Epson Stylus Photo 700 User manual

Contents
Contents
Welcome! 1
Everything You Need for Photo-Quality Prints 1
What Is Your Printer Software? 1
What Is EPSON Digital PhotoLab? 1
Printer Setup 2
Unpack the Printer 2
Attach the Paper Support 3
Install the Ink Cartridges 3
Connect the Printer to Your Computer 5
Load Paper 6
Install the Software 7
Register Your Printer 15
EPSON Digital PhotoLab 15
Navigating Through EPSON Digital PhotoLab 16
What Do You Get with EPSON Digital PhotoLab? 18
Print a Page in Windows 19
Print a Page in Macintosh 23
Problems? Need Help? 27
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Everything You Need for Photo-Quality
Prints
Welcome!
Welcome!
Your EPSON Stylus®Photo 700 is the ideal printer for optimum photo-quality
printing—print any image from your favorite photos to letters and everyday
documents.
Everything You Need for Photo-Quality
Prints
The EPSON Stylus Photo 700 CD-ROM includes all the software you need for
photo-quality output: your printer software and EPSON Digital PhotoLab™ .
What Is Your Printer Software?
To print, you need some printer software (also known as a printer driver) to tell the
printer how to print. This software is what you use to select settings that control the
look of your documents. A step-by-step guide to printing starts on page 19 for
Windows®and on page 23 for Macintosh® .
What Is EPSON Digital PhotoLab?
To help you get the most out of your printer,EPSON Digital
PhotoLab includes award-winning photo-editing, photo-
organizing, and photo-layout software. This creative software
collection is described in more detail on page 15.
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Printer Setup
Printer Setup
Setting up your printer is easy. Just follow the simple steps on the following pages.
Before you set up your printer, make sure your system meets the requirements
listed in the Introduction of your User’s Guide.
1 Unpack the Printer
Remove any packing material from the printer. See the Notice Sheet in the box for
details. Save all the packaging so you can use
it if you need to transport the printer later.
You need the following items to
set up your printer:
■Your printer and paper support
■Ink cartridges (black and color)
■CD-ROM with your printer
software and EPSON Digital
PhotoLab
■Printer cable (not included)
printer
paper support
color ink
cartridge
CD-ROM
(located on the back of
this guide)
black ink
cartridge
Note:
To connect to a PC, you’ll need a shielded, twisted-pair parallel printer
cable (6 to 10 feet long). To connect to a Macintosh, you’ll need an
Apple®System Peripheral-8 cable (Belkin brand recommended).
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.
Be sure to follow all the Safety Instructions in your User’s Guide.
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3 Install the Ink Cartridges
1. Plug the power cord into a grounded outlet.
2. Make sure the power is off
(the power light is off).
Caution:
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.
3. Lower the output tray and open
the printer cover.
2 Attach the Paper Support
Insert the paper support in the top slot on the back of the printer.
power button
power light
printer
cover
power
button
output
tray
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4. Press the power button to turn on the printer. The power light flashes, the
black and color ink out lights come on, and the ink cartridge holders move
left to the installation position.
Caution:
Always use the power button to turn the printer on or off. Never use
an external switch—such as a power strip—to turn off the printer.
5. Lift the two ink cartridge clamps.
6. Remove the ink cartridges from their foil packages. Then remove only the
yellow part of the tape seal on the top of each cartridge. Do not remove the
white part.
Caution:
You must remove the yellow tape seal from the top of the cartridge or
you will permanently damage it. It’s OK if the tape does not tear off
exactly along the dotted line. Do not try to remove the clear seal from
the bottom.
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.
don’t remove don’t remove
black ink cartridge color ink cartridge
remove
remove
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7. Insert the ink cartridges into their holders. Be sure the labels are face up and
the arrows point toward the back of the printer. The black ink cartridge goes on
the left and the color ink cartridge goes on the right.
8. Push down the clamps until they lock in place.
9. Press the cleaning button and close the printer cover.
The printer moves the print head and begins charging the ink delivery system.
Charging can take two to four minutes. During this time, the power light
flashes, and the printer makes various sounds. Don’t turn off the printer or
interrupt the charging process or you’ll use more ink than necessary. Charging
is complete when the power light stops flashing and stays on.
Caution:
Never turn off the printer when the power light is flashing. But if the
light is still flashing after five minutes and the printer isn’t moving or
making noise, you may turn off the printer.
4 Connect the Printer to Your Computer
Connecting to a PC
1. Turn off the printer and your computer.
2. Connect the cable to the printer’s
parallel interface;then squeeze the
wire clips together to lock them in
place. (If your cable has a ground
wire, connect it now.)
3. Connect the other end of the cable to
your computer’s parallel port and
secure it as necessary.
Note:
The printer is automatically assigned to parallel port LPT1; if you want to
use a different port, see your Windows documentation for instructions.
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Connecting to a Macintosh
1. Turn off the printer and your Macintosh.
2. Connect the cable to the serial connector on
the back of the printer.
3. Connect the other end of the cable to either
the modem port or the printer port on
your Macintosh.
Note:
If you’re using a PowerBook™with a combination printer/modem port,
use that port and select modem in the Chooser. Make sure AppleTalk®is
inactive before turning on the printer.
5 Load Paper
1. Slide the left edge guide all the
way to the left and pull out
the output tray extensions.
2. Fan a stack of plain paper
and then even the edges.
3. Load the stack with the
printable surface face up.
Push the paper against the
right edge guide.
Note:
Don’t load paper above the arrow mark inside the left edge guide.
Keep unused paper in its original packaging and store it in a cool, dark
place.
output tray
extensions
left edge
guide
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4. Slide the left edge guide against the paper stack.
Note:
If you like, you can run a test on your printer to see how it’s working.
Follow the steps in Chapter 6 of your User’s Guide.
6 Install the Software
Your EPSON Stylus Photo 700 CD-ROM includes printer software (also called a
printer driver) and EPSON Digital PhotoLab for both Windows and Macintosh. You
must install the printer software for the printer to work correctly.
Note:
If you don’t have a CD-ROM drive, you can use another computer
with a CD-ROM drive to make printer driver diskettes. See page 29 for
instructions. You can also order the printer driver software on diskettes
(see the inside back cover for instructions) or download it from
http://www.epson.com.
You need a CD-ROM drive to install and use EPSON Digital PhotoLab; it
is not available on diskettes.
Don’t load paper
above this mark.
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Installing the Software for Windows 95 or Later
1. Make sure your printer is connected to the computer and that both are
turned off.
2. Turn on your computer, but leave your printer turned off. Make sure
Windows 95 is running (you should see the Windows Desktop icons).
3. Insert the EPSON Stylus Photo 700 CD-ROM or diskette 1 if you’re using
diskettes.
If Windows 95 launches the installation program automatically, you see the
EPSON Setup CD window. Go to step 4.
If it doesn’t launch automatically, click Start, select Run, and type D:\Setup700
(substitute the correct drive letter if it is not D). Then click OK. You see the
EPSON Setup CD window. Go to step 4.
If you are installing from diskettes, type A:\SETUP (substitute the correct drive
letter if it is not A). Then click OK. Go to step 5.
4. At the EPSON Setup CD window, make sure Initial Installation is selected and
click Next.
Note:
If you are installing the software for the first time, Initial Installation is
your only option. If you are reinstalling the software, you can select
Install EPSON Digital PhotoLab or Reinstall EPSON Printer Software.
If you click Exit Setup during the installation, you skip the EPSON Digital
PhotoLab installation and proceed directly to the printer software
installation.
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5. Follow the instructions on screen to install the software. EPSON Digital
PhotoLab is installed first. Click Finish when that installation is complete. At the
next screen, click OK to install your printer software and Status Monitor. (There
may be a brief pause before the installation begins; if you are installing the
software from diskettes,only the printer software and Status Monitor are
installed.)
Be sure to click Next to install the
Status Monitor. When the installation is
complete, you must reboot your
computer for the Status Monitor to take
effect.
Your printer software and EPSON
Digital PhotoLab icons appear in the
EPSON folder and an icon for your
printer appears in the Printers folder.
The EPSON Stylus Photo 700 printer is
set as your default Windows printer.
An icon for EPSON Digital PhotoLab also appears on your desktop. To
launch this program, double-click the icon. For details about EPSON Digital
PhotoLab, see page 15.
6. Turn your printer on.
Note:
If your computer is on a network and the printer is connected to a
remote server, you now need to set up the computer as a client. See
Appendix A of your User’s Guide for instructions.
Caution:
If you’re setting up your computer for the first time, you may see a
message asking if you want to install a printer. Be sure to select Cancel
and complete your Windows 95 setup.
If at any time you see the New Hardware Found screen and Windows 95
asks you to insert a driver diskette, always select Cancel. You can’t
install your software that way.
7. Continue with“Register Your Printer”on page 15.
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