User manual EPSON STYLUS COLOR 800

[. . . ] Seiko Epson Corporation shall not be liable against any damages or problems arising from the use of any options or any consumable products other than those designated as Original EPSON Products or EPSON Approved Products by Seiko Epson Corporation. EPSON, EPSON Stylus, and EPSON ESC/P are registered trademarks and EPSON ESC/P 2 is a trademark of Seiko Epson Corporation. General Notice: Other product names used herein are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective owners. The Energy Star emblem does not represent EPA endorsement of any product or service. 10/95 Printed on recycled paper with at least 10% post-consumer content Printer Parts printer cover output tray knob control panel paper tray interface card cover serial interface parallel interface ink cartridge clamps Control Panel Operate button paper thickness lever FCC Compliance Statement For United States Users This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. [. . . ] Clean the print heads to ensure that ink is properly delivered to each nozzle. If you replaced the black cartridge, hold down the Alt button while you press the Load/Eject (or Black) button. If you replaced the color cartridge, hold down the Alt button while you press the Economy/Condensed (or Color) button. If you did not clean the print heads, press the Alt button to charge the printer's ink delivery system. When the charging cycle finishes, the Pause light stops flashing and stays on. Press the Pause button to turn off the light and resume printing. Maintenance and Troubleshooting 3-7 Cleaning the Printer To keep your printer operating at its best, you should clean it occasionally as follows: 1. Turn off the printer and disconnect the power cord and interface cable(s). If the outer case or the inside of the paper tray is dirty, clean it with a soft, clean cloth dampened with mild detergent. If the inside of the printer accidentally gets soiled with ink, wipe it off with a damp cloth. w c Warning: Be careful not to touch the gears inside the printer. Caution: Never use alcohols or thinners to clean the printer; these chemicals can damage the components as well as the case. Be careful not to get water on the printer mechanism or electronic components. If the black lines don't print, replace the black ink cartridge; if any of the colored lines don't print, change the color ink cartridge. For color or complex grayscale images, turn on MicroWeave and turn off High Speed mode. For best print quality, use EPSON special coated papers for 360 and 720 dpi or EPSON high-quality glossy paper (720 dpi only). Make sure the Media Type setting matches the type of paper loaded in the printer. If you're printing a scanned image and the colors are not right, first try to fix the problem using your scanning software program. u u u u u If print quality does not improve, see the following specific problems. 3-12 Maintenance and Troubleshooting Printed output is not what you expect or is faint or blurred. Clean one or both print heads as described earlier in this chapter. On coated paper, print only on the white coated side; on glossy paper or transparencies, print only with the cut corner facing the right outside corner of the paper tray. Remove each sheet as it is printed to prevent smearing by the next sheet. Check that the paper thickness lever is set correctly for the type of paper. (See "Loading Envelopes and Heavy Paper" in Chapter 1 for more information. ) Faint or blurred printouts can result if you print on plain paper when the paper thickness lever is set for thick paper. If you are using 720-dpi resolution, you will get better results if you use EPSON special coated paper for 720 dpi or EPSON high-quality glossy paper. Also, check that the Media Type setting in the driver is set for the type of paper loaded. [. . . ] The following eight international character sets can be selected using Default setting mode or with the ESC R command. The following seven additional sets can be selected only with the ESC R command. C-10 Commands and Character Tables Characters Available with ESC (^ Command To print the characters in the table below, use the ESC ( ^ command. Commands and Character Tables C-11 Glossary auto line feed When this feature is selected in the printer's Default setting mode, each carriage return (CR) code is automatically followed by a line feed (LF) code. bidirectional printing Printing in which the print head prints in both directions (bidirectionally). character table The collection of letters, numbers, and symbols that constitute the set of characters used in a particular language. CMYK A method of specifying and creating colors using cyan (blue-green), magenta, yellow, and black (K). [. . . ]