Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product 1500 Epson
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Printe r Specif icatio ns Pr in ting Printing method: On-demand ink jet Nozzl e conf iguratio n: 64 monoc hrome (bl ack ) nozzles 60 colo r (c yan , mag e nta, y ellow) noz zles (20 × 3; 20 fo r each.
Transpa rencies: Size Letter (8.5 × 11 inch es ) A4 (2 10 × 29 7 mm ) Thic kness 0.075 to 0 .085 mm Ban ner pa pe r: Size 8. 3 t o 17 in ches × 16.4 feet (210 to 432 m m × up to 5 m) Pap er types P lai n pap er Thic knes s 0.
Ink Cartridges Black in k car tr idge ( S020 062): Colo r Black Print ca pacit y* 1900 pag es (A4 p aper ; text) Cart rid ge life* 2 year s fro m pro ductio n date and u p to 6 mon th s afte r o penin.
Bitma p font s Fonts 10 c pi 12 c pi 15 cpi Propo rtio n al EPSO N R om a n √√√ √ EPSO N S ans S er i f √√√ √ EPSO N C ou ri e r √√√ — EPSO N P r es ti ge √√√ — EPSO N .
Economy On when econ omy printin g mode is selected. In economy mod e the p rint er u ses less ink by p rintin g few er do ts per ch arac ter. Not e tha t bl ack may pri nt as gray . Us e th is mode for ro ugh drafts of tex t o nly. Conde nsed On wh en condens ed mode is selected .
Alt + Pause + Ope rate b utto n (Ink smear prevent i on mo de) Decreases the printin g s peed to allow more time fo r the ink to dry. Us e this function when your output is smeared.
Skip ove r per fo ration. S elects whet her o r not the print er skips o ver the perfo rat io ns o f continu ous pa per, pr oviding a 1-inc h m argin between the last line pr inted on one pa ge and the first l ine printed on the ne x t.
c Cau tion: Duri ng t he i nk cha rgin g pro cess, the Pause li gh t f lash es . Ne ve r turn off th e prin ter w hi l e th e Pause light is flas h ing.
Load ing Pl ain Pa per in the Sh eet Fe eder You can l oad u p to 100 sheets of pla in paper. Alw ays load paper w ith the pri ntable su rf ace f acing do wn. The p rint ab le surfa ce is mar ked w it h an arr o w on m o st paper pac kag ing. 1. Make sure the pa per- relea se lever is set t o th e singl e-sheet pos itio n.
1. Press th e Oper ate button to turn off the p rinter. c Cau tion: Never tu rn off the prin te r by un p lu g g ing it or switch ing off a po wer stri p. Alw a ys t urn off the pr i nte r b y pr essing th e Ope rate button. 2. While hol ding d own the Load /Ej ect b utt on, pr ess the Ope rate butto n to turn on the printer.
3. Tur n on the printer fi r st; then turn on th e comput er. Your com pu ter begin s loa ding Wi nd o w s 95. 4. If you d efin ed a pass w ord in Win dows 95, enter it at th e promp t. You see th e New H ardw ar e Found sc reen. 5. Your printer m odel n am e is dis played on the screen.
4. Double- cli ck the REA D M E1st icon in the Driver Di sk windo w to r ead the latest inf ormati on o n you r pr inter and its d riv er. A fte r yo u ins t a ll t he driv er, yo u can cli c k the README1st icon on your screen t o read the file. 5. Double- cli ck the In stall er icon to i nstall the dr iver.
4. Make sure p aper is loa ded in the pr int e r; th en cli ck the Pr eview button to print a preview of a ll available calibration patterns . Use these pages to sel ec t the patterns that need to be calibrated.
❏ After p rintin g on hi gh-qual it y glo ssy paper o r transpa rencies, rem ove eac h sheet from the outp ut tr ay imme d iately. Make sur e each sheet is d ry bef ore stac king. ❏ Return unu sed sheets and env elop es to their o rigi nal pack age as soon as po ssib le af ter yo u finis h print ing.
6. Open both sp rocket co vers. 7. Make sure t he pr intabl e s ide of th e p ap er is up. Th en fit the first four holes of th e pape r over the spr oc ket pins and clo se th e spro cket cove rs. 8. Positio n the left sproc ket unit so i ts r ight edge is align ed with th e arro w mark on t he pr inter.
3. Move the paper- relea se lever to the singl e- sh eet position. Note: If th e Data and Pap er Ou t ligh ts flas h, you ma y ha ve mo ved th e pa per-r el eas e lever b efo re fe edin g th e pape r bac k ward to th e paper -p ark po siti o n.
To clean t he co lor pri nt head: 1. Ma k e s ure the printer is turned on and press the Pa us e butto n. 2. Hold dow n th e Al t butto n and press Load/Eject . The cleanin g cycle begi ns. 3. Press th e Pause bu tto n to res u me p r in tin g. It can someti mes take up to thr ee c leaning cycles to improve print quality.
6. Lift the cartridg e out of the prin ter and dis pose of it carefu lly so any excess ink does not s pil l out. Do no t tak e the used c art ri dge apart or try to refill i t. w Wa rning: If i nk ge ts on y o ur h an d s, wa s h the m th o roug h ly wi t h soap a nd wate r.
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