Epson 400 ink jet printing

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ink jet printing

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Printed in Japan 94.4-10

Contents

GUIDE 48-NOZZLEINK JET PRINTER Page Contents Introduction Chapter Chapter 2 Using Other Printer Functions Chapter 3 Maintenance and Troubleshooting Appendix Glossary Page How to Use This Manual Features Your printer offers the following features: Fast printing speed. You can print up to 144 characters per second in 0Quiet printing. Ink jet technology helps maintain a quiet working environment 0Small footprint conserves your work space Energy Star Compliant Where United States Users Can Get Help CompuServe@ On-lineSupport CompuServe@ CompuServe Magazine 4 Zntroduction For United Kingdom Users Use of options 6 introduction Safety infofmution Warning: Important: Important Safety Instructions If it has been exposed to rain or water If it has been dropped or the cabinet has been damaged If it exhibits a distinct change in performance, indicating a need for service Inhduction Warnings, Cautions, and Notes Setting Up Your Printer About Your Ink Jet Printer A few precautions Do not put your hand inside the printer or touch the cartridge during printing QPerform the cleaning cycle only if print quality has declined 0 Don’t move the print head by hand Choosing the right paper Unpacking the Printer Attaching the paper support Choosing a Place for the Printer Plugging in the Printer Installing the Ink Cartridge To prolong the life of your ink cartridge Always wait until the print head stops moving before you turn off the Pause moving 1-10Setting Up Your Printer on the printer case Up Your e Caution: 1-12 Setting Up Your Printer Testing the Printer Loading paper in the paper feeder Page Running the self test Connecting the Printer to Your Computer Using Software Programs Microsoft® Windows 3.1™ and all Windows Programs What is a Printer Driver WordPerfect® 6.0 or 5.1 for MS-DOS® Sheet feeder Bin Printer Setup Microsoft Word for MS-DOS Lotus l-2-3Version 3.X for MS-DOS Using Fonts Seifing Up Other Software Programs Tips for Using the Paper Feeder Page Using Other Printer Functions Loading Paper Manually Paper sizes Printing on single sheets Page Printing on envelopes QUse envelopes only under normal temperature and humidity conditions Using Other Printer Functions Tips for Maintaining the Correct Printing Position Operating the Control Panel Indicator lights Buttons Selecting Character Fonts Scalable fonts Condensed printing Using the Default-SettingMode Default-settingdescriptions Changing the default settings Page Page Changing the character-tablesetting You may exit the printer. Any changes you have made remain ffec you change Chapter Maintenance and Troubleshooting Replacing the Ink Cartridge Cleaning the Print Head Cleaning the Printer Transporting the Printer Troubleshooting Error indicators Power supply Prin fing The Ink Out light flashes The ink cartridge is almost out of ink. Get ready to replace the ink cartridge The Ink Out flash Printing stops and the Pause light is on Printed output is not what you expect Check the printer settings within your software program The printer sounds like it is printing, but nothing prints Dots are missing in printed characters or graphics h4aintenance and Troubleshooting The printed image is light or faint You may have selected the economy printing mode. To exit this mode, press the button until the goes The printed image is blurred The font selected on the control panel does not print The wrong characters are printed Printing starts too high or too low on the page Adjust the top margin using your software program All the text prints on the same line Paper handling The paper does not fully eject Paper is loaded crookedly from the manual feed slot The paper is jammed inside the printer Preventing paper feed and paper jam problems Appendix Technical Specifications Printer specifications Printing Bitmap fonts: Font Scalable fonts: Character tables: 8 graphic character tables Single sheets (manual insertion): Width 210 to 216 mm (8.3 to 8.5 inches) Length 257 to 297 mm (10.1 to 11.7 inches) Envelopes: Mechanical Paper-feedmethod: Friction Ink cartridge (S020025): Electrical Environmental Safety approvals Appendix A-7 Interface specifications Specifications and pin assignments Appendix A-9 Initialization Default settings In addition, hardware and control panel initialization clears the data buffer Appendix A-11 Command Summary Sending printer commands Using the command summary General operation Paper feeding Page format Print position motion Font selection A-16Appendix font enhancement Spacing Character handling A-20 Appendix Bit image Graphics ASCIIDec. Hex. Description Character Tables PC850 (Multilingual) PC860 (Portuguese) amE CaE PC863 (Canadian-French) PC86 1 (Icelandic) Abicomp (8~12. Potfugese) 8RASCll (Bra. Portuguese) PC437 Greek (Greek) A-26Appendix IS0 Latin 7 T (Turkish) PC555 (CyriMc) PC555 tj+a$LaR B+A$AJlpnr MAZO W/A (Polund) Code MJK (CSFR) !x!!E Bulguria (Bulgaria) 0 IA P a p L 4: a f Appendix A-29 International charactersets #$@[\1^‘{13’ Korea#S@[+vl^‘{ll A-30Appendix Characters available with the ESC ( ^ command Appendix A-31 Glossary double-height printing double- width printing driver, printer ESC/P font printable area printer driver propottionai pfinttng RAM reset Index Jam IN-2Index Index IN-3 ink jet printing