Guide
Large Ink Jet Printer
This guide contains selected information on how to use
the printer and frequently used features of the printer.
See the User's Guide (online manual) for detailed
instructions on using the printer.
Keep this guide near the printer for your ease of reference.
Home Screen Operations ....................................... 2
Getting Ready to Print............................................. 4
Basic Printing (Windows)........................................ 6
Basic Printing (Mac) .................................................. 8

Home Screen
Operations
The home screen is displayed when the printer is turned on.
These pages show the available operations on the home
screen.
The estimate of the amount of free space
remaining in the maintenance box.
The shorter the bar, the less free space there is in
the maintenance box.
When ais displayed, prepare a new maintenance box.
You can continue printing until replacement is required.
Touch this icon…
You can see the consumable product numbers.
The current printer status
Touch to load or remove paper.
U “Getting Ready to Print” on page 4
The network connection status
The icon changes according to the connection method.
While the printer is connected, is blue and indicates
the signal strength.
Wi-Fi
Ethernet
Wi-Fi Direct
You can change the connection method.
Touch this icon…
Touch to check the printer status or change
the printer settings.
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Slide
Touch (tap)
Touch Panel Operations
The scroll bar is displayed when
you can scroll up and down.
Roll paper information
The paper type and roll paper width that have been set are displayed.
You can perform actions such as replacing
roll paper.
Instructions on how to load roll paper are
displayed.
Touch after loading roll paper... Touch before loading roll paper...
The number of notices.
The number of notices, such as ink low warnings, is displayed on the icon.
Touch this icon…
When you complete the actions for all the notices, the number disappears from the icon.
A list of the notices that require your action is displayed. You can see instructions on what to do when you
touch each notice.
3

ATouch Paper Setting.
BSelect one of the paper sources.
CTouch See Guide to see the detailed on-screen
instructions.
When Load paper or Ready is displayed on the home screen, you
can open the cut sheet cover and load a cut sheet into the printer.
However, after loading a cut sheet, make sure you select Cut Sheet
(1 sheet) in step B. Otherwise, the printer cannot detect the loaded
cut sheet.
Getting Ready to
Print
These pages explain how to get the printer ready for printing.
Carefully follow these steps to get optimum print quality.
Roll Paper
Load the Paper Following the
On-Screen Instructions
Check the Paper
Loading Positions
Cut Sheet (1 sheet)
A4 to 610 mm (24 inches)
One sheet at a time
*The number of sheets loaded at one time varies according to
the paper type. See the User's Guide (online manual) for more
information.
Auto Sheet Feeder
A4 to A3
Multiple sheets can be set at a time*
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The setting items vary according to the paper.
If you select a paper type or size that does not match the loaded paper,
the printout will have creases, ink smudges, or banding.
Press OK after you complete the settings
When Ready is displayed, you
can start printing.
You can load roll paper and then load cut
sheets on the auto sheet feeder. The printer
driver allows you to select either of these two
paper sources.
Paper Type Paper Remaining
or Paper Size
Selecting the paper type
Select between two types of paper depending on what you want to
print.
• General Purpose/Textile: Select when printing to fabric.
• General Purpose/Rigid: Select when printing on hard material
such as cups, key rings, coasters, and so on.
Promptly select the settings because the paper will start being fed
if the screen is not used for 90 seconds.
Set the Paper Type and Paper Size Print
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Printing Procedure
ALoad the paper you want to print on.
U“Getting Ready to Print” on page 4
BAfter creating data in the application, click the
File menu, and then click Print.
CSelect the printer in Printer, and then click Printer
Properties.
The printer driver screen is displayed.
DCheck the following displayed content.
1. Document size/Output size
Content set in the application is displayed automatically in
the Document size.
To reduce or enlarge, select the Output size from the pull-
down menu below the Document size.
2. Roll Paper Width/Media Type
Settings made on the printer's control panel are displayed
automatically.
If you load or change paper after opening the Printer Settings
screen, click the Acquire Info button to update the settings.
3. Print Preview
Make sure this is selected.
This section explains basic printing methods using the
Windows printer driver.
Basic Printing
(Windows)
6

Canceling Printing
Follow the steps below depending on your circumstances.
When the following screen is displayed
Click Cancel.
When data is being transferred from the computer
to the printer
You cannot cancel printing from your computer. Cancel from the
printer's control panel screen.
ESelect Paper Source, and then click OK.
Select from roll paper, auto sheet feeder, and cut sheet.
Even if nothing is set in the printer driver, the print data is
reversed (mirrored) and printed.
Printing is not reversed if you clear the Mirror Image check
box.
FClick Print on the print screen of the application.
The print preview screen is displayed.
GCheck the settings, and then click Print.
Printing starts.
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Printing Procedure
ALoad the paper you want to print on.
U“Getting Ready to Print” on page 4
BAfter creating data in the application, click Print
from the File menu.
CClick Show Details (or d) at the bottom of the
screen.
The printer driver screen is displayed.
DMake sure this printer is selected, and then set the
paper size.
ESelect Color Matching, and then click ColorSync.
FSelect Printer Settings, and then check the
following displayed content.
1. Output size
Content set in the application is displayed automatically in
the Output size.
To reduce or enlarge, select the Output size from the pull-
down menu below the Document size.
This section explains basic printing methods using the Mac
printer driver.
Basic Printing (Mac)
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ICheck the settings, and then click Print.
Printing starts.
Canceling Printing
Follow the steps below depending on your circumstances.
When the printer’s icon is displayed as follows in
the Dock
AClick on the printer’s icon.
BClick the print data that you want to cancel,
and then click Delete.
When data is being transferred from the computer
to the printer
You cannot cancel printing from your computer. Cancel from the
printer's control panel screen.
2. Roll Paper Width/Media Type
Settings made on the printer's control panel are displayed
automatically.
If you load or change paper after opening the Printer Settings
screen, click the Acquire Info button to update the settings.
3. Print Preview
Make sure this is selected.
GSelect Paper Source, and then click Print.
Select from roll paper, auto sheet feeder, and cut sheet.
Even if nothing is set in the printer driver, the print data is
reversed (mirrored) and printed.
Printing is not reversed if you select the Mirror Image check
box.
HClick Print on the print screen of the application.
The print preview screen is displayed.
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