Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product STYLUS 850Ne Epson
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v Contents Introduction Win dows System Requirem en ts 1 Macintosh S ystem R equirem ents 2 How To U se Your Manuals 3 Warning s, Cauti ons, Notes, and Tips 4 Where To Get H elp 5 ENE RG Y STA R Co mp.
Contents vi 2 Printing on Special Paper Usin g Specia l P aper a nd M edia 2-1 Letterhea d, Pre printed Fo rms, a nd Legal-s ize P aper 2-3 EPSON 360 dpi, High Quality, and Photo Quality Ink Jet Paper.
Contents vi i 4 Man aging Pr int Job s Managing Print Jobs in Windows 98, W indows 95, and Wi nd ow s NT 4. 0 4- 1 Usi ng St a tus Mon it o r 2 4-2 Selecti ng the Speed & Progr ess Options (Win dows 98 and Wi ndow s 9 5) 4-9 Using the Spool Manager (Windows 98 and W in d ow s 95 ) 4- 11 Addi tional M onitoring Op tions i n Window s NT 4.
Contents viii 6 Troublesh ooting Dia gnos ing P robl em s 6- 1 Checkin g the Control Panel Lights 6-2 Running a Self Test 6-3 Usi ng Hex Dump Mode 6-4 Im p r o v in g P r in t Q u al ity 6 - 4 Solving.
1 Your EPS ON S ty lus ® COLOR 850Ne bu ndled printe r/print server i s the ideal shared ou tput device for busi ness gr aphi cs, layout proo fs, di gital ph oto graphy , or a ny p roject c reated by user s on your netw ork.
Introduction 2 ◗ At l east 50MB of fre e hard disk space f or st oring i mages (100MB or mo re is recommended) ◗ VGA, Super V GA, or better d isp lay adapte r a nd mo nitor ◗ Doub le-speed CD -R.
Intr od ucti on 3 How To Use Y our Manua ls See the Setu p Gu ide to set up you r printe r, insta ll your softwa re, and co nfigu re the card f or the networ k. See the Admi nistrator ’s Guide for network, c onfigu ration, and Ethern et card infor mation.
Introduction 4 Warnings, Cautions, Notes, and T ips You’ ll find thi s i nfor mati on thro ug hou t yo ur m anu al: Warnings mus t b e follow ed car e ful ly to av oid bod i ly inju ry. Caut ions must be observ ed to avoid dama ge to your equipm ent.
Intr od ucti on 5 Wh ere T o Ge t He lp EPSON provides techni cal assista nce through el ectronic suppo rt services and au toma ted teleph one servi ces 24 h ou rs a day.
Introduction 6 To speak to a tech nical support representa tive, dial (310) 787-6 346 (U .S.) 6 AM to 8 PM Pa cifi c T ime , Mon da y th rou g h F rid ay and 7 AM to 4 PM , Satu rday, or (905) 70 9-2567 (Ca n ad a) , 6 AM to 6 PM , P aci fic Ti me, Mo n day thr oug h Frid ay .
Intr od ucti on 7 Impo r tant S afe ty In stru cti ons Before u sing y our printe r, read th e following saf ety instructi ons to make sure you use the printer s afely and effec tively: ◗ Turn off a nd unpl ug th e pr inter befo re c leani ng. Clea n with a da mp c loth only.
Introduction 8 ◗ Unplu g the printer a nd re fer servicing to q ualified se rvice personnel under the following c onditions: If th e power cord or pl ug is dam aged; if liqu id h as e ntered the pri.
1-1 1 It’s easy to prin t all yo ur colo r and blac k-and-wh ite do cument s with you r E PSO N S tylus COLO R 850N e. F irst s et up y our printer, instal l the softwa re, and c onfigu re the car d on the network, followin g th e instruc tions i n the Setup Guide .
Basic Printing 1-2 Setting Printer Options from Windo ws Ap pl ica tio n s This section d escribes th e setting s you’l l nee d to ch eck for a ll your ev eryday prin touts . See Ch ap ter 3 for inform ation abou t advanced settings for special print jobs.
Basic Printing 1-3 5. Choos e the M e dia Ty pe you w ant to prin t on from the follo wing list: ◗ Plai n pap er ◗ 360 dpi Ink Jet Paper ◗ Phot o Qua lity Ink Je t Pa pe r ◗ Phot o Pa per ◗ .
Basic Printing 1-4 Whi le y ou r d ocu m en t is p rin t ing , a d ialo g bo x ap pear s show ing the p rinter status and the progress of your print job.
Basic Printing 1-5 Settin g Default Options in W indows 3.1 1. Double -click th e Cont rol Pan el icon in th e Ma in gro up. 2. Double -click th e Print ers ico n. 3. Select EPSO N Styl us COL OR 850 from t he list of pr inters and cli ck Se tu p . You s ee the printer softwa re d ialog box, a s shown on page 1-2.
Basic Printing 1-6 You can set up the way your pri nter software se nds print jobs and select whether to display the Progres s Meter dialog box or not; see page 4-9 for instr uctions.
Basic Printing 1-7 Print ing from a Mac intosh When you print with a Macintosh , you need to check the printer software settings for documents in each applicatio n you us e.
Basic Printing 1-8 4. Now sel ect Print from the F ile menu in your a ppl ication. You see the printer settings dialog box: 5. Choo se the nu m ber o f copi es an d indica te w hich pa ge s you want to prin t. 6. Make sure the Mode option i s set to Automatic .
Basic Printing 1-9 9. Set the slider to Quality or Speed . This lets you choose between the fastest printing or the highest resolution for the media you’re u sing . To u se the h igh est re solution ava ilable for pl ain paper (1440 dpi), access the More Settings dia log box; s e e page 3- 4 fo r ins tructio ns.
Basic Printing 1- 10 What To Do When the Print er Light s Flas h The four lights on your printer’s contr ol panel show the printer’s s tatus and ale rt you t o pr oblems li ke paper jam s.
2-1 2 Your E PSON S tylus COLOR 850Ne l ets you pri nt on just about a ny kind of paper you want to use. Yo u can get great results printing on various s izes of plain paper, letterhead , and envelopes , b ut you’ll get e ven better results with speci ally coated ink jet p aper.
Printing o n Specia l Paper 2-2 To order EPSO N papers and other m edia, contac t your deal er or ca ll EPSO N Ac ces sori es at (8 00) 873 -7 766 (U.S . s ales on ly) . In Ca nad a , ca ll (80 0) 8 73- 77 66 for dealer referr al . Or visit ou r website a t ww w.
Printing on Special Paper 2-3 The type of paper or othe r med ia yo u use is o ne of th e mo st importa nt f actors in determ ining the q uality of your printed output. The f ollowi ng ti ps will h elp you get th e best r esults on any type of paper or other medi a.
Printing o n Specia l Paper 2-4 EPS ON Photo Q uality G loss y Paper, F ilm, and Tr anspare ncies Before you load glossy film or transpa rencies, put a support sheet (packed with the media ) or a plain paper s heet b eneath the stack. (D on’t use a supp ort sheet with Photo Q uality G lossy Paper.
Printing on Special Paper 2-5 Envelo pes You c an load u p to 1 0 envelopes as sh own below: If ink smears when you print on envelopes or other thick med ia, set the paper th ickness lever to th e + positi on. Open the printer cover and position the lever as shown belo w.
Printing o n Specia l Paper 2-6 EPS ON Photo P a per You ca n us e EPS ON Ph oto Paper to pr int ph otog raphs th at look almost as good as the ones you get from fi lm proc essing.
Printing on Special Paper 2-7 ◗ When yo u create a n image f or printing o n 4 × 6-i n ch P ho t o Paper in your application software, size it to 4.25 × 6.25 inche s. For other sizes of Photo Paper, see Appendix B for the ma ximu m printa ble area spec ifications.
Printing o n Specia l Paper 2-8 EPS ON Photo Q ual ity S elf Ad hesiv e Sh eets Use th ese sh eets to print labels or sti ckers. Yo u c an load o ne sheet at a tim e. Ma ke sure your ad hesive sheets are ful ly adher ed to their backing sheet before you load them.
3-1 3 When your p resentation graph ics, photograph s, o r other project s have special printing requirements , you can use the custo m settings in your EPSO N Stylus CO LOR 850 software. You can c hoose prede fined s ettings or adj ust individu al options like brightness, contrast, saturation, and halftoning.
Custom P rinting 3-2 Using P red efined A dvanced Settings Predefi ned settings pro vide a n ea sy way to fine- tune your printer’s o pera tion for s pecial im age types. Follow the se steps to print w ith prede fined setting s: 1. Create your image or doc ument in your application.
Cu stom Prin ting 3-3 5. Choos e the rig ht setting foll owing these guidelines: ◗ Phot o For printi ng scanned photograp hs. Increases contrast in th e ima ge. ◗ Tex t/Gr aph For printing graphics-intens ive documents like presentati on p ages with charts and graphs.
Custom P rinting 3-4 8. Whe n you’re finish ed, click Pr int (Macinto sh) or OK (Windows). If you’re using Windows, click any other buttons that your app lication uses for printing.
Cu stom Prin ting 3-5 4. Choo se one of the fo llowin g Prin t Qualit y opti ons : ◗ Eco nom y For l ow-resolu tion r ough drafts o n pla in paper. Saves ink. ◗ Normal - 360 dpi For m ost d ocum ents on pl ain paper, tran sparen cies, or 360 dpi Ink Jet paper.
Custom P rinting 3-6 6. Choos e one of the follow ing Hal fto ni ng options: ◗ No H al ft o ni ng For p rinting black text onl y. ◗ Error Di ffu sion For p rinting ph oto graphic or video/di gital came ra image s. Blends each color dot with the dots around it.
Cu stom Prin ting 3-7 Customizing Color Settings Choose f rom several col or adjust ment modes or manually adjus t brightness, contrast, saturation , and CMY color valu es. Or, to co rrect digital im ages, you ca n us e PhotoE nhanc e2 (Photo Enhan ce on W indow s 3 .
Custom P rinting 3-8 4. Choos e one of the follow ing Co lo r A d ju s tm e n t M o de s . (You don’t need to select any of these options if you’ll be using I C M [Windows 9 8/W indows 95] or Co lorSync [Maci ntosh] as descri bed in step 4.
Cu stom Prin ting 3-9 6. For even more fine- tuning, choo se one of these color correcti on meth ods: ◗ Phot oE nha nce2 or Phot oE nha nce (W i n do w s 3. 1 o n ly) Pr odu c es sh ar p er ima ges an d mo re vi vi d c olo r s b y automa tically adjusting the contr ast, saturation, and bright ness.
Custom P rinting 3- 10 Follow th ese steps to s et your mo nitor’s ColorSync pro file and use your printer softw are’s C olorS ync f eatures: 1. Open th e ColorS ync System Prof ile und er Con trol Pan els on the Apple menu. 2. Click the Se t Pro fil e butto n.
Cu stom Prin ting 3- 11 Selecting Pape r Size and Orie nta tion Op tions Your prin ter can p rint on pa per up to 9.5 in ches wi de and up to 44 in ches lo ng in either portrait or landscap e or ientation. F or multi ple pag e documents o r multip le cop ies of documents, you can prin t the pa ges c ollated a nd i n reverse o rder.
Custom P rinting 3- 12 4. Click the Paper Siz e drop-dow n list to s elect th e size of paper y ou loaded i n the p rin ter. The sizes marked with an aster isk (*) a re not available with Win dows 3.
Cu stom Prin ting 3- 13 6. If you’r e printing mul tiple copi es o f a mu lti-page document and you want t he copies prin ted in sets, click the Coll ate checkb ox.
Custom P rinting 3- 14 Creating User Defined Paper Size s You ca n crea te u p to 1 0 c ustom paper s izes (onl y one in Win dows 3.1) and add them to the Paper S ize l ist using the User Defined option. Th is is us eful if you ’re pr inting a custo m si ze doc umen t, suc h as a ba nne r .
Cu stom Prin ting 3- 15 Windows 3.1 You can c reate only one User Def i ned paper size. Type th e width in the Pap er Wi dth field and the length in the Pap er Hei ght field . Then clic k OK . 5. You see the Pap er tab again. The paper size name you defined is a dded to th e Pape r Si ze l ist and selected as the current setting.
Custom P rinting 3- 16 Choosing Paper Size and O rientation Options Follow th ese steps to s elect the Pap er Siz e and Orie nta tio n options: 1. Create your image or doc ument in your application. 2. Open the F ile me nu and select Pa ge S etup . You see the Page S etup dia log box : 3.
Cu stom Prin ting 3- 17 4. Select the direct ion of printing on the page using the Or ient atio n options. To print your docu ment oriented as shown i n o ne of th e f ollowing printer graph ics, select t he options listed bel ow it. 5. To use the maxim um printabl e area of your selected pa per size, s et the Printable A rea op tion to Ma ximum .
Custom P rinting 3- 18 Crea ting cus tom paper sizes You ca n c reate u p to 8 c ustom pap er sizes and ad d them to th e Pap er Siz e list. This is useful if you’re printi ng a c ustom size document, such as a ba nner. You can select any width f rom 3.
Cu stom Prin ting 3- 19 Selectin g Print Order Opti ons Follow th ese steps to u se th e Collat e and R everse Ord er options: 1. Open your applicat ion’s File menu and select Pr in t . 2. Click the Layout bu tton. Yo u see the La you t dialog box: 3.
Custom P rinting 3- 20 Sele cting P rin t L ayou t O ptio ns Your p rinter sof twar e’s print layout options let yo u r educe o r enlarge almost any size do cume nt to prin t on your pri nter. You can a lso select opti ons to proof m ultiple p ages on one sh eet of paper, ad d page frames , and add a pred efined or cust om watermark.
Cu stom Prin ting 3- 21 For example , if your d ocument siz e is 11 × 17 inches, selec t Ledger 11 × 17 in . Thi s paper size is too large to fit in your printer, so you’ll nee d to pro portion it to fit o n a smaller paper si ze ( by reducing the docum ent size).
Custom P rinting 3- 22 The selec ted Pa pe r Size , reductio n percen tage , and Outp ut Pap er settings now a ppear o n th e pr inter g raphic. If you want to adj ust the p ropo rtions or sizes, go to step 5. If you’re ready to print, go to s tep 7.
Cu stom Prin ting 3- 23 6. Select one o f the followi ng prop ortiona l pri nting o ptions: ◗ Select Nor mal to set the p rint pr oport ion to 10 0%. ◗ Select Fit to Page to a utoma tically r edu ce o r en large the do cument to fit o n the pa per size l oaded in the printer.
Custom P rinting 3- 24 Follow th ese steps to u se th e P rint La yout op tions: 1. To print multipl e pages of your doc ument on one sheet of paper, selec t eith er the 2 P ages or 4 Pages ra dio button. 2. If the page o rder of th e layout sho wn in the p rinter graph ic is ho w yo u w ant your do cume nt prin ted, go to step 3.
Cu stom Prin ting 3- 25 Follow th e step s in the c orrect s ection below to add a predefi ned or custom waterm ark. 1. To turn on the watermark featur e, click the Wat e r mar k checkb ox. 2. The default waterm ark is Co nf ident ial . To chang e the watermark or specify how it appears, click the Water mark Sett ings bu tton.
Custom P rinting 3- 26 4. To load a custom wate rmar k you’ve created as a bitmap in an applica tion program , click the Us er D ef ined bu tton. You s ee the fol lowing dialog box : Click the Bro wse button. You see the Select a bitmap file dialog box.
Cu stom Prin ting 3- 27 ◗ In te ns i ty sets the ligh tness or darkness of the waterma rk (fr om 5% to 100%) base d on wher e you move th e slide ba r.
Custom P rinting 3- 28 If you want to pr int this docum ent at the ma ximum size o n 4 × 6- inch EPSO N Photo Paper, you ’ll use th e Fit to Pa ge option to reduce the ima ge to th at size.
Cu stom Prin ting 3- 29 The Pap er Si ze option beneath the Fi t to Page opti on beco mes a cti ve. Now select the s ize of th e p aper you ’ve lo aded in the printer. Thi s automati cally sets the correct redu ction or enlargem ent pe rcentage to fi t the d ocu ment into the maxim um, c entered area on the selected paper size.
Custom P rinting 3- 30 2. If the page o rder of th e layout sho wn in the p rinter graph ic is ho w yo u w ant your do cume nt prin ted, go to step 3. To ch ang e the p age order, cl ick the a rrow in th e Pag e Order pop- up lis t. Th en select th e page o rder you wa nt to use.
Cu stom Prin ting 3- 31 1. To use one of th e predef ined wa termarks, click the arrow in the Name pop-up l ist in the W atermark box . The n choos e one of the following options: Conf iden tia l Draft Urge nt Prior ity Hot Do Not Copy For Your Eyes On ly Review Cop y Top Se cr et Duplicate Then g o to s tep 3 .
Custom P rinting 3- 32 3. Now select the way you want the waterm ark to a ppear by choosi ng the following options. T he Layout graph ic chang es to refl ect all the setti ngs you ch oose. ◗ Colo r lets yo u choos e a c olor fo r your prede fin ed watermark: Re d , Bla ck , Bl ue , Aqua , Lime , Fuch sia , or Ye ll ow .
Cu stom Prin ting 3- 33 Saving Cust om Set tings After yo u’ve fine-tu ned y our printer setti ngs for a spe cial project , you can save the settin gs as a group. Then you can quickly reu se th em th e n ext tim e yo u pri nt a s imilar projec t. You can save up t o 10 (Windows) o r 8 (M aci ntosh) gr oups of settings.
Custom P rinting 3- 34 Redefini ng Custom Settings To ch ang e the o ptions i n a c ustomi zed setti ngs grou p bu t kee p the sam e name for i t, fol low th ese s teps: 1. Select Advanced mode. Then s elect the name of the custom settings group you want to redefine in the Custom Settings list.
4-1 4 c Your printer softwa re includes several utili ties for managing print job s. You c an use th em to m onitor yo ur prin ter’s sta tus, schedul e large jobs to print later, and handle network printi ng. This chapter provide s instruction s for the followin g: ◗ Managing print j obs in Windows 98, Windows 95, and Wi ndow s N T 4.
Managing Print Jobs 4-2 ◗ Spo ol Ma nag e r (Wi ndo ws 98 and 95), whi ch app ear s in the Taskba r at the bottom o f the screen ea ch time yo u print, as desc ribed on pa ge 4-11. ◗ Addi tional m onitor ing f eatures fo r W indo ws N T 4.0, which a re d iscusse d brie fly on pa ge 4-12.
Managi ng Print Jobs 4-3 If you have more than on e printer you w ant to mo nitor, you can add them usi ng the Ad d Prin te r s option in th e Settings menu. To sa ve your comp uter me mory and red uce netwo rk traffic, you ma y want t o d elete any pri nters from the Status Monitor 2 list th at you d on’t need to m onitor.
Managing Print Jobs 4-4 You see the Monitoring Pref erences window : If you turn on one or more of the Statu s Alert options, you’ll see the Sta tus Ale rt dialog box whe n th e sele cted cond it ion occur s. For exa mple, if you turn on Show wh en err ors occur , th e dialog box will a ppear o nly i f a printi ng erro r oc cur s.
Managi ng Print Jobs 4-5 Using th e Printer Sta tus Window For m ore d etails on th e status of your pri nter , you can use the Printer Status w indow. Th ere are sev eral ways to ope n th e window: ◗ Doub le-cli ck the printer name in the I nstall ed P rinters l ist.
Managing Print Jobs 4-6 To check the amount of ink you have, click the Co ns um abl es tab. To view inform ation about your printer’s network connec tions and other prin ter resources , click the Pr in te r In f or m a tio n tab.
Managi ng Print Jobs 4-7 Options in th e Printer m enu let you pause pri nting or purg e all waiting print jobs, select or deselect the printer as your Win dows defa ult, a nd acces s the pr inte r soft ware to chang e defaul t settings. The Docum ent menu options let you pau se or cancel printing of individu al print jobs.
Managing Print Jobs 4-8 4. Select Monitor from restart (to begin backgrou nd monitoring on the pri nter after your next system restart), Mo nitor no w (to begin ba ckground monitoring right awa y) , or Stop mo ni tori ng n ow (to stop b ackgro und monitoring).
Managi ng Print Jobs 4-9 4. Select the type of printer(s ) you want to monitor and click Next . Monit o r: EPSON T CP/IP pr inters ______ _ LPR pri n ters _ ______ NetWare print ers_ ______ lo cal pri nters___ ____ 5. Select Monitor to monitor EPSO N netwo rk prin ters that do not have drivers on your com puter.
Managing Print Jobs 4- 10 3. Click the U til ity ta b. You see the Utility menu: 4. Click the Speed & Prog ress b utton. You see this dialog box: Spee d & Pro gre ss but t on If yo u ha ve more than one ha r d dri ve, you ca n selec t a fo lder for storin g mult i pl e co py p rin t jo bs her e.
Managi ng Print Jobs 4- 11 Select the fol lowin g optio ns: ◗ High Speed Copies speed s up printing of mult iple copies of the same doc ument b y using your hard drive spac e as a ca che . ◗ Show Pro gre ss Mete r lets you control wh ether or not the Progress Meter is displa yed when you send a print job.
Managing Print Jobs 4- 12 You see the Spool Manag er window: The S pool M anager windo w displ ays th e status of your prin t job fi les and le ts you c ontro l them . To ca ncel, pa use, res ume , or restart a print jo b, click the job to highl ight it; then click one of the comm and buttons on the bottom of the window .
Managi ng Print Jobs 4- 13 Managin g Pr int Jobs in Wi ndow s 3. 1 Your W indo ws pr inter soft ware includes two m anagement util ities: th e Spool Manager a nd Despo oler. ◗ The Spool Manager sta rts automa tically when you send a job to the printer.
Managing Print Jobs 4- 14 You see the Spool Manag er window: The S pool M anager windo w displ ays th e status of your prin t job files and lets you contr ol them. You ca n also control print queu es, displ ay of the Despool er, and the default spool direct ory.
Managi ng Print Jobs 4- 15 2. O pen the Spool Manager as desc ribed on page 4-13. 3. Make s u re EP SO N St y lu s C OLO R 85 0 is sel ected, and then ch oose S etup fr om th e Q ueue me nu. The Q ueu e Setu p d ialo g b o x app ear s. 4. Change th e spo ol directory to the one you created in step 1 .
Managing Print Jobs 4- 16 Usi ng Mon itor3 The Monitor3 uti lity lets you conti nue to work on your Macintos h wh ile your do cum e nt is printi ng ( how ever, back ground printing is slower and may also slow down your system). Yo u can then op en th e Moni tor3 dialog box to ch eck on your print jobs and ca ncel, pause, or restart them.
Managi ng Print Jobs 4- 17 Monit oring Print Jobs with Monitor3 While you’re printi ng, click the EP SO N Mo nitor 3 icon on th e Appli cation men u at the right end of the men u bar.
Managing Print Jobs 4- 18 2. Click the U til ity b utton. You see the Utility menu: 3. Click the E PS O N S t at usMo nit or icon. The software checks th e amount o f ink rem aining in th e p rinter and displays the Status Monitor window: 4. To up date the ink l evel check, c lick th e Up dat e button.
Managi ng Print Jobs 4- 19 Sele cting Conf igurati on Op tion s You can c onfigure th e way you want the pri nter to hand le error messag es, warnings, ink level checks, and temporary spool folders i n the C onfigura tion S ettings d ialog box . F ollow thes e steps: 1.
Managing Print Jobs 4- 20 ◗ Tempo rary Spool folder and Tem por a ry Hig h Speed C opies folder let you select the folders on your hard disk that store the tempo rary prin t job and high speed mul tiple-copy prin t job files created when you send a j ob to the prin ter.
5-1 5 It’s easy to keep you r EPS ON S tylus COLO R 850N e pri nter working at its best . Just follow the simple instructio ns in this chapte r fo r r eplacing ink ca rtridg es, perfo rm ing r outin.
Maintenanc e and Transportatio n 5-2 When the A c olor ink o ut lig ht comes on, you can continu e to print w ith blac k ink. Si mply tur n the p ri nter o ff and th en ba ck on again. When you print, ma ke sure you cho ose Bl ack as t he Ink s etting in your printer softw are.
Maintenance and Transportation 5-3 4. Pull up the ink c artridge cl amp. The ca rtridg e rises up fr om its holder. (Althoug h the illustration show s th e black ink cartridg e, the procedu re is the sam e for replacing th e color ink ca rtridg e.) 5.
Maintenanc e and Transportatio n 5-4 Inst al lin g the N ew Ca rtridg e Once you have rem oved the em p ty cartridg e, you ’re rea dy to install th e new one. F ollow these steps: 1. Remo ve the new i nk cartr idge from its pa ckagin g. 2. R emove on ly the yell ow part of the ta pe seal on to p as shown below.
Maintenance and Transportation 5-5 5. If you need to repl ace th e other ink c artridge, fo llow the steps und er “ Rem oving a n E mpty In k Car tridge,” and then steps 1 thro ugh 4 und er “Insta lling th e New C artridge.” 6. Press the E load/eject button and close the p rinter cover.
Maintenanc e and Transportatio n 5-6 Cl eani n g th e P ri nt H ead s If you r pri nted im age is unex pectedl y lig ht or fain t, or dot s are missing fr om the imag e, you may need to cl ean the print heads. This unclogs the nozz les so th ey can deliver ink prope rly.
Maintenance and Transportation 5-7 6. Make sure paper is loaded in the printer and click Print nozzl e check p atter n (Windows) o r Co nfi rmat i on (Macintosh ). Then click Next . See page 5-8 for instructions on e xami ning the nozzl e c heck pa ttern.
Maintenanc e and Transportatio n 5-8 7. If your p rint q uality h as not i mpr oved, repeat the steps above. I f you d on’t notice any improv ement after d oing th is two or three times, check the print qual ity solutions in Chapter 6 . Exam ining the N ozzle Ch eck Pattern Exami ne the nozzle check pattern you prin t.
Maintenance and Transportation 5-9 Using the Pr int Head Align ment Utility Follow these steps to run the utility (Windo ws or Macintosh) : 1. Make sure the printer i s turned on and pape r is load ed. 2. Acces s the pr int er setting s dial og box a s descr ibed in Chapter 1 .
Maintenanc e and Transportatio n 5- 10 Cleaning t he Print er To keep your prin ter wo rking a t its best, yo u sh ould clean i t several times a yea r, fol low ing thes e step s: 1. Turn off th e printer, un plug the power co rd, and disconnec t the ne twork cable.
6-1 6 As you use your pri nter, you m ay occasio nally expe rience a paper ja m or other proble m. The firs t thi ng you should do i s diagnose th e proble m, foll owing the gu idelines in this c hapter. Then try the most likely solutions until the problem is fixed.
Troubl esho oting 6-2 ◗ To dete rmine whe ther the prob lem is caused b y the prin ter itself, ru n a s elf test. See pa ge 6-3 for in structions. ◗ You c an use th e p rinter’s hex dum p mo de to p inpoi nt commu nicatio n pro blem s. See pag e 6-4 for i nstru ctions.
Troublesho oti ng 6-3 Ru nn in g a Se lf Test You ca n run a s elf test to deter mine whet her the pr oblem c omes from th e printe r its elf or som e o the r sou rce. ◗ If the re sults a re satisfactory, the pr oblem lies i n yo ur software se ttings, the network and configura tion, or your comp uter.
Troubl esho oting 6-4 Using He x Dump Mo de You ca n us e the p rinter’s hex du mp m ode to i den tify prob lems if you know how to interp ret h ex cod e. O r, you can fax the h ex printou t to a tech nical su pport repr esentative. F ollow th ese steps: 1.
Troublesho oti ng 6-5 ◗ Ma ke s ur e Econom y mod e is turned off in th e printer soft ware, as describe d in Chapter 3. ◗ Replac e the ink cartridg es a s describ ed in Chapter 5. (Check th e status of the B bl ac k an d A co lor in k out li g hts first.
Troubl esho oting 6-6 The pri nted image ha s inc orrect or missing c olors. The pri nted image is faint or has ga ps. Possi bl e ca use Solution The Ink option is set to Black . Change t he Ink sett ing t o Color . Se e Ch apt er 1 for in s tr uct io ns.
Troublesho oti ng 6-7 The pri nted image is blurry or smeare d. The loa ded paper is dama ged, old, or dirty. Remove the paper and rel oad a new sta ck wit h the prin table si de fac e u p. See Chapter 2 f or inst ructi ons . The i nk cart ridges are l ow on i nk.
Troubl esho oting 6-8 Solving Pr inting P roblems If th e printe r wo n’t print, first ch eck t hat: ◗ The pr inter is turned on a nd the P pow er light is on. ◗ Paper is loaded in the printer. ◗ The prin ter is plugge d into a wo rking electri cal outlet th at’s not controlled by a switch or timer.
Troublesho oti ng 6-9 The S paper out l ight is fla shing or on. A B black or A color ink out light is flashing or on. The S and P lights a re f lashing. Pri nting i s stall ed. In Windo w s 98/95 /3.1x, delete the stall ed prin t jobs in Spoo l Man ager; see Chapter 4 f or i ns truct ions.
Troubl esho oting 6- 10 All the li ghts are flashing. The pr inter ha s finished cha rging the i nk car tridge, but the P power ligh t is still fl ashing.
Troublesho oti ng 6- 11 The pri nter sof tware insta lled with W indows 3. 1 doesn’t work correct ly after you upgrade to W indows 98 or Windows 95. After y ou inst all y our printer software, you se e the Windows 95 or Windows 98 New Hardware Found win dow.
Troubl esho oting 6- 12 In Windows 9 8 or Wind ows 95, the Status Monitor 2 window doesn’ t appe ar . Printing is too slow. Possi bl e ca use Solution You ma y not hav e resta rted your com puter after inst al ling Stat us Monit or 2. Click Start , sele c t Shut Down , click Rest art the comput er , and click Ye s to res t art your comput er.
Troublesho oti ng 6- 13 Your pri nter icon doe sn’t a ppear i n the Chooser (Macintosh). The “SC 850 AT cannot be used” message a ppears (Macintosh ) .
Troubl esho oting 6- 14 Paper does n’t fe ed. Multiple pa ges feed at the sa me time. Paper ja ms insi de the pr inter. Try thi s Then do this Remov e the stack of paper fro m the pri nter. Check that the pa per isn’t: ◗ Curled or crease d. ◗ To o old.
Troublesho oti ng 6- 15 Paper does n't eje ct fully or is w rinkle d. Solvi ng M iscel lan eou s Pr int out Pro blems If you r prin tout res ults ar e not what you ex pected, try these soluti o ns.
Troubl esho oting 6- 16 The image is i nverted as if viewed in a mirror . The image size or pos ition is i ncorrect. The margins a re incor re ct. A portion of y our image doesn’t print (Macintosh). Possi bl e ca use Solution You us ed a Flip Hori zont al opti on.
Troublesho oti ng 6- 17 The pri nter print s blank pages. Uninstal lin g Printe r Software If an y of th e sug gested soluti ons in th is chap ter t ell you to uninsta ll and th en re install y our p rinter drive r or Statu s Monitor 2, follow the steps in this section.
Troubl esho oting 6- 18 Windows 3 .1 Printe r Software Instructio ns 1. Double -click th e Main p rogram gro up icon, then dou ble- cli ck th e Cont ro l Pane l ic o n. 2. Do uble -cli ck Pri nt e rs . 3. Select EP SON S tylus CO LOR 850 in the I nstalled Pri nters list and clic k the Remove button.
A-1 A EPSON off ers a variety of ac cessori es for your E PSON Styl us COLO R 850Ne prin ter, f rom r eplacement ink c artr idges to special ink jet paper and oth er creative medi a. To pur chas e E PS ON acces sories , con tact you r l oca l p rinter retailer.
EPSON Accessories A-2 EPSON Photo Quali ty Glossy Fi lm Lett er A4 4.1 × 5. 8 (A6) S041072 S041071 S041107 EPSON Photo Paper 4 × 6 Lett er A4 Panor amic S041134 S041141 S041140 S041145 EPSON Photo Sticker Ki t (CD-ROM and paper) EPSON Photo Stickers (re f ill) 4.
B-1 B Print in g Pr in tin g met hod On-demand in k jet Nozzl e confi guratio n 128 b l ack no zz les (32 × 4, sta gg ere d) 64 co lor no zzle s × 3 (cy an, mage nta, yellow ) Pri ntab le col umn s .
Techni cal Specific a tions B-2 Re so lu ti on Maxi m um 1 440 × 720 d pi In put b uff er 32 KB Print di rectio n Bidirect ional with logi c seekin g for te xt and g raphi cs Con trol co de ESC/P 2 .
Techni cal Specific a tions B-3 Paper Notes: Si nce the qua lit y of an y parti cu la r br and or typ e of pape r may be ch an ged by the ma nufa ctu rer at a ny ti me , EPS ON ca nnot gu arant ee th e us e of an y part icu lar bran d or typ e of p aper.
Techni cal Specific a tions B-4 Printable area A The min im um to p ma rgi n is 0. 12 inch ( 3.0 mm) . Whe n p rin t in g multi pl e sh eet s of glos sy med ia, t he mini mum to p margi n is 1. 2 inch es (3 0 mm). BL The mi ni mu m lef t m arg in is 0 .
Techni cal Specific a tions B-5 A: The mini mu m top m arg in is 0 .1 2 i nch (3 .0 mm). BL : The mi ni mum lef t marg in is 0.1 2 i nch (3 .0 mm ). BR: The mi ni mu m rig ht m a rgi n is 0. 54 in c h ( 14 .0 mm ). C: T he min imum bot to m margin is 0.
Techni cal Specific a tions B-6 Mec ha n ic al Pap er fe ed me th od Fri cti on w i th aut o sh ee t fee de r, re ar en tr y She et fe ed e r capa ci ty Max i mum 1 00 sh eets of 17 lb (6 4 g /m 2 ) pape r Dimensions Stor age Wi dth: 18 .7 inches (475 mm) Depth : 10.
Techni cal Specific a tions B-7 EMC FCC par t 15 su bpart B c lass B CSA C108. 8 cla ss B DO S Su pport If d ri ve r su ppo rt for the EP SO N S tylu s CO LO R 8 50N e is no t ava ilab le f ro m you r sof twa re manuf act urer, you can us e on e of th e other EPSON ESC/P 2 printe r drivers.
Techni cal Specific a tions B-8 Changi ng contr ol pan el s ett ings Fol low t he se ste ps t o ch an ge th e se ttin gs l ist ed abov e: 1. Make sure the printer is turne d off and has paper load ed. 2. Ho ld d o wn the X co lor c le a nin g b ut to n a n d pr ess t h e P power butt on.
Techni cal Specific a tions B-9 Graphic s: ESC ( G, ESC ., ESC ( i, ESC ( e, ESC ( , ES C ( s Color : ESC r, ESC ( r Pr inting mode: ESC ( K IBM X24E emulati on co nt r o l c ode s Thi s printer emulate s the IBM Proprin ter with the follow ing comman ds.
Techni cal Specific a tions B-10 ◗ Abicomp ◗ BRASCII ◗ Ro ma n 8 ◗ ISO Latin 1 ◗ Italic (n o charac ters availabl e for hex co de 15) Inte r nat ion al c har ac ter sets You can select a nu mber of internati o nal charac te r set s with the co ntr ol pan el or t he ES C R com m an d.
G-1 Glos sary 10B as eT See twisted-pai r cab le . address reso lutio n pr otoc ol (a rp) Network protoco l tha t is part of the TCP/I P protoco l s ui te. See al so TCP/IP . Appl e Talk Macintosh netw orking pro tocol. b andin g Th e horizont al l ines that sometim es appear in a printed image .
Glossary G -2 dith er in g A ha lftoning me thod in w hich d ots a re arra nged i n an o rderl y pattern. Ditherin g wor ks b est fo r pri nting ima ges w ith solid col ors, s uch as ch ar ts and g rap hs . See al so halftoning . dpi Dots per in ch. The dpi m easures th e re solution ( print qua lity).
Glossary G-3 h al fto ni ng A method of usin g dot patter ns to represent an image. Halftoning make s i t possibl e to p roduce v arying sh ades of gray using only black dots, or a nearly infinite array of color s using only a few col ors of dots .
Glossary G -4 prin t se rver A pri nt ser ver h olds all the prin t info rmation and per forms all printing func tions. The card can act as a print serve r when it is in prin t s erver mo de, selec table th roug h N ovell NetW are. pr intab le a rea The area of a page on which the p rinter can print.
Glossary G-5 stat us moni tor A s oftware prog ram th at allows you to che ck the prin ter’s status, such as the amount of ink re maining befor e printing. su b ne t m a sk A number used to separ ate differ ent parts o f a ne twork, or subnets. The subnet mas k can divide an IP network into smaller parts.
I-1 Ind e x A Acc e sso rie s , A-1 to A-2 Ad va nce d m od e, se le ct in g , 3-2 to 3- 4 Advanc ed settin gs co lo r , 3-7 to 3- 10 cu sto m , 3-4 to 3-33 pr ede fi ned , 3- 2 to 3-4 sav in g cu st .
Ind e x I-2 Error Dif fusion se tting , 3- 6 Error notif icatio n , 4-20 ESC/P 2 control cod es , B-2 , B-8 F Faint pri n touts , 6- 6 Film , see Photo Qual ity m edia, glo s sy med ia Fi ne st Deta i.
Ind e x I-3 M Macinto sh Color Sync , 3-9 to 3- 10 co n fig u ra t io n o pt i on s , 4-19 to 4- 20 i ncre asi ng me mory alloc ati on , 4-16 managi ng print jobs , 4-16 to 4- 20 Monit or3 , 4- 15 to .
Ind e x I-4 Pr int la yout s , mult ipl e , 3-23 to 3- 24 , 3- 29 to 3-30 Pr int quality custo mizing , 3-4 to 3-6 problems , 6-4 to 6-7 Pr int queu es , 4-13 to 4-15 Pr intable area spec ifica tions .
Ind e x I-5 T Tec hnical spec ifications , B-1 to B-10 Testing pr inter , 6- 3 Text/Graph sett ing , 3-3 Th ickn es s lev er , 2- 5 , 6-7 Tra nsp ar enc ies choosi ng , 1- 3 , 1-8 , 2-2 , A- 2 load in.
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