Epson Stylus C80N Operating and safety instructions

EPSON Stylus C80N
Getting Started
Setup and Installation Guide
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Contents
INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
EpsonNet External Print Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
How To Use Your Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Warnings, Cautions, and Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Viewing Your Electronic Manuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Opening the Printer Reference Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Navigating the Reference Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Opening the Administrator’s Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
SETTING UP YOUR PRINTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Unpacking the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Attaching the Paper Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Installing the Ink Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Loading Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Installing the Print Server Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
The Status Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
INSTALLING THE PRINT SERVER SOFTWARE . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Where To Get More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
EpsonNet WinAssist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Installing EpsonNet WinAssist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
EpsonNet MacAssist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Installing EpsonNet MacAssist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
EpsonNet WebAssist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

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EpsonNet WebManager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
EpsonNet WebManager Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Setting Up EpsonNet WebManager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Installing and Starting EpsonNet WebManager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Uninstalling EpsonNet WebManager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
INSTALLING THE PRINTER DRIVER ON WORKSTATIONS . . 23
Installing the Printer Driver in Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Changing the Printer Port Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Installing the Printer Driver on a Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Printing a Test Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
MONITORING YOUR PRINTER IN WINDOWS . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Selecting a Printer to Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Turning Monitoring On and Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Starting Monitoring from the Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Turning On Monitoring from a Shortcut Icon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Disabling Background Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
WHERE TO GET HELP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
EPSON Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Identifying Printer Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
REQUIREMENTS AND NOTICES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Windows System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Macintosh System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
ENERGY STAR Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Important Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Ink Cartridge Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
FCC Compliance Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Declaration of Conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

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Limited Warranty for the EPSON Stylus C80N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

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Introduction
Your EPSON Stylus®C80N printer is the ideal output device for business graphics,
digital photographs, documents, and more. It includes an EpsonNet External Print
Server that you connect to the printer’s parallel port. With the print server, EpsonNet
configuration software, and additional utilities, you can monitor printer status,
manage your printer and other network printers, and print across the Internet.
You can print to the EPSON Stylus C80N through the network from Microsoft®
Windows,® Apple®Macintosh,®UNIX,®and IBM®OS/2.®
EpsonNet External Print Server
The EpsonNet External Print Server is a combination of hardware and software that
makes your EPSON Stylus C80N printer available on your network without having
to connect it to a workstation.
The print server hardware supports IEEE 802.2, IEEE 802.3, Ethernet II, and
Ethernet SNAP protocols. It also supports TCP/IP, Novell®NetWare,®AppleTalk,®
NetBEUI, the Internet Printing Protocol (IPP), and SNMP.
How To Use Your Documentation
To set up your EPSON Stylus C80N printer and install the network software needed
for printing, see the following chapters:
Setting Up Your Printer explains how to physically set up the printer, install the print
server, and connect the printer to the network.
Installing the Print Server Software describes the EpsonNet software utilities for
Windows and Macintosh. Follow these instructions to install the software and
configure your printer for protocols including TCP/IP, Novell NetWare, and
AppleTalk.

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Installing the Printer Driver on Workstations tells you how to install the printer
driver on individual network workstations. The printer driver runs the printer,
controls how documents look, and lets you configure the port settings so each
workstation can see the printer over the network.
Monitoring Your Printer in Windows tells you how to monitor a printer over the
network to check for low ink levels and other possible problems. Status Monitor 3
also lets you use TCP/IP for printing in Windows peer-to-peer networks.
After you’ve set up your printer as described in this book, see the Administrator’s
Manual for additional network, configuration, and print server information. The
PDF-format Administrator’s Manual is included on the Printer Software CD-ROM,
along with the EPSON Stylus C80 Reference Guide, which contains detailed
instructions on using your printer. For instructions on viewing these guides, see
“Viewing Your Electronic Manuals” on page 3.
If you need to contact EPSON for help or for parts and accessories, see “Where To
Get Help” on page 39.
Warnings, Cautions, and Notes
The following symbols are used in this book:
Warnings must be followed carefully to avoid bodily injury.
Cautions must be observed to avoid damage to your equipment.
Notes contain important information about your printer.

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Viewing Your Electronic Manuals
Follow the instructions below to view the EPSON Stylus C80 Reference Guide and the
Administrator’s Manual from your Printer Software CD-ROM or to copy the manuals
to your hard drive and view them from there.
Opening the Printer Reference Guide
The EPSON Stylus C80 Reference Guide is an HTML document, so you need a
browser—such as Netscape®Navigator®3.0 or later or Microsoft Internet Explorer
3.0 or later—to view it.
Windows
1. Insert the CD-ROM in your drive. You see the following window:
If this window does not appear, run the SETUP.EXE program in the root directory
of the Printer Software CD-ROM.
2. Double-click View Printer Reference Guide (you may have to scroll down the
menu list to see it).

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3. On the next screen, click either View Reference Guide (to view the guide) or
Install Reference Guide (to copy it to your hard drive).
If you copied the manual to your hard drive, you can access it at any time. Click Start,
point to Programs, point to EPSON, and then click ES C80 Guide.
Macintosh
1. Insert the CD-ROM in your drive.
2. Open the Manuals folder, then open the Printer Reference Guide folder, and then
double-click Stylus C80N Manual.
3. On the next screen, click either View Reference Guide (to view the guide) or
Install Reference Guide (to copy it to your hard drive).
If you copied the manual to your hard drive, you can access it at any time. Open the
Epson Stylus C80 folder and double-click View Reference Guide.
Navigating the Reference Guide
When you first open the EPSON Stylus C80 Reference Guide, you see this screen:

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Click a topic on the left to expand the table of contents, then click a topic you want to
view. If there’s a right arrow , click it to expand the list, then click a topic to go to it.
If you see an icon in place of a graphic when viewing your Reference
Guide in Netscape Navigator, click the Reload button to load the
graphic.
Opening the Administrator’s Manual
The Administrator’s Manual is a PDF file, so you need to use Adobe®Acrobat®
Reader™to view it. If you don’t have Reader, you will be prompted to install it from
the CD-ROM that came with your printer.
Closed lists;
click to
expand
Click to go
to a topic