Epson Stylus Pro 9000 - Print Engine User manual

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Printer Parts
Front view
Rear view
roll paper spindle
roll paper cover
paper set lever
control panel
paper basket
ink cartridge
compartment
lower cover
mounting brackets
interface card slot cover
ink cartridge
compartment
parallel interface connector
ink cartridge
compartment
AC in let
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All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval
system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, mechanical, photocopying, recording,
or otherwise, without the prior written permission of SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION. No
patent liability is assumed with respect to the use of the information contained herein.
Neither is any liability assumed for damages resulting from the use of the information
contained herein.
Neither SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION nor its affiliates shall be liable to the purchaser of
this product or third parties for damages, losses, costs, or expenses incurred by purchaser
or third parties as a result of: accident, misuse, or abuse of this product or unauthorized
modifications, repairs, or alterations to this product, or (excluding the U.S.) failure to strictly
comply with SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION's operating and maintenance instructions.
SEIKOEPSONCORPORATIONshall notbeliableagainstanydamagesorproblemsarising
from the use of any options or any consumable products other than those designated as
Original Epson Products or Epson Approved Products by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION.
EPSON and EPSON ESC/P are registered trademarksand EPSON ESC/P 2 is a trademark
of SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION.
Speedo, Fontware, FaceLift, Swiss, and Dutch are trademarks of Bitstream Inc.
CG Times and CG Omega are registered trademarks of Miles, Inc.
Univers is a registered trademark of Linotype AG and/or its subsidiaries.
Antique Olive is a trademark of Fonderie Olive.
Albertus is a trademark of Monotype Corporation plc.
Coronet is a trademark of Ludlow Industries (UK) Ltd.
Arial and Times New Roman are registered trademarks of Monotype Corporation plc.
General Notice: Other product names used herein are for identification purposes only and may be
trademarks of their respective owners. EPSON disclaims any and all rights in those marks.
Copyright © 1998 by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Nagano, Japan
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Declaration of Conformity
According to ISO/IEC Guide 22 and EN 45014
Manufacturer: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Address: 3-5, Owa 3-chome, Suwa-shi,
Nagano-ken 392-8502 Japan
Representative: EPSON EUROPE B.V.
Address: Prof. J. H. Bavincklaan 5 1183
AT Amstelveen The Netherlands
The Netherlands
Declares that the Product:
Product Name: Ink Jet Printer
Model: P950A
Conforms to the following Directive(s) and Norm(s):
Directive 89/336/EEC:
EN 55022 Class B
EN 61000-3-2
EN 61000-3-3
EN 50082-1
IEC 801-2
IEC 801-3
IEC 801-4
Directive 73/23/EEC:
EN 60950
June 1998
Y. Ishii
President of EPSON EUROPE B.V.

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Contents
Chapter 1 The Control Panel
Buttons, Lights and Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Status messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
SelecType Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
When to use SelecType . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Basic SelecType setting procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
SelecType menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Printing a nozzle check pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Performing the head alignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Aligning the print heads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Setting the paper thickness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Printing a status sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Maintenance Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
How to enter the maintenance mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Hex dump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Chapter 2 Printer Software
Printer Software Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Accessing the Printer Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Accessing the printer software for Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Accessing the printer software for Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Using the Printer Driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Making the Media Type setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Using the Automatic, Custom and Advanced settings. . . . . . . 36
Adjusting page orientation and printable area . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Fitting documents onto the page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Using the Roll Paper Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Using the Printer Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

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Accessing the printer utilities for Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Accessing the printer utilities for Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Using Printer and Option Information (Windows only) . . . . . 51
Getting Information Through Online Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Accessing help from Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Accessing help from Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Uninstalling the Printer Software (Windows only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Chapter 3 Printer Status and Print Job Management
Checking Printer and Print Job Status for Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Using the Progress Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Using the EPSON Spool Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Using EPSON Status Monitor 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Increasing the Print Speed (Windows only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
General tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Using Speed & Progress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Port Configuration (Windows NT 4.0 only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Checking Printer and Print Job Status for Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Using the EPSON StatusMonitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Making Configuration Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Controlling Background Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Chapter 4 Paper Handling
Notes for Special Media and Other Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
EPSON special media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Using paper other than EPSON special media . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Using Roll Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Attaching the roll paper to the spindle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Removing the roll paper from the spindle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Attaching and removing the spindle from the printer . . . . . . . 83
Loading the roll paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Using the roll paper belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Cutting roll paper or printing page lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Using Cut Sheet Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Loading cut sheet media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

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Printing on thick paper (0.5 mm or thicker). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Setting the Paper Basket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
When feeding paper forward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
When feeding paper backward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Chapter 5 Maintenance and Transportation
Replacing Ink Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Replacing the Paper Cutter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Cleaning the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Transporting the Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
A long distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
A short distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Setting up the printer after transporting it. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Chapter 6 Troubleshooting
Printer Stops Printing Unexpectedly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Head cleaning, ink charging, or ink drying is in progress. . . 122
An error has occurred . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
The Printer does not Turn on or Stay on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
The Printer Prints Nothing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
The printer is not correctly connected to the computer . . . . . 125
Your EPSON printer is not selected as the default printer. . . 126
Printer port setting does not match the printer connection
port (Windows). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
The printer driver doesn’t have enough available
memory (Macintosh) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
The printer sounds like it is printing, but nothing prints. . . . 127
Printouts are Not What You Expected. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Incorrect or garbled characters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Incorrect margins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Inverted image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Blank pages print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Printed color differs from the color on the screen. . . . . . . . . . 130
A ruled line shifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Printout has smears on the bottom edge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

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Print Quality Could be Better . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Horizontal banding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Vertical misalignment or banding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Incorrect or missing colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Faint printout or gaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Blurry or smeared printout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Color Documents Print in Black Only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Printing Could be Faster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Roll Paper Cannot be Cut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Paper Feed or Paper Jam Problems Occur Frequently. . . . . . . . . . . 136
Roll Paper does not Eject Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
When feeding paper forward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
When feeding paper backward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Clearing Paper Jams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Appendix A Product Information
Printer Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Printable area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Mechanical. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Electrical. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Environmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Initialization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Safety approvals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Ink cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
For using your printer with a PC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
For using your printer with a Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Interface Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Parallel interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Serial interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Options and Consumable Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Consumable products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
EPSON special media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

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Appendix B Customer Support Information
Contacting Customer Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
For United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland Users . . . . 161
For Australian Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
For Singapore Users. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
For Hong Kong Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
For Philippines Users. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Glossary
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Chapter 1
The Control Panel
Buttons, Lights and Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Status messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
SelecType Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
When to use SelecType . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Basic SelecType setting procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
SelecType menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Printing a nozzle check pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Performing the head alignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Aligning the print heads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Setting the paper thickness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Printing a status sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Maintenance Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
How to enter the maintenance mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Hex dump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

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Buttons, Lights and Messages
The control panel of the printer consists of 8 buttons, 12 lights,
and a20-character liquid crystaldisplay (LCD).The controlpanel
layout is shown below.
Power
Operate
Sheet
Paper Out
Roll
Cutter Off
Roll
Auto Cut
Cleaning
3 sec.
Enter
Cut /Eject
_
Paper Feed
+
Item
Paper Source
SelecType
Reset
3 sec.
Pause
Ink Out
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Buttons
Power Turnstheprinteronandoff.Pressthisbuttonwhilepressing
and holding the Pause button to enter the maintenance
mode. See “Maintenance Mode” on page 36.
Cleaning
3 Sec. Print head cleaning is performed when pressed for three seconds. Before cleaning, make sure that thick paper is
not loaded in the printer.
Pause
(Reset 3 Sec.) Stops printing temporarily. Press a second time to resume printing.
Clearsprintdataintheprintermemoryifpressedandheld
for three seconds.
When pressed in SelecType mode, the printer returns to
READY status.
SelecType Enters SelecType mode when pressed in READY status.
When pressed in SelecType mode, a desired menu can
be selected.
Paper Source
(Item) Selects the paper source: Roll Auto Cut, RollCutter Off or Sheet.Ifyoupressthisbuttonduringtheinkdryingprocess,
press Enter to be able to make your setting.
Whenpressed in SelecType mode,a desired itemcan be
selected from the menu.
Paper Feed
u (+) Feedspaperinreverse.WhenpressedinSelecTypemode,
a desired parameter can be selected from the selected
item. Parameters change in forward order.
Paper Feed
d (-) Feeds paper forward. When pressed in SelecType mode,
a desired parameter can be selected from the selected
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Cut/Eject
(Enter) When Sheet light is on: Ejects the cut sheet.
When Roll Auto Cut light is on:
Feeds the roll paper before cutting it.
When Roll Cutter Off light is on:
Feeds the roll paper a small amount.
When Roll Cutter Off light is on and Print Page Line is on:
Feedstherollpaperandthenprintsapagelinebelowthe
document. See Appendix 1, “PAGE LINE”.
Note:
This button is effective during the ink drying process.
When pressed in SelecType mode, sets the selected
parameter in the selected item as the default value. If the
selected item is for execution only, the item will be
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Lights
o= On, f= Flashing, n= Off
oOperate The printer is on.
fOperate The printer is receiving print data orthe power has been
turned off.
nOperate The printer is off.
oPaper Out Paper is out or the paper set lever is not in the lower
position.
fPaper Out Paper is jammed.
nPause The printer is ready to print data.
fPause Printer mechanism is moving in preparation for printing
or the printed paper is drying for a set time.
oPause The printer is inpausemode or in SelecTypemode, oran
error has occurred.
oInk Out K Black ink is out, the Black ink cartridge is not installed
correctly, or a wrong ink cartridge is installed.
fInk Out K Black ink is low. The Black ink cartridge is nearly empty.
Obtain replacement ink cartridge.
oInk Out C Cyan ink is out, the Cyan ink cartridge is not installed
correctly, or a wrong ink cartridge is installed.
fInk Out C Cyan ink is low. The Cyan ink cartridge is nearly empty.
Obtain replacement ink cartridge.
oInk Out M Magenta ink is out, the Magenta ink cartridge is not
installed correctly, or a wrong ink cartridge is installed.
fInk Out M Magenta ink is low. The Magenta ink cartridge is nearly
empty. Obtain replacement ink cartridge.
oInk Out LC Light Cyan ink is out, the Light Cyan ink cartridge is not
installed correctly, or a wrong ink cartridge is installed.
fInk Out LC LightCyaninkislow.TheLightCyaninkcartridgeisnearly
empty. Obtain replacement ink cartridge.
oInk Out LM LightMagentainkis out,theLightMagentainkcartridge
is not installed correctly, or a wrong ink cartridge is
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Status messages
The following messages show the printer status. For error
messages,see “PrinterStops Printing Unexpectedly”on page122.
fInk Out LM LightMagentainkislow.TheLightMagentainkcartridge
is nearly empty. Obtain replacement ink cartridge.
oInk Out Y Yellow ink is out, the Yellow ink cartridge is not installed
correctly, or a wrong ink cartridge is installed.
fInk Out Y Yellow ink is low.The Yellow inkcartridge isnearlyempty.
Obtain replacement ink cartridge.
oRoll
Auto Cut Auto Cutis selected. Theroll paper will be automatically cut after printing.
oRoll
Cutter Off Printing occurs continuously without cutting.
oSheet Cut sheet is selected. Printing is on single sheet paper.
The printer ejects the paper.
oAll lights Reset has been executed by pressing the Pause button
for 3 seconds or more.
READY W* Ready to print data.
POWER OFF Power is off.
INK DRY nn MIN W* Drying ink after printing. Wait for “nn” minutes.
RESET The printer is being reset.
PRESS PAUSE BUTTON Pause button needs to be pressed.
PRINTING W* Receiving print data.
WAIT W* The printer is warming up or charging ink.
PAUSE The printer is paused. To resume printing, press the
Pause button.
INK COMPART. OPEN You are replacing the ink cartridge(s) and the ink
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* Indicatesthe platen gap settingis set to WIDE. When AUTO is
selected, no letter appears.
SelecType Settings
When to use SelecType
The SelecType mode enables you to make printer settings similar
to those you would normally make in the driver or software, as
well as other additional settings—directly through the control
panel.KeepthefollowingpointsinmindwhenmakingSelecType
settings:
❏Applicationprogramsmaysendcommandstotheprinterthat
override SelecType settings. If you are not getting the results
you expect, check your application software settings.
❏To see the current SelecType settings, print a status sheet.
Basic SelecType setting procedure
The following shows the basic SelecType setting procedure.
INK LOW Ink cartridge(s) is (are) nearly empty. Replace ink
cartridge(s) indicated by the Ink Out light(s). When
the ink cartridge(s) is (are) out, printing stops.
Printing can be resumed after empty cartridge(s)
have been replaced.
LOAD PAPER Papersetleverisupwhileloadingpaper.Whenyou
loadpaperandpullthesetleverdown,PRESS PAUSE
BUTTON
TURN PWR OFF AND ON After clearing jammed paper, this message
appears. Turn the printer off and on.
MAINTENANCE REQ.
nnnn Partused inthe printer has nearly reached life end. Note the error number “nnnn”and contact your
dealer. See “Contacting Customer Support” on
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1. Enter the SelecType mode
Make sure that READY is displayed on the LCD panel, then
press the SelecType button.
The first menu, PRINTER SETTING MENU is displayed.
2. Select a menu
Press the SelecType button to select a desired menu.
For example: PRINTER SETTING MENU
To return to the READY status, press the Pause button.
3. Select an item
Press the Item button. The first item of the selected menu is
displayed. Press the Item button to select a desired item.
For example: PAGE LINE = ON* (✽shows that the displayed
parameter is the default value.)
If the item is for execution only, press the Enter button to
execute the function for the item. After execution, the printer
exits SelecType mode and returns to the READY status.
For example: INIT. PANEL = EXEC (Initializes the current
panel settings to the factory-set values.)
4. Select a parameter
Press the + or - button to select a parameter for the item.
For example: PAGE LINE = OFF. Note that the asterisk ✽
disappears. This means that the selected parameter (OFF) is
not yet stored as the default value.
To display the next item without changing the default value,
press the Item button.
5. Set the parameter
Press the Enter button to store the selected parameter as the
default value.
For example: PAGE LINE = OFF* is displayed.
Press the Itembutton to return to step 3 if you want to select
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6. Exit the SelecType mode
Press the Pause button.
Note:
❏To exitthe SelecType mode atanytime, press thePause button.
❏To return to step 2, press the SelecType button. Press the
SelecType button again to exit the SelecType mode.
SelecType menus
The six SelecType menus are described below.
“Printer Setting menu (PRINTER
SETTING MENU)” on page 19 Various printer settings are
available.
“Test Print menu (TEST PRINT
MENU)” on page 21: You can print a nozzle check
pattern and status sheet.
“Printer Status menu (PRINTER
STATUS MENU)” on page 22 Youcanseethefirmwareversion,
total prints since delivery, and ink
cartridge/parts life, on the LCD.
“Paper Configuration menu
(PAPERCONFIG.MENU)”onpage
22
You can register the paper
thickness and ink drying time, and
select the specified value.
“Cutter Replacement menu
(CUTTER REPLACE MENU)” on
page 22
Follow this menu when you
replacethecutter.Fordetails,see
“Replacing the Paper Cutter” on
page 109.
“Head Alignment menu (HEAD
ALIGNMENT MENU)” on page 23 You can correct any head
misalignment to obtain optimum
printing results. For details, see
“Performingtheheadalignment”
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Printer Setting menu (PRINTER SETTING MENU)
This menu allows you to make various settings which change the
operation of the printer.
PLATEN GAP (Platen gap adjustment)
Normally, leave this set to AUTO. If you find that the printed
image is smeared, select WIDE.
PAGE LINE
Select whether page lines are printed on the roll paper.
The Print Page Line operationchanges according to the Auto Cut
settings as shown.
Note:
When the Sheet light is on, the Print Page Line setting is not available.
Roll Auto Cut light Print Page Line Printer’s Operation
On On Prints page line on the right
side only, and cuts paper
automatically after the print
job.
On Off Cuts paper automatically
after the print job.
Roll Cutter Off light Print Page Line Printer’s Operation
On On Prints page lines on the right
sideandbelowthedocument.
On Off Does not print page lines nor
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INTERFACE (Interface selection)
When AUTO is selected, the printer automatically switches
betweeninterfacesdependingonwhichoneisreceivingdatafirst.
If no more print jobs have been received, the printer returns to an
idlestateafter10secondsormore.Youcanalsoselecttheinterface
from parallel, serial (for Macintosh), or optional.
PARA. I/F (Parallel interface mode selection)
Select the parallel interface mode from compatible (COMPAT.)
and ECP.
CODE PAGE (Code page selection)
Select the code page from PC437 and PC850.
ROLL MARG (Roll paper margin selection)
Select margins for roll paper from 3 mm, 15 mm, and T/B 15 mm .
Note:
The combination of “Top/Bottom=3 mm, Left/Right=15 mm” is not
selectable.
Margin settings Top/Bottom Left/Right
3 mm 3 mm 3 mm
15 mm 15 mm 15 mm
T/B 15 mm 15 mm 3 mm