Document Outline

• Where to Find Information
• Contents
• Getting to Know Your Printer
  • Printer Parts
    • Front view
    • Rear view
    • Inside the printer
    • Control panel
  • Options and Consumable Products
    • Options
    • Consumable products
  • Printer Features
    • Adobe PostScript 3 mode
    • Reserve Job function
    • HDD Form Overlay function
    • Wide variety of fonts
    • Toner Save mode
    • Resolution Improvement Technology (RITech)
    • Duplex printing
  • Various Printing Options
    • 4-Bin Mailbox
    • Duplex printing
    • Fit-to-page printing
    • Pages per sheet printing
    • Watermark printing
    • Overlay printing
    • Using the Reserve Job function
• Paper Handling
  • Paper Sources
    • MP tray
    • Standard paper cassette
    • Optional 500-Sheet Universal Paper Cassette Unit A3
    • Selecting a paper source
  • Loading Paper
    • MP tray
    • Standard and optional paper cassettes
    • Output tray
  • Printing on Special Media
    • Envelopes
    • Labels
    • Thick paper
    • Transparencies
    • Loading a custom paper size
• Using the Standard Printer Driver
  • About the standard printer driver
    • System Requirements
    • Installing the standard printer driver
  • Accessing the standard printer driver
  • Standard printer driver settings
    • Making the print quality setting
    • Resizing printouts
    • Modifying the print layout
    • Using a watermark
    • Using an overlay
    • Using HDD Form Overlay
    • Printing with the Duplex Unit
    • Making Extended Settings
    • Making the Optional Settings
  • Using the Reserve Job Function
    • Re-Print Job
    • Verify Job
    • Stored Job
    • Confidential Job
  • Monitoring Your Printer Using EPSON Status Monitor 3
    • About EPSON Status Monitor 3
    • Installing EPSON Status Monitor 3
    • Accessing EPSON Status Monitor 3
    • Getting printer status details
    • Setting Monitoring Preferences
    • Status Alert window
    • Using the Job Management function
    • Stopping monitoring
    • Setting monitored printers
  • Setting Up the USB Connection
  • Canceling Printing
  • Uninstalling the Printer Software
    • Uninstalling the printer driver
    • Uninstalling the USB device driver
• Using the PostScript Printer Driver (Windows)
  • About the PostScript Printer Driver
    • Hardware requirements
    • System requirements
  • Using the PostScript Printer Driver with Windows
    • Windows Me, Windows 98, Windows 95 users
    • Windows NT 4.0 users
    • Windows XP, Windows 2000 users
    • Using online help
    • Reserve Job function
    • Using AppleTalk under Windows 2000 or Windows NT 4.0
• Using the PostScript Printer Driver (Macintosh)
  • About the PostScript Printer Driver
    • Hardware requirements
    • System requirements
  • Using the PostScript Printer Driver with Macintosh
    • Mac OS 8.6, Mac OS 9.x users
    • Mac OS X users
• Setting Up Your Printer on a Network
  • Sharing the printer
  • Setting up your printer as a shared printer
    • Using an additional driver
    • Setting for the clients
  • Using AppleTalk Under Windows 2000 or Windows NT 4.0
  • Installing the printer driver from the CD-ROM
• Installing Options
  • 500-Sheet Universal Paper Cassette Unit A3
  • 4-Bin Mailbox
  • Duplex Unit
  • Hard Disk Drive
    • Formatting the Hard Disk Drive
  • Memory Module
  • Interface Cards
• Replacing the Consumable Product
  • Precautions During Replacement
  • Replacement Messages
  • Replacing the Imaging Cartridge
  • Cleaning the Printer
  • Transporting the Printer
• Troubleshooting
  • Clearing Jammed Paper
    • Precautions for clearing jammed paper
    • Paper jam-paper cassette
    • Paper jam-MP tray
    • Paper jam-inside the printer
    • Paper jam-4-Bin Mailbox
    • Paper jam-Duplex Unit
  • 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
  • Printout Problems
    • The font cannot be printed
    • Printout is garbled
    • The printout’s orientation on the page is not correct
    • Graphics do not print correctly
  • 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 Printing in the PostScript 3 Mode
    • Windows users
    • Macintosh users
  • 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
    • Using the Cancel Job button
    • Using the Reset menu
  • Contacting Customer Support
    • For users in Latin America
    • For users in Australia
    • For users in Singapore
    • For users in Thailand
    • For users in Indonesia
    • For users in Hong Kong
    • For users in Malaysia
    • For users in India
    • For users in the Philippines
• Technical Specifications
  • Paper
    • Available paper types
    • Paper that should not be used
    • Specifications
    • Printable area
  • Printer
    • General
    • Environmental
    • Mechanical
    • Electrical
    • Safety and approvals
    • PostScript
  • Interfaces
    • Parallel interface
    • USB interface
    • Ethernet interface
  • Options and Consumable
    • 500-Sheet Universal Paper Cassette Unit A3
    • 4-Bin Mailbox
    • Duplex Unit
    • Hard Disk Drive
    • Memory modules
    • Imaging cartridge
  • Safety Information
    • Safety Precautions
    • Important Safety Instructions
    • Power On/Off Cautions
    • Warnings, Cautions, and Notes
• Functions of the Control Panel
  • Using the Control Panel Menus
    • When to make control panel settings
    • How to access the control panel menus
  • Printing and Deleting Reserve Job Data
    • Using the Quick Print Job Menu
    • Using the Confidential Job Menu
  • Control Panel Menus
    • Control panel menu summary
    • Information Menu
    • Tray Menu
    • Emulation Menu
    • Printing Menu
    • Setup Menu
    • Quick Print Job Menu
    • Confidential Job Menu
    • Reset Menu
    • Parallel Menu
    • USB Menu
    • Network Menu
    • AUX Menu
    • LJ4 Menu
    • GL2 Menu
    • PS3 Menu
    • ESCP2 Menu
    • FX Menu
    • I239X Menu
• Working with Fonts
  • Available Fonts
    • LJ4/GL2 mode
    • ESC/P 2 and FX modes
    • I239X mode
    • PS 3 mode
    • Printing font samples
  • Adding More Fonts
  • Selecting Fonts
  • Downloading Fonts
  • EPSON Font Manager
    • System requirements
    • Installing EPSON Font Manager
  • EPSON BarCode Fonts
    • System requirements
    • Installing EPSON BarCode Fonts
    • Printing with EPSON BarCode Fonts
    • BarCode Font specifications
• Symbol Sets
  • Introduction to Symbol Sets
  • In the LJ4 Emulation Mode
    • International character sets for ISO
  • In the ESC/P 2 or FX Modes
    • International character sets
    • Characters available with the ESC (^ command
  • In the I239X Emulation Mode
  • In the EPSON GL/ 2 Mode
• Postscript Font Samples
• Glossary
• Index