Epson 9000 Taking a Look at Your Printer

Jamaica

Start.bk Rev. C

A5 size SAFTY.FM

1/27/99 Pass 2

LProof Sign-off:

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Taking a Look at Your Printer

Front view

Rear view

roll paper spindles

roll paper cover

paper set lever

control panel

paper basket

ink cartridge

compartment

lower cover

mounting brackets

ink cartridge

compartment

optional interface card slot cover

ink cartridge

compartment

parallel interface connector

ink cartridge

compartment

AC inlet

serial interface connector

Contents

Main Where to Find Information This Startup Guide Online Guide (may not be available in some countries) Online Help Startup Guide Color Ink Jet Printer Declaration of Conformity Declares that the Product: Conforms to the following Directive( s) and Norm(s): January 1999 H. Horiuchi President of EPSON EUROPE B.V. Contents Safety Instructions Taking a Look at Your Pr in ter Chapter 1 Setting up the Printer with Your PC Chapter 2 Setting up the Printer with Your Macintosh Chapter 3 Printing and Printer Management Chapter 4 Checking the Printers Condition Chapter 5 Using an Optional Interface Card Safety Instructions Important Safety Instructions A Few Precautions When using the printer When handling the ink cartridges When choosing a place for the printer ENERGY STAR Compliance w S Safety information For United Kingdom Users Use of options c Taking a Look at Your Printer Front view Rear view Chapter 1 Setting up the Printer with Your PC 1-2 Connecting the Printer to Your PC Using the built-in parallel interface Installing the Printer Software on Your PC Printer software components 1-4 Installing on Windows 95, 98, and NT 4.0 Upgrading to Windows 98 1-6 Printing on a Peer-to-Peer Network For Windows 95 and 98 Setting up your printer as a shared printer Page 1-8 Accessing the printer through a network Page 1-10 For Windows NT 4.0 Setting up your printer as a shared printer Accessing the printer through a network 1-12 Chapter 2 Setting up the Printer with Your Macintosh 2-2 Connecting the Printer to Your Macintosh Using the built-in serial interface Page 2-4 Installing the Printer Software on Macintosh Printer software components EPSON Printer Driver Package ColorSync 2.0 and Profiles Installing on Macintosh 2-6 Using the Chooser to select your printer Using the serial interface 2-8 Using an AppleTalk network Page Page Chapter 3 Printing and Printer Management 3-2 Loading Paper Loading roll paper Page 3-4 Page 3-6 Loading cut sheet media Page 3-8 Printing From Your PC Making the printer driver settings 3-10 Page 3-12 Cancelling printing from your PC 3-14 Printing From Your Macintosh Making the printer driver settings Page 3-16 Cancelling printing from your Macintosh When background printing is on 3-18 When background printing is off Chapter 4 Checking the Printers Condition 4-2 Using Printer Utilities Accessing the printer utilities For Windows For Macintosh Printing the Nozzle Check Pattern 4-4 Cleaning the Print Heads Page 4-6 Aligning the Print Heads Page Page Using an Optional Interface Card 5-1 Chapter 5 Using an Optional Interface Card 5-2 Available Optional Interface Cards w Installing the Optional Interface Card Page 5-4