Epson STYLUS 850Ne User manual

Setup Guide
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Setup Guide
This Setup Guide summarizes the process of setting up your
printer and configuring it to work with most networks. For
more information about your printer and printer software, see
your User’s Guide. For more information about your printer’s
Ethernet card and networking, see the Administrator’s Guide.
Using Your Software
Your printer comes with the following software:
◗Printer driver for Windows®and Macintosh®
◗EPSON Net!2 utility (for Windows®98, Windows®95,
Windows NT®4.0, and Macintosh) that allows you to
configure your printer for protocols including Novell®
NetWare,®TCP/IP, and AppleTalk.®
◗EPSON Status Monitor 2 for Windows that allows you to
monitor your printer over the network and use TCP/IP for
printing in Windows 98/Windows 95 peer-to-peer
networks.
◗EPSON Driver Disk Creation Utility that lets you create
diskettes for systems that don’t have CD-ROM drives.

Setup Guide: Setup Overview
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Setup Overview
4Follow the steps in this guide to set up the printer, install
the ink cartridges, and connect your Ethernet card to the
network.
5Install the Network Software
See page 3 to determine whether you should install
EPSON Net!2 and EPSON Status Monitor 2 for your
protocol and operating system.
6Configure the Printer
See page 3 to determine where you should look in this
Setup Guide and the Administator’s Guide to configure
the printer and Ethernet card to work on your network.
7Set Up the Workstations
For most networks, you need to install the printer driver
on each Windows or Macintosh workstation that uses
the printer. If you like, you can also install EPSON
Status Monitor 2 on Windows workstations.
8Print a Test Page
You can print a test page in Windows 98, Windows 95
or Windows NT 4.0. This ensures that the network,
printer, and printer driver are configured correctly and
working.
Note:
If you need to make diskettes
and use them to install any
software programs, see
Appendix A in your
Administrator’s Guide .

Setup Guide: Network Configurations
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Network Configurations
See the table below to find your network configuration
(operating system and protocol), and determine what to install
and where to find instructions for configuring your network.*
For many operating systems, you can change configuration
settings using the Ethernet card’s internal home page. See the
Administrator’s Guide for more information.
Available Network Configurations
Operating
system Network protocol What you need to install and configure
Windows NT 4.0
(Service Pack 3,
or higher)
TCP/IP 1. EPSON Net!2 (p.11)
2. EPSON Status Monitor 2 (p. 13)
3. IP address for the Ethernet card (p. 28)
4. Printer driver on each workstation** (p. 36)
NetBEUI
(TCP/IP must
also be installed)
1. EPSON Net!2 (p.11)
2. EPSON Status Monitor 2 (p.13)
3. IP address for the Ethernet card (p. 28)
4. NetBEUI settings on the Ethernet card home page***
(p. 34)
5. Printer driver on each workstation** (p. 36)
Novell NetWare 1. EPSON Net!2 (p.11 and p. 16)
2. EPSON Status Monitor 2 (p.13)
3. Setup using NwAdmin (p. 16) or
PCONSOLE (
Administrator’s Guide , Chapter 4)
4. Printer driver on each workstation** (p. 36)

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*If you need to create diskettes and install your software from them, see Appendix A in your
Administrator’s Guide .
**If you have Windows NT 4.0 Server, you may only need to install the driver on the server. See
your Windows NT documentation.
***To use the Ethernet card home page, you must have TCP/IP setup on your network, as well as
one of the following Internet browsers: Microsoft Internet Explorer, version 4.0 or later; Netscape
NavigatorTM, version 3.0 or later.
Windows 98,
Windows 95 TCP/IP 1. EPSON Net!2 (p.11) 2. EPSON Status Monitor 2 on each workstation (p. 13)
3. IP address for the Ethernet card (p. 28)
4. Printer driver on each workstation (p. 36)
NetBEUI
(TCP/IP must
also be installed)
1. EPSON Net!2 (p.11)
2. EPSON Status Monitor 2 (p.13)
3. IP address for the Ethernet card (p. 28)
4. NetBEUI settings on the Ethernet card home page***
(p. 34)
5. Printer driver on each workstation (p. 36)
Novell NetWare 1. EPSON Net!2 (p.11 and p. 16)
2. EPSON Status Monitor 2 (p.13)
3. Setup using NwAdmin (p. 16) or
PCONSOLE (
Administrator’s Guide , Chapter 4)
4. Printer driver on each workstation (p. 36)
Windows 3.1x Novell NetWare,
Windows NT
Server
Windows 3.1x acts as a client only; you can’t use a Windows
3.1x workstation to configure theEthernet cardor monitor the
printer. Install the printer driver on each workstation and
change the printer’s port setting. (p. 36)
Macintosh AppleTalk 1. EPSON Net!2 (p. 13 and p. 32)
2. Printer driver on each system (p. 36)
UNIX TCP/IP (lpr, ftp) 1. Install a printer driver and filter. (See your UNIX
documentation.)
2. Configure the printer for lpr or ftp.
(
Administrator’s Guide, Chapter 5. )
IBM OS/2 Warp NetBEUI (Administrator’s Guide , Chapter 6.)
TCP/IP
(Administrator’s Guide , Chapter 6)
Available Network Configurations
Operating
system Network protocol What you need to install and configure

Setup Guide: Set Up the Printer
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Set Up the Printer
Unpack the Printer
Remove any packing material from the printer. See the Notice
Sheet in the box for details.
Make sure you’ve got all these items:
◗Your printer and paper support
◗One color and one black ink cartridge package
◗The EPSON Stylus®COLOR 850Ne CD-ROM
◗The EPSON Media Pak containing sample ink jet paper
◗Your User’s Guide and Administrator’s Guide
◗A network cable (not supplied)
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Note:
To connect your printer’s
Ethernet card to the
network, you need a twisted
pair (10BaseT) cable with an
RJ-45 connector.
paper support
black ink
cartridge
color ink
cartridge
CD-ROM
Administrator’s
Guide
User’s Guide

Setup Guide: Set Up the Printer
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Attach the Paper Support
Insert the paper support in the top slot on the back of the
printer.
Do not put the printer:
◗In an area with high temperature or humidity
◗In direct sunlight or dusty conditions
◗Near sources of heat or electromagnetic interference, such
as loudspeakers or cordless telephone base units
Install the Ink Cartridges
1. Make sure the printer is turned off (the Ppower button
should be up). Then plug the printer’s power cord into a
grounded outlet.
Note:
Follow all the safety
instructions in the
Introduction of your
User’s
Guide
.
Caution:
Always use the Ppower
button to turn the printer on
or off. Never use the external
switch on a power strip.
Don’t use an outlet controlled
by a wall switch or timer, or
one that uses the same
circuit as a large appliance.
This may disrupt the power,
which can erase memory or
even damage the power
supply.
power button

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2. Remove the ink cartridges from their foil packages. Then
remove only the yellow part of the tape seal on the top of
each one. Don’t pull off the white portion or try to
remove the clear seal underneath the cartridge.
3. Press the
Ppower button to turn on the printer. The
Ppower light flashes and the Band Iink out lights come
on. The black ink cartridge holder moves into loading
position.
4. Open the printer cover and lift up the black ink cartridge
clamp.
5. Place the black ink cartridge in the holder as shown. Then
close the clamp, making sure it clicks into place.
Caution:
To ensure the print heads
chargecorrectly, install the
ink cartridges that came
with your printer.
You must remove the
yellow tape from the top
of the cartridge or you will
permanently damage it.
It’s okay if a small corner
of the yellow tapestays on
the cartridge.
Remove the yellow tape
seal
Don’t remove the
white portion
Warning:
If ink gets on your hands,
wash them thoroughly with
soap and water. If ink gets
in your eyes, flush them
immediately with water.
black ink
cartridge holder

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6. Now press the
Xcolor cleaning button to move the color
ink cartridge holder into loading position.
7. Repeat steps 4 and5 to install the color ink cartridge.Then
press the
Eload/eject button to begin charging the ink
delivery system.
The printer moves the print heads and begins charging the ink
delivery system. The
Ppower light flashes, and the printer
makes various sounds.
Charging takes up to 4 minutes. Don’t turn off the printer or
interrupt this important process or you’ll use up more ink
than necessary.
When it’s finished, you can close the printer cover.
Load Paper
1. Open the output tray extensions and slide the left edge
guide all the way to the left.
Caution:
If the ink cartridge holder
moves back to the right
before you install the
cartridge, don’t try moving
it back by hand. Press the
Bblack cleaning button and
hold it down for 3 seconds
to move the holder back
into position.
Never turn off the printer
when the Ppower light is
flashing, unless the printer
hasn’t moved or made any
noise for more than 10
minutes.

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2. Load a stack of plain paper with the printable side up and
place it against the right edge guide. Then slide the left edge
guide to the paper’s left edge, making sure the stack is not
higher than the arrow mark on the guide.
don’t load paper
above the arrow

Setup Guide: Set Up the Printer
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Connect the Printer to Your
Network
Connect your printer to an Ethernet twisted-pair (10BaseT)
network connection.
1. Attach the network cable to the connector on the card.
2. To initialize the card, turn on the printer while pressing
down the status sheet button. Continue pressing the
status sheet button for five seconds.
Printing a Status Sheet:
To print a status sheet, press the status sheet button and hold it
for about three seconds. This sheet gives you important
information, including the serial number and MAC address of
the card. Keep the status sheet so you can use it when you
configure the Ethernet card.
twisted-pair (10BaseT)
status
sheet
button

Setup Guide: Install the Network Software
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Install the Network Software
To configure the Ethernet card, you only need to install the
networksoftware(EPSONNet!2)on oneworkstationor on the
server, depending on your network.
If you have a TCP/IP network, you need to install EPSON
Status Monitor 2 on all your Windows 98 and Windows 95
workstations to use the EPSON TCP/IP Printing protocol.
Log in as an Administrator (NT) or Supervisor (NetWare).
Beforeyou start, turn off all other activeapplications, including
virus protection.
Installing EPSON Net!2
If you have the following network configurations and operating
systems, you should install EPSON Net!2 to configure the card:
◗Windows 98, Windows 95, or Windows NT 4.0 with
Novell NetWare or TCP/IP
◗Macintosh with AppleTalk
Installing EPSON Net!2 in Windows
1. Insert the EPSON Stylus COLOR 850Ne CD-ROM in
your drive.
2
Note:
If you need to create diskettes
to install the software, see
Appendix A in your
Administrator’s Guide , then
use this
Setup Guide for
configuration instructions.
For TCP/IP networks, if you
want to use the arp command
to set the card’s IP address
instead of installing EPSON
Net!2, see page 28.

Setup Guide: Install the Network Software
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You see the EPSON Installation Program screen:
If the screen does not appear, go to My Computer and
double-click the Epson CD-ROM icon to start the
EPSON Installation program.
2. Highlight Install EpsonNet! for Windows and click the
right arrow button .
3. Follow the instructions on the screen to install EPSON
Net!2.
When you are finished, you can install Status Monitor 2 to
monitor status information about your printer including ink
level information and printer errors. See page 13.
Status Monitor 2 can create extra network traffic, so if you
don’t want to install Status Monitor 2, you can just configure
the Ethernet card with EPSON Net!2, described on page 16.
Note:
If you have any Windows 98
or Windows 95 systems on
your TCP/IP network, you
need to install Status
Monitor 2 on each one to use
EPSON TCP/IP Printing.
Windows 98 and Windows
95 do not have TCP/IP
printing built-in like
Window NT.

Setup Guide: Install the Network Software
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Installing EPSON Net!2 on a Macintosh
1. Create a folder for EPSON Net!2 on your hard disk.
2. Insert the EPSON Stylus COLOR 850Ne CD-ROM in
your drive.
3. Copy EPSON Net!2 to the folder you created.
After you install EPSON Net!2, use it to configure yourprinter
for AppleTalk, following the steps on page 32.
Installing Status Monitor 2
EPSON Status Monitor 2 is a single utility that you install in
two parts. These two parts work together to allow you to see
your printer’s specific status information over the network.
Status Monitor 2 lets you monitor information from the server
or from any of the workstations where you install it. It gives you
ink levels in the printer and notifies you if the printer has any
problems. It does create network traffic, however, so you may
want to limit the number of users who monitor the printer.
Status Monitor 2 also includes EPSON TCP/IP Printing,
which allows Windows 98 and Windows 95 users to print with
TCP/IP. If you have Windows 98 or Windows 95 systems and
use TCP/IP for printing, you need to install Status Monitor 2
on each workstation that uses the printer.
Write down your settings in the spaces provided; you need to
use the same settings when you install each part of Status
Monitor 2.

Setup Guide: Install the Network Software
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Follow these steps to install EPSON Status Monitor 2:
1. Insert the EPSON Stylus COLOR 850Ne CD-ROM. You
see the following screen:
If the screen does not appear, type D:\EPSETUP (where D:
is the drive letter of your CD-ROM) and click OK to start
the EPSON Installation program.
2. HighlightInstall Status Monitor 2 for Network andclick
the right arrow button .
3. Close any open programs and click Next. A screen appears
asking where you want to install Status Monitor 2.
4. Click Next to accept the default directory or choose a
different directory and click Next.
5. If you are using Windows 98 or Windows 95 and you have
TCP/IP installed,you see a screen askingyou if you want to
enable EPSON TCP/IP printing. Select Yes if you want to
print with TCP/IP, and then click Next.
TCP/IP Printing: Yes_______ No_______
Note:
You may not see screens for
all the steps here, depending
on your computer’s
configuration.
Write down your settings in
the spaces provided as you
install the first part of Status
Monitor 2. You need to
select the same settings for
the second part.

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6. Select the type of printer(s) you want to monitor and click
Next.
Monitor: EPSON TCP/IP printers______ Windows
shared printers _____ NetWare printers______
local printers_______
7. Select Monitor to monitor EPSON network printers that
do not have drivers on your computer. Select Do not
monitor if network traffic is a problem. Then click Next.
Printers: Monitor_______ Do not monitor_______
8. If you’re using NetWare, set the number of hops (0 to 15)
and click Next.
Number of hops:_______
9. Check the current settings and click Next. Select No and
click Finish.
Now you install the second part of Status Monitor 2:
10. From the EPSON Installation Program screen, highlight
Install Status Monitor 2 for EPSON Stylus COLOR
850Ne and click the right arrow button .
11. Click Next, then follow steps 5 through 8, using the same
settings you used in those steps.
12. Check the current settings and click Next. Select Yes and
click Finish to restart your computer.
13. After you restart your computer, right-click the green
background monitoring icon in your Startup group on the
taskbar. Click stop monitoring now. This step turns off
background monitoring, which may interfere with EPSON
Net!2 when you configure the card. (See page 4-7 in your
User’s Guide or page 3-8 in your Administrator’s Guide to
turn on background monitoring later.)
After you install the network software, configure the printer’s
Ethernet card for TCP/IP (page 28), or use EPSON Net!2 to
configure your printer for NetWare (page 16).
Caution:
If you have dial-up routers in
a NetWare environment,
they may automatically dial
up the next hop and you may
be charged for the line
connection depending on the
number of hops you set. To
prevent this and to keep
network traffic to a
minimum, set hops carefully.
Note:
If you are not using EPSON
Net!2 on your computer, you
do not have to turn off
background monitoring.
(You should limit the number
of systems that monitor the
printer, however, to prevent
network traffic problems.)

Setup Guide: Configure the Printer
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Configure the Printer
Configuring for NetWare
You can configure the printer for NDS or bindery with
NwAdmin and EPSON Net!2. (If you want to use
PCONSOLE, see Chapter 4 in your Administrator’s Guide.)
Beforeyou follow the steps in the sections below,check whether
you want to use the printer as a dedicated print server or as a
remote printer. (See page 4-1 in your Administrator’s Guide for
details.)
Using NwAdmin to Set Up Your Printer
You must first use NwAdmin to define your printer, define a
print server, and set up a queue. If the client does not
correspond to NDS, set up the printer, print server, and queue
in the bindery context. (If you need to use PCONSOLE, see
Chapter 4 in your Administrator’s Guide.)
Follow these steps to set up your printer:
1. Log in to the NDS tree (or to the server with Bindery
context) with admin or supervisor privileges.
2. Run the administrator tool (NwAdmin).
3
Note:
When printing using bindery
correspondence clients,
make the object related to
the print server right under
the Bindery context in the
directory tree.
Confirm the bindery context
path from the server with the
SET BINDERY CONTEXT
command. See your
NetWare documentation for
more information.
When you print a text file
using the NPRINT command
or DOS redirection,
misconversion or a gap in
characters might occur
depending on the client
environment.

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3. Create a printer:
Click the directory context icon (or Bindery context), and
select Object, then Create, and then Printer. Type the
printer name and click Create.
4. Create a print server:
Click the directory context icon (or Bindery context), and
select Object, then Create, and then Print Server. Type
the print server name and click Create.
5. Create a print queue:
Click the directory context icon (or Bindery context), and
select Object, then Create, and then Print Queue. Type
the print queue name and select the print queue volume.
Then click Create.

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6. The objects you have just created are added to the NDS
tree (or Bindery).
7. Double-click the Printer Object icon on the NetWare
Administrator screen.