Document Outline

• Copyright and Trademarks
• Contents
• Safety Instructions
  • Safety
    • Warnings, Cautions, and Notes
    • Safety precautions
    • Important Safety Instructions
    • Safety Information
    • Power On/Off Cautions
• Getting to Know Your Printer
  • Where to Find Information
  • Printer Parts
    • Front view
    • Rear view
    • Inside the printer
    • Control panel
  • Options and Consumable Products
    • Options
    • Consumable products
• Printer Features and Various Printing Options
  • Printer Features
    • High-speed tandem printing engine
    • Pre-defined color settings in the printer driver
    • Toner save mode
    • Resolution Improvement Technology and Enhanced MicroGray technology
    • Wide variety of fonts
    • Adobe PostScript 3 Mode
    • PCL Emulation Mode
    • Secure direct printing with USB memory
  • Various Printing Options
    • Double-sided printing
    • Fit to page printing
    • Pages per sheet printing
    • Watermark printing
    • Header/Footer printing
    • Overlay printing
    • Using the Reserve Job function
    • Using the storage form overlay function
    • Web-Page Printing
    • Creating direct printing data with USB memory
• Paper Handling
  • Paper Sources
    • MP tray
    • Standard lower paper cassette
    • 550-sheet Paper Cassette Unit
    • Selecting a paper source
  • Loading Paper
    • MP tray
    • Standard lower paper cassette and optional paper cassette unit
    • Output tray
  • Printing on Special Media
    • EPSON Color Laser Paper
    • EPSON Color Laser Transparencies
    • EPSON Color Laser Coated Paper
    • Envelopes
    • Labels
    • Thick paper and extra thick paper
    • Loading a custom paper size
• Using the Printer Software with Windows
  • About the Printer Software
    • Accessing the printer driver
  • Making Changes to Printer Settings
    • Making the print quality settings
    • Duplex printing
    • Displaying information about consumables with the printer driver
    • Ordering Consumables
    • Resizing printouts
    • Modifying the print layout
    • Using a watermark
    • Using headers and footers
    • Using an overlay
    • Using storage form overlay
    • Making Extended Settings
    • Making Optional Settings
    • Printing a status sheet
  • Using the Reserve Job Function
    • Re-Print Job
    • Verify Job
    • Confidential Job
  • Monitoring Your Printer Using EPSON Status Monitor
    • Installing EPSON Status Monitor
    • Accessing EPSON Status Monitor
    • Information on EPSON Status Monitor
    • Simple Status
    • Detailed Status
    • Consumables Information
    • Job Information
    • Notice Settings
    • Order Online
    • Tray Icon Settings
  • Setting Up the USB Connection
  • Canceling Printing
  • Uninstalling the Printer Software
    • Uninstalling the printer driver
    • Uninstall the USB device driver
  • Sharing the Printer on a Network
    • Sharing the printer
    • Setting up your printer as a shared printer
    • Using an additional driver
    • Setting up clients
    • Installing the printer driver from the CD-ROM
• Using the Printer Software with Macintosh
  • About the Printer Software
    • Accessing the printer driver
  • Making Changes to Printer Settings
    • Making the print quality settings
    • Resizing printouts
    • Modifying the print layout
    • Using a watermark
    • Using headers and footers
    • Duplex printing
    • Making Extended Settings
    • Printing a status sheet
  • Using the Reserve Job Function
    • Re-Print Job
    • Verify Job
    • Confidential Job
  • Monitoring Your Printer using EPSON Status Monitor
    • Accessing EPSON Status Monitor
    • Simple Status
    • Detailed Status
    • Consumables Information
    • Job Information
    • Notice Settings
  • Setting Up the USB Connection
    • For Mac OS X users
    • For Mac OS 9 users
  • Canceling Printing
    • For Mac OS X users
    • For Mac OS 9 users
  • Uninstalling the Printer Software
    • For Mac OS X users
    • For Mac OS 9 users
  • Sharing the Printer on a Network
    • Sharing the printer
    • For Mac OS X users
    • For Mac OS 9 users
• Using the PostScript Printer Driver
  • About the PostScript 3 Mode
    • Hardware requirements
    • System requirements
  • Using the PostScript Printer Driver with Windows
    • Installing the PostScript printer driver for the USB interface
    • Installing the PostScript printer driver for the network interface
    • Accessing the PostScript printer driver
    • Making changes to PostScript printer settings
    • Using AppleTalk under Windows 2000
  • Using the PostScript Printer Driver with Macintosh
    • Installing the PostScript printer driver
    • Selecting the printer
    • Accessing the PostScript printer driver
    • Making changes to PostScript printer settings
• Using the PCL6/PCL5 Printer Driver
  • About the PCL Mode
    • Hardware requirements
    • System requirements
  • Using the PCL6/PCL5 Printer Driver
• Using the Control Panel
  • Using the Control Panel Menus
    • When to make control panel settings
    • How to access the control panel menus
  • Control Panel Menus
    • Information Menu
    • Index Print Menu
    • Document Print Menu
    • Image Print Menu
    • Tray Menu
    • Emulation Menu
    • Printing Menu
    • Setup Menu
    • Color Regist Menu
    • Reset Menu
    • Quick Print Job Menu
    • Confidential Job Menu
    • USB Menu
    • Network Menu
    • AUX Menu
    • USB Host Menu
    • PCL Menu
    • PS3 Menu
    • Password Config Menu
    • ESCP2 Menu
    • FX Menu
    • I239X Menu
  • Status and Error Messages
  • Printing and Deleting Reserve Job Data
    • Using the Quick Print Job Menu
    • Using the Confidential Job Menu
  • Printing a Status Sheet
  • Adjusting Color Registration
  • Printing Directly from a USB Memory
    • Index printing
    • Document printing
    • Image printing
  • Canceling Printing
    • Using the Cancel Job button
    • Using the Reset menu
• Installing Options
  • Optional Paper Cassette Unit
    • Handling precautions
    • Installing the optional paper cassette unit
    • Removing the optional paper cassette unit
  • Duplex Unit
    • Installing the Duplex Unit
    • Removing the Duplex Unit
  • Memory Module
    • Installing a memory module
    • Removing a memory module
  • Interface Card
    • Installing an interface card
    • Removing an interface card
• Replacing Consumable Products
  • Replacement Messages
  • Imaging Cartridge
    • Handling precautions
    • Replacing an imaging cartridge
  • Fuser Unit
    • Handling precautions
    • Replacing the fuser unit
  • Transfer Unit
    • Handling precautions
    • Replacing the transfer unit
• Cleaning and Transporting the Printer
  • Cleaning the Printer
    • Cleaning the pickup roller
  • Transporting the Printer
    • Finding a place for the printer
    • For long distances
    • For short distances
• Troubleshooting
  • Clearing Jammed Paper
    • Precautions for clearing jammed paper
    • Paper Jam MP C1 A
    • Paper Jam C1 A
    • Paper Jam C2 C1 A
    • Paper Jam A B
    • Paper Jam A D
  • Printing a Status Sheet
  • Operational Problems
    • The Ready light does not turn on
    • The printer does not print (Ready light off)
    • The Ready light is on but nothing prints
    • The optional product is not available
    • The amount of a toner remaining is not updated (For Windows users only)
  • Printout Problems
    • The font cannot be printed
    • Printout is garbled
    • The printout position is not correct
    • Misalignment of colors
    • Graphics do not print correctly
    • Transparencies are output blank from the MP tray
  • Color Printing Problems
    • Cannot print in color
    • The printout color differs when printed from different printers
    • The color looks different from what you see on the computer screen
  • Print Quality Problems
    • The background is dark or dirty
    • White dots appear in the printout
    • Print quality or tone is uneven
    • Half-tone images print unevenly
    • Toner smudges
    • Areas are missing in the printed image
    • Completely blank pages are output
    • The printed image is light or faint
    • The non-printed side of the page is dirty
  • Memory Problems
    • Print quality decreased
    • Insufficient memory for current task
    • Insufficient memory to print all copies
  • Paper Handling Problems
    • Paper does not feed properly
  • Problems Using Options
    • The message Invalid AUX /IF Card appears on the LCD panel
    • Paper does not feed from the optional paper cassette
    • Feed jam when using the optional paper cassette
    • An installed option cannot be used
  • Correcting USB Problems
    • USB connections
    • Windows operating system
    • Printer software installation
  • Status and Error Messages
  • Canceling Printing
  • Printing in the PostScript 3 Mode Problems
    • The printer does not print correctly in the PostScript mode
    • The printer does not print
    • The printer driver or printer that you need to use does not appear in the Printer Setup Utility (Mac OS 10.3.x and 10.4.x), Print Center (Mac OS 10.2.x), or Chooser (Mac OS 9)
    • The font on the printout is different from that on the screen
    • The printer fonts cannot be installed
    • The edges of texts and/or images are not smooth
    • The printer does not print normally via the USB interface
    • The printer does not print normally via the network interface
    • An undefined error occurs (Macintosh only)
    • Insufficient memory to print data (Macintosh only)
• Customer Support
  • Contacting Customer Support
    • Before Contacting Epson
    • Help for Users in Australia
    • Help for Users in Singapore
    • Help for Users in Thailand
    • Help for Users in Vietnam
    • Help for Users in Indonesia
    • Help for Users in Hong Kong
    • Help for Users in Malaysia
    • Help for Users in India
    • Help for Users in the Philippines
• Technical Specifications
  • Paper
    • Available paper types
    • Paper that should not be used
    • Printable area
  • Printer
    • General
    • Environmental
    • Mechanical
    • Electrical
    • Standard and approvals
  • Interfaces
    • USB interface
    • Ethernet interface
    • USB Host interface
  • Options and Consumable Products
    • Optional paper cassette unit
    • Duplex Unit
    • Memory modules
    • Imaging cartridge
    • Fuser unit
    • Transfer unit
• Index