Epson C43 manual

Setup

English

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Unpacking

1. Unpack the printer.

The power cord may come attached in some countries.

Setup

The contents may vary depending on the place of purchase.

Note:

Store the protective materials in case you want to ship the printer in the future.

2. Attach the printer parts.

Cautions and Notes

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3. Connect the printer.

cCaution:

If the printer comes on when you plug in the power cord, turn off the printer by pressing down the P power button until the printer lights go out.

Setting Up

Installing the Printer Software

Note:

❏When the country selection window appears, select your country of residence.❏If the language selection window appears, select your preferred language.

❏For installing the Photo Print Software, refer to the Photo Print Software Setup in the online Reference Guide.

For Windows

1.Make sure that the printer is off.2.Insert the printer software CD in the CD-ROM drive.

If the Installer dialog box does not appear, double-click

SETUP.EXE on the CD-ROM.

3. Select Install Software, and then click .

4.Follow the on-screen instructions. After the printer software has been installed, the on-screen instructions continue with the installation of the ink cartridges.

For Macintosh (EPSON Stylus C43UX only)

c Caution:Turn off all virus protection programs before you install the printer software.For users of Mac OS 8.6 to 9.x (except Mac OS X)

1.Make sure that the printer is off.

2.Insert the printer software CD in the CD-ROM drive.

3.Double-click the EPSON icon, select Install Software, and then click .4.Follow the on-screen instructions to install the printer software.

5.Press the P power button to turn on the printer. The print head moves to the ink cartridge installation position.

6.After installing the software, click Chooser in the Apple

menu, and then select the icon for your printer and the port that your printer is connected to.

For users of Mac OS X

1.Make sure that the printer is off.

2.Insert the printer software CD in the CD-ROM drive.

3.Open the Mac OS X Driver folder, then double-click the C43Series_xxxx.pkg icon. If the Authorization dialog box appears, click the icon, enter the Password or phrase, then click OK.

4.Follow the on-screen instructions to install the printer software.

5.Press the P power button to turn on the printer. The print head moves to the ink cartridge installation position.

6.Open the Applications folder on your hard drive, then open the Utilities folder and double-click the Print Center icon. Click Add Printer in the Printer List dialog box.

7.Select EPSON USB from the pop-up menu. Select Stylus C43 in the Product list, then select All from the Page Setup pop-up menu. Click Add.

8.Make sure the Printer List contains the printer(margin-type) options, then close Print Center. See the Reference Guide on the printer software CD-ROM for more details.

Note:

Installing the Ink Cartridges

1. Turn on the printer.

Do not remove or tear the label on the cartridge.

2. Remove the new ink cartridges from their protective bag.

Do not touch this part.

3. Insert the ink cartridges as shown in the illustration below.

Note:

Install all ink cartridges. The printer will not work unless all cartridges are installed properly.

4. Press the b ink button.

The printer begins the ink charging process. It takes about one and a half minutes. While charging ink, the printer produces a variety of mechanical sounds. This is normal. When the green lamp stops flashing, ink charging is complete.

c Caution: ❏ Do not turn the power off during the ink charging process. ❏ Do not load paper until ink charging is complete.

Note:

In order to produce high quality printouts, the print head in your printer must be fully charged with ink during the initial setup. This process consumes ink from the ink cartridges packaged with your printer. Replacement cartridges will last for their full rated life.

When you print, be sure to match the Format for setting in the Page Setup dialog box and the Printer setting in the Print dialog box. Otherwise, the data may not be printed correctly. See the Reference Guide for more details.