Document Outline

• Where to Find Information
• Contents
  • Safety Information
    • Warnings, Cautions, and Notes
    • Safety Precautions
    • Important Safety Instructions
    • Power On/Off Cautions
• 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
    • High-speed tandem printing engine
    • Duplex printing
    • Pre-defined color settings in printer driver
    • Toner save mode
    • Resolution Improvement Technology (RITech)
  • Various Printing Options
    • Double-sided printing
    • Fit to page printing
    • Pages per sheet printing
    • Watermark printing
• Paper Handling
  • Paper Sources
    • MP tray
    • Standard lower cassette
    • 500-Sheet/1000-Sheet Paper Cassette Unit
    • Selecting a paper source
  • Loading Paper
    • MP tray
    • Standard lower cassette and optional paper cassette unit
    • Output Tray
  • Printing on Special Media
    • EPSON Color Laser Paper
    • EPSON Color Laser Transparencies
    • Envelopes
    • Labels
    • Thick paper and extra thick paper
    • Transparencies
    • 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 setting
    • Resizing printouts
    • Modifying the print layout
    • Using a watermark
    • Printing with the duplex unit
    • Making Extended Settings
    • Making Optional Settings
  • Monitoring Your Printer Using EPSON Status Monitor 3
    • Installing EPSON Status Monitor 3
    • Accessing EPSON Status Monitor 3
    • Getting printer status details
    • Order Online
    • Setting Monitoring Preferences
    • Status Alert window
    • Job Management function
    • Stopping monitoring
    • Monitored Printers settings
  • Setting Up the USB Connection
  • Canceling Printing
  • Uninstalling the Printer Software
    • Uninstalling the printer driver
    • Uninstall the USB device driver
• 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
    • Printing with the duplex unit
    • Making Extended Settings
  • Monitoring Your Printer using EPSON Status Monitor 3
    • Accessing EPSON Status Monitor 3
    • Getting printer status details
    • Setting Monitoring Preferences
    • Status Alert window
    • Using the Job Management function
  • Setting Up the USB Connection
  • Canceling Printing
  • Uninstalling the Printer Software
    • For Mac OS 9.X
    • For Mac OS X
• Setting Up Your Printer on a Network
  • For Windows
    • Sharing the printer
    • Setting up your printer as a shared printer
    • Using an additional driver
    • Setting up a clients
    • Installing the printer driver from the CD-ROM
  • For Macintosh
    • Sharing the printer
    • Setting up your printer as a shared printer
    • Accessing the shared printer
    • For Mac OS X
• Functions of 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
    • Tray Menu
    • Setup Menu
    • Color Regist Menu
    • Reset Menu
    • USB Menu
    • Network Menu
• Installing Options
  • 500-Sheet/1000-Sheet Paper Cassette Unit
    • Installing the optional paper cassette unit
    • Removing the optional paper cassette unit
  • Memory Module
    • Removing a memory module
• Maintenance and Transportation
  • Replacement Messages
  • Toner Cartridge
  • Photoconductor Unit
  • Fuser Unit
  • Transfer Unit
  • Cleaning the Printer
  • Transporting the Printer
    • Checking color registration
• Troubleshooting
  • Clearing Jammed Paper
    • Precautions for clearing jammed paper
    • Jam AB (covers A and B)
    • Jam A (cover A)
    • Jam AC (cover A and paper cassettes)
    • Jam B (cover B)
    • Jam ABC (cover A, paper cassettes and cover B)
    • Jam at the MP tray
  • 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
  • Sharing Problems
    • Network printers cannot be monitored in a Windows 95 environment
  • Printout Problems
    • Printout is garbled
    • Misalignment of colors
    • The printout’s orientation on the page is not correct
    • Graphics do not print correctly
  • 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 When Using Options
    • 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
• Technical Specifications
  • Paper
    • Available paper types
    • Paper that should not be used
    • Specifications
    • Printable area
  • Printer
    • General
    • Environmental
    • Mechanical
    • Electrical
    • Standard and approvals
  • Interfaces
    • USB interface
    • Ethernet interface
  • Options and Consumables
    • 500-Sheet/1000-Sheet Paper Cassette Unit
    • Memory modules
    • Toner cartridges
    • Photoconductor unit
    • Transfer unit
    • Fuser unit 120/220
• Working with Fonts
  • EPSON BarCode Fonts (Windows Only)
    • System requirements
    • Installing EPSON BarCode Fonts
    • Printing with EPSON BarCode Fonts
    • BarCode Font specifications
• Glossary
• Index