124Solving Problems

Problem

Solution

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The printer stops

If the

 

 

 

Pause light is flashing, the printer is performing a maintenance procedure or

 

 

printing

waiting for ink to dry. Check the display message and lights on the control panel.

unexpectedly.

Wait until the

 

 

 

Pause light stops flashing.

 

 

 

Check the display message and lights on the control panel to see if an error has

 

occurred. Follow the instructions for the messages beginning on page 116.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The printer sounds as

Follow the instructions beginning on page 96 to clean the print head.

if it’s printing, but

Communication between the computer and printer may have been momentarily

nothing prints.

interrupted. Try restarting the computer and printing again.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nothing prints.

Turn off the printer and computer. Make sure the interface cable is securely

 

plugged in. Then restart the printer and computer.

 

Make sure the interface cable meets the required specifications. See page 11 or 12.

 

Make sure the interface cable is directly connected to the computer without passing

 

through a printer switching device, Zipdrive, or extension cable.

 

The printer port setting doesn’t match the printer connection port (Windows).

 

Windows Me or 98: Click Start > Settings > Printers. Right-click the icon for your

 

printer, then select Properties. Click the Details tab. Make sure your printer driver is

 

selected in the Print using the following driver list. Then select the port to which

 

your printer is connected in the Print to the following port list.

 

Windows XP: Click Start > Control Panel > Printers and Other Hardware >

 

Printers and Faxes. Right-click the icon for your printer, then select Properties.

 

Click the Ports tab and make sure your printer port is selected.

 

Windows 2000 or NT 4.0: Click Start > Settings > Printers. Right-click the icon for

 

your printer, then select Properties. Click the Ports tab and make sure your printer

 

port is selected.

 

The printer driver doesn’t have enough available memory (Macintosh). Quit all

 

unnecessary applications. To increase the available memory in your Macintosh,

 

select Control Panel from the Apple menu and double-click the Memory icon

 

(Mac OS 9). You can increase the size of virtual memory to increase total available

 

memory.

 

Follow the instructions beginning on page 113 to uninstall your printer software.

 

Then locate your printer software CD-ROM and reinstall the software. You can also

 

download and install the latest driver for Macintosh or Windows from the EPSON

 

website at http://prographics.epson.com.