Epson Stylus Color 800N User manual

Setup Guide
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Copyright © 1997 by Epson America, Inc. CPD 5698
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Contents
Using Your Software and Manuals 1
Setting Up Your Printer 2
Getting the Printer Ready 2
Installing the Ink Cartridges 4
Loading the Paper 7
Testing the Printer 8
Connecting the Printer to Your Network 8
Installing EPSON Net! 9
Installing in Windows 9
Installing in Macintosh 10
Configuring for NetWare 10
Defining Your Printer on a Print Server 10
Using EPSON Net! for NetWare Windows 12
Configuring for TCP/IP 15
Installing TCP/IP in Windows 95 15
Installing LPR Software in Windows NT 17
Configuring the Ethernet Card for TCP/IP 18
Setting Up DLC 19
Installing DLC in Windows NT 20
Configuring the Ethernet Card in Windows NT 4.x 20
Configuring the Ethernet Card in Windows NT 3.5x 21
Configuring for AppleTalk 22
Installing the EPSON Status Monitor 2 Utility 24
Installing the Printer Driver 26
Installing on a PC 26
Installing on a Macintosh 28
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Setup Guide
Congratulations on purchasing your new EPSON Stylus®
COLOR 800N printer. This guide summarizes the process of
setting up your printer and configuring it to work with your
network. For more information, see the User’s Guides for your
printer, the Ethernet card, and EPSON Status Monitor 2.
Using Your Software and Manuals
Your printer comes with the following:
◗Printer Software CD-ROM
Contains the drivers for Windows®and Macintosh,®Epson
Answers (Windows 95, for non-network use only) and
Avery®LabelPro®3.0 (Windows only).
◗EPSON Stylus COLOR 800
User’s Guide
Provides instructions for basic and custom printing, using
special media, maintenance, troubleshooting, and
specifications.
◗EPSON Net utility for Windows, Macintosh, and
DOS/OS/2 (1 diskette each)
Allows you to configure your printer for protocols
including Novell®NetWare,®TCP/IP, AppleTalk,®and
NetBIOS.
◗EPSON Type B Ethernet Interface Card
User’s Guide
Includes instructions for configuring and using the
Ethernet card with NetWare, Windows NT, UNIX,®and
OS/2.®Note that the information in the User’s Guide on
using the card with AppleTalk is incorrect for the version of
EPSON Net! included with your printer. Refer to the
Supplement for the correct instructions.
Note:
The
Stylus COLOR 800
User’s Guide
contains
some information that
does not apply to your
Ethernet-ready
Stylus COLOR 800N.
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◗EPSON Type B Ethernet Interface Card
Supplement
Contains instructions for configuring and using the
Ethernet card with a Macintosh network, initializing the
card, using the card with NetWare on a WAN, and using
TCP/IP with Windows 95.
◗EPSON Status Monitor 2 for Windows
Allows you to monitor your printer over the network and
configures Windows 95 peer-to-peer printing
environments (2 diskettes).
◗EPSON Status Monitor 2
User’s Guide
Provides instructions for installing and using the utility in a
TCP/IP or NetWare environment.
Setting Up Your Printer
First you must unpack your printer and get it ready for
operation. Then you need to install your ink cartridges and load
some paper before you can test the printer.
Getting the Printer Ready
Follow these steps:
1. Remove any packing material from the printer, as described
on the Notice Sheet in the box. Save all the packaging so
you can use it if you need to transport the printer later.
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You’ll find these items inside:
2. Place the printer flat on a stable desk near a grounded
outlet. Leave plenty of room in back for the cables and
enough room in front for opening the output tray.
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
3. Insert the paper support in the top slot on the back of the
printer.
paper
support
black ink
cartridge
color ink
cartridge
Note:
Be sure to follow the
Safety Instructions in
the Introduction of your
printer
User’s Guide.
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4. Before you plug in the printer, make sure the power is off.
Check the Ppower button; it’s off when its surface is raised
above the printer surface.
5. Plug the power cord into a properly grounded outlet.
Installing the Ink Cartridges
1. Lower the output tray and raise the printer cover.
2. Press the Ppower button to turn on the printer. The P
power light flashes, the Band Iink out lights come on,
and the ink cartridge holders move to the left.
Caution:
Do not plug the printer
into an outlet controlled
by a wall switch or
timer, or on the same
circuit as a large
appliance. This may
disrupt the power,
which can erase
memory and damage
the power supply.
power
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3. Lift up the black ink cartridge clamp.
4. Open the black ink cartridge package. Remove only the
yellow part of the tape. Do not remove the white part. Also,
do not remove the clear seal on the bottom of the cartridge.
5. Lower the ink cartridge into the holder with the label face
up and the arrow pointing toward the back of the printer.
Note:
It’s OK if the tape does
not completely tear off
along the dotted line. black ink
cartridge
color ink
cartridge
black ink
cartridge
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6. Push down the clamp until it locks in place.
7. Press the Xcolor cleaning button. The print heads move to
the left again so you can install the color ink cartidge.
8. Follow steps 3 through 6 to install the color ink cartridge.
9. Press the Eload eject button.
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 7 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/eject
button
black
cleaning
button
color
cleaning
button
Caution:
Never turn off the printer
when the Ppower light
is flashing. However if
the Ppower light is still
flashing after 10
minutes and the printer
is not moving or making
noise, you may turn off
the printer.
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Loading the Paper
1. Slide the left edge guide all the way left and pull out the
output tray extensions.
2. Fan a stack of plain paper and then even the edges.
3. Load a stack with the printable surface face up. Push the
paper against the right edge guide.
4. Slide the left edge guide back against the stack of paper.
Note:
Don’t load paper above
the arrow mark inside
the left edge guide.
arrow
mark
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Testing the Printer
If you want, you can run a test on your printer to see how it’s
working. Follow the steps in Chapter 6 of your printer User’s
Guide.
Turn off the printer to stop test printing.
Connecting the Printer to Your
Network
You can connect your Ethernet-ready printer to either an
Ethernet Thin Coaxial (10BASE2) or an Ethernet Twisted-Pair
(10BASE-T) network connection. You can only attach one
cable at a time. Follow these steps:
1. Attach the network cable to the appropriate connecter on
the card.
2. To initialize the card, plug the printer into an electrical
outlet while pressing the status sheet button. Hold down
the button for about three seconds.
3. To print a status sheet, turn on the printer and press the
status sheet button again. This sheet gives you important
information including the serial number and hardware
address of the card. Keep the status sheet so you can use it
when you configure the card.
twisted-pair
(10BASE-T)
thin coaxial
(10BASE2)
status
sheet
button
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You can now install the EPSON Net! utility software, which
configures the Ethernet card.
Installing EPSON Net!
If you are using NetWare or TCP/IP, install EPSON Net! on a
workstation in the same segment as the printer. If you are using
AppleTalk, install EPSON Net! for Macintosh on a Macintosh
computer on your network.
Do not install EPSON Net! if you are using DLC with
Windows NT.
Installing in Windows
1. Insert the EPSON Net! for NetWare Windows and
Windows NT Installation Diskette.
2. In Windows NT 4.x, click Start, then click Run.
In Windows NT 3.5x, select Run from the File menu in
Program Manager.
3. To install EPSON Net! for NetWare, type
A:\WINDOWS\INSTALL and click OK. (If your diskette
drive is not drive A, substitute the correct letter.)
To install EPSON Net! for Windows NT, type
A:\WNT\INSTALL and click OK. (If your diskette drive is
not drive A, substitute the correct letter.)
4. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the
installation.
After you install EPSON Net!, you use it to configure your
printer for NetWare or TCP/IP. See page 10 or page 18 for
instructions.
Note:
To use Windows 95 with
TCP/IP, don’t install
EPSON Net! Follow the
instructions on page 15
under “Installing TCP/IP in
Windows 95.”
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Installing in Macintosh
1. Create a folder for EPSON Net! on your hard drive.
2. Insert the EPSON Net! for Macintosh installation diskette.
3. Copy the program from the disk to the folder.
After you install EPSON Net!, you use it to configure your
printer for AppleTalk. See page 22 for instructions.
Configuring for NetWare
With NetWare, you can configure the printer as a print server,
remote printer, or have it switch automatically between these
two modes, depending on network conditions. Before you
configure the printer, check the following:
◗Make sure Novell NetWare is set up to use print services on
your network. See your NetWare documentation for
details.
◗Decide whether you want to use the printer as a dedicated
print server or as a remote printer, or whether you want to
switch automatically between these two modes.
◗Make sure Bindery Emulation is selected. In PCONSOLE,
press F4 to switch between Bindery Emulation and
Directory Services.
Defining Your Printer on a Print Server
If you want to use your EPSON Stylus COLOR 800N as a
remote printer, you must use PCONSOLE to define it on a
NetWare print server. You then use EPSON Net! for NetWare
to configure the operating mode and make other configuration
changes.
Note:
If you want to use your
printer as a dedicated
print server, skip to
“Using EPSON Net! for
NetWare Windows” on
page 12.
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If you use NetWare 4.x, menus will differ slightly from the
menus described in the following procedure, and you must
select Bindery Emulation.
Follow these steps:
1. At the DOS prompt, type PCONSOLE.
2. From the Available Options menu, select Print Server
Information.
3. Select the name of a print server from the Print Servers list
and press Enter.
4. From the Print Server Information list, select Print Server
Configuration.
5. Select Printer Configuration.
6. Select a port number in the Configured Printers list.
7. Select the name of your printer on the Printer
Configuration menu. Then highlight the Printer Type and
select LPT1.
8. Press Esc; then press Enter to save changes.
9. Select Queues Serviced by Printer from the Print Server
Configuration menu and assign a queue to the print server
port from the Available Queues list. Then press Esc to exit.
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Using EPSON Net! for NetWare Windows
Follow these steps:
1. Start EPSON Net! for NetWare. After a few seconds, the
following dialog box appears:
2. Highlight your EPSON Stylus COLOR 800N printer and
click Open.
The NetWare Status dialog box appears:
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3. Click Edit to configure the printer. The NetWare Config
dialog box appears:
4. Choose the operating mode you want to use:
◗Print Server
◗Remote Printer
◗Auto PrintServer/Remote
5. Follow the instructions for the operating mode you chose:
◗If you selected Remote Printer, change the port
number and enable or disable hunting if you want.
Then click Save to complete the configuration
process.
◗If you selected Auto, enter the name of the NetWare
print server in the Print Server name box. Then
continue with step 6.
◗If you selected Print Server, keep the default printer
name that appears in the Print Server name box or type
a new name. Then continue with step 6.
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6. Click Add at the bottom of the dialog box to assign a print
queue to your print server.
The Add Queue dialog box appears:
7. For Print Server mode, select the file server where the print
queue will reside, then select a print queue from the list.
You can create a new queue by entering its name in the
Queue box. Then continue with step 8.
For Auto, assign the same print queues to the printer that
are assigned to the NetWare print server. Make any
additional configuration changes for either Print Server
mode or Remote Printer mode. Then click Save to save
your settings.
8. Select a priority level for the queue in the Priority box. You
can set a level from 1 to 10, with 1 having the highest
priority.
9. Click OK. The NetWare Config dialog box appears again.
10. Repeat steps 6 through 8 if you want to add more print
queues to the print server. Click Save in the NetWare
Config dialog box to save your settings.
After you configure your printer, you need to install EPSON
Status Monitor 2. See page 24 for instructions.
This list indicates
which queues are
available on this
NetWare file server.
Caution:
Once you make changes
to the Ethernet card,
wait for at least five
minutes before turning
off or restarting your
printer.
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Configuring for TCP/IP
You can configure the Ethernet card for TCP/IP if you are
using a UNIX TCP/IP network, a Windows 95 peer-to-peer
network, or Windows NT.
Installing TCP/IP in Windows 95
Windows 95 does not come with LPR, so in addition to
installing TCP/IP, as described below, you need to install the
EPSON TCP/IP printer protocol. The EPSON Status
Monitor 2 installer program automatically prompts you when
to install EPSON TCP/IP printer protocol.
Follow these steps to install TCP/IP:
1. Open the Control Panel.
2. Double-click the Network icon.
3. If TCP/IP appears in the list of installed network
components on the Configuration screen, you can skip to
“Assigning the IP Address” on page 16. If TCP/IP does not
appear in the list, click Add.
4. Click Protocol and then click the Add button.
5. Select Microsoft from the Manufacturers list and TCP/IP
from the Network Protocols list. Then click OK.
6. Click OK again and follow any on-screen instructions to
enable TCP/IP.
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Assigning the IP Address
For a Windows 95 peer-to-peer network you need to set the
card’s IP address. Make sure the Ethernet card and printer are
on the same segment of the network as the computer you are
using to configure the card. Also, find out the IP address for the
computer and the IP address for the Ethernet card. Then,
follow these steps:
1. Find the hardware address (node number) for the Ethernet
card in your printer. Refer to the status sheet to determine
this number (see page 8).
2. Double-click the MS-DOS Prompt icon to open a DOS
window.
3. Set up the routing table, using the following command:
ping <IP address>
for example: ping 127.0.1.1
4. Add an entry in the ARP table that assigns an IP address to
the hardware address of the Ethernet card. Use the
following command:
arp -s <IP address> <hardware address>
for example:
arp -s 127.0.1.200 00-00-48-92-BD-9A
5. Start a continuous "ping" to the card, using the following
command with the card IP address:
ping <IP address>
for example: ping 127.0.1.200
You see a message similar to the following:
Reply from 127.0.1.200: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=30
Reply from 127.0.1.200: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=30
Reply from 127.0.1.200: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=30
Reply from 127.0.1.200: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=30
This shows that the Ethernet card is set up for TCP/IP
correctly.
Note:
If you don’t know what
IP address to use for the
computer or the
Ethernet card, ask your
network administrator.
Or, follow the
instructions on page 19.
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If you receive 4 lines that say “Request Timed Out,” the
card is not set up correctly. Check to make sure the card is
on the same segment of the network as the workstation you
are using to configure it and that you typed in the correct
IP and hardware addresses.
Before you can print using TCP/IP, you still need to install the
Status Monitor (see page 24) and add a printer port (see
page 27).
Installing LPR Software in Windows NT
Follow these steps if you need to set up Windows NT to print
with TCP/IP:
1. Open the Control Panel.
2. Double-click the Network icon.
3. In Windows NT 4.x, click the Services tab. If Microsoft
TCP/IP Printing is listed under Network Services, you can
skip to “Configuring the Ethernet Card for TCP/IP” on
page 18. If it is not, click Add.
In Windows NT 3.5x, if Microsoft TCP/IP Printing is
listed under Installed Network Software, you can skip to
“Configuring the Ethernet Card for TCP/IP” on page 18.
If it is not, click Add Software.
4. In Windows NT 4.x, select Microsoft TCP/IP Printing
from the Network Service list and click OK. Continue with
step 6.
In Windows NT 3.5x, select TCP/IP Protocol and related
components from the Network Software list and click
Continue.
5. In Windows NT 3.5x, select TCP/IP Network Printing
Support in the Windows NT TCP/IP Installation Options
dialog box and click Continue.
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