Troubleshooting

The printer is producing pages containing illegible type or characters

Possible cause

Solution

The printer is not

Click Cancel in the Information window on a

receiving and

Macintosh or Cancel Printing in the Stylus RIP

processing

window on a PC to stop printing. If this doesn’t

PostScript code.

work, turn off the printer to avoid wasting paper.

 

On a Macintosh, halt the Stylus RIP application by

 

holding down the Option and Command keys and

 

then pressing Esc. Restart your Macintosh to

 

establish communication with the printer.

 

Make sure that you correctly performed all the

 

steps in Chapters 1 and 2 (Macintosh) or Chapters 3

 

and 4 (Windows).

 

On a Windows system, make sure you are printing

 

through the PostScript printer driver, and the port is

 

set to Stylus RIP.

 

On a Windows system, set the Parallel port type to

 

either EPP or ECP mode, See your PC’s owner’s

 

manual for instructions on changing this setting in

 

your BIOS.

 

 

Images and type look bitmapped and jagged on your printouts

Possible cause

Solution

You’re printing with

Make sure you start the Stylus RIP program before

the standard EPSON

you start printing. On a Macintosh, make sure you

non-PostScript driver

select AdobePS in the Chooser. On a PC, make

rather than Stylus

sure the correct Stylus RIP driver is selected in your

RIP.

application’s Print Setup dialog box.

 

 

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