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For United States Users
WARNING
For Canadian Users
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
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Safety Information
Laser Safety
CDRH Regulations
Internal Laser Radiation
Ozone Emission
Contents
Chapter 5 Maintenance and Transportation
Chapter 6 Troubleshooting
Chapter 7 Options
Viii Contents
Appendix A Technical Specifications
A-16
Appendix B HP Emulation Mode
B-32
Appendix C LQ and FX Emulation Mode
Features
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The lower paper cassette unit (C81228*)
Optional paper cassette (C81223*)
The face-upoutput tray (C81227*)
IC cards
4Introduction
Interface cards
Interface cable
Memory chip set (C82904*, C82905*)
Memory expansion boards (C82206*)
6Introduction
Laser Printer Precautions
Laser Printer Precautions
Finding Your Way Around
as you
8 Finding Your Way Around
Warnings, Cautions, and Notes
WARNING
CAUTION
Notes:
Where to Get Help for United States Users
Setting Up
Finding a Place for the Printer
1-2Setting Up
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CAUTIONS:
1-4Setting Up
Unpacking
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1-6Setting Up
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Assembling
Installing the cleaning pad
1-8Setting Up
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CAUTION:
1-10Setting Up
WARNING:
The imaging cartridge
Handling the imaging cartridge
1-12Setting Up
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Storing the imaging cartridge
Installing the imaging cartridge
1-14 Setting Up
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1-16Setting Up
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Attaching the power cord
1-18Setting Up
Loading paper in the cassette
1-20Setting Up
Turning on the Printer
CAUTION:
1-22Setting Up
Testing and Connecting Your Printer
The Control Panel
Display
2-2Testing and Connecting Your Printer
Indicator lights
Buttons
SelecType
2-4Testing and Connecting Your Printer
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Testing the Printer
Running a test print
2-6Testing and Connecting Your Printer
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Printing a status sheet
2-8Testing and Connecting Your Printer
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Printing a font sample
2-10Testing and Connecting Your Printer
Enhancing Print Quality
Adjusting the print density
2-12Testing and Connecting Your Printer
Resolution Improvement Technology
The RITech setting
Checking the RITech setting
2-14Testing and Connecting Your Printer
Changing the RITech setting
Connecting the Printer to Your Computer
Choosing an interface
2-16 Testing and Connecting Your Printer
Connecting the parallel interface
2-18Testing and Connecting Your Printer
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Connecting the serial interface
2-20Testing and Connecting Your Printer
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Testing the computer-to-printerconnection
l a b e l
2-22 Testing and Connecting Your Printer
Selecting the Printer Mode
Using printer selection menus
HP LaserJet III emulation mode
Epson LQ and FX emulation modes
2-24 Testing and Connecting Your Printer
Sharing the Printer
Switching the Printer Mode
Intelligent Emulation Switch (IES)
Shared Printer Language
2-26Testing and Connecting Your Printer
SelecType
SelecType Overview
3-2SelecType
Level 1 functions
Level 2 functions
3-4SelecType
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Using SelecType
The control panel
3-6SelecType
The display
Steps to using SelecType
3-8 SelecType
Enter SelecType mode
Select a channel
Display the main menu option
Enter the options submenu
3-10SelecType
Display the submenu options
When
Set the option
Exit SelecType
3-12SelecType
Level 1 Options
INPUT
Menu/submenu
3-14SelecType
PAGE SIZE
COPIES
> PRINT
SUB CONFIG
SYSTEM CONFIG
3-18SelecType
Page
Page
1 to
Level 2 Options
TEST PRINT
MODE ASSIGN
I/F CONFIG
-5,0, +5, or MIN
RS-422
3-26SelecType
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3-28SelecType
Page
RX-BUFFERSIZE
3-30SelecType
< or
3-32SelecType
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TIMEOUT
CH TIMEOUT
10)
AUTO CONT
ON or OFF
FACTORY RESET
Available options
EXE (execute reset)
VERSION
C-ROM
FONT
ENABLE
DISABLE
Paper Handling
Choosing Paper
4-2Paper Handling
Standard office
paper-You
Special
Labels
Other materials
Envelopes-You
4-4Paper Handling
Choosing a Paper Size
Paper Feeding and Paper Delivery
Paper feeding
Paper delivery
4-6Paper Handling
Paper Feeding and Paper Delivery
Loading Paper Manually
Note: You
4-8Paper Handling
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4-10Paper Handling
Using the Optional Lower Paper Cassette
4-12Paper Handling
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4-14 Paper Handling
Using the Optional Output Tray
4-16Paper Handling
Maintenance and Transportation
Replacing Consumable Parts
5-2Maintenance and Transportation
Removing the imaging cartridge
5-4Maintenance and Transportation
Cleaning the transfer charger wire
5-6Maintenance and Transportation
Cleaning the glass lens
Replacing the cleaning pad
5-8Maintenance and Transportation
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Replacing the imaging cartridge
cartridge to light any longer than necessary. Because the
drum is light-sensitive,never expose it to lighting that is
brighter than normal room light. Do not open the drum's
5-10Maintenance and Transportation
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5-12Maintenance and Transportation
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Cleaning the Printer
Replacing the ozone filter
5-14 Maintenance and Transportation
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5-16 Maintenance and Transportation
Cleaning inside the printer
Cleaning the roller in the paper path
5-18 Maintenance and Transportation
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Removing spilled toner
5-20Maintenance and Transportation
Cleaning the printer case
Transporting Your Printer
Packing for transportation
5-22Maintenance and Transportation
Unpacking the printer after transportation
5-24Maintenance and Transportation
Troubleshooting
Status and Error Messages
[E]ADD MEMORY FOR CH
6-2Troubleshooting
[E]COVER OPEN
[E]INSERT TRAY
[E]PAGE BUFFER FULL
[P]PAPER OUT
[E]PAPER OUT OPT
[E]PAPER OUT STD
[S]PRINTING
[S]RAM Check X.X MB
[S]READY
[E]REINSERT CARD
[E]REMOVE CARD
[E]RESELECT TRAY
[E]SERVICE REQ. CXXXX
[E]SERVICE REQ. E00XX
[E]SET FULL PRINT
[E]START UP ERROR
[W]TONER LOW
Troubleshooting Directory
Paper jam problems
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Power supply
Test print
Paper handling
Decline in print quality
6-10 Troubleshooting
Paper Jam Problems
FEED JAM
6-12Troubleshooting
In the paper cassette
In the optional lower paper cassette unit
6-14Troubleshooting
At the manual feed slot
PAPER JAM
6-16 Troubleshooting
At the metal roller
6-18Troubleshooting
At the fuser
At the paper output area
6-20 Troubleshooting
Power Supply
Power is not being supplied to the printer
cable
Test Prints
The test prints do not print
6-22Troubleshooting
Printing Problems
The printer does not print or stops printing
The printout is not what you expect
6-24 Troubleshooting
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The position of the printout is not what you expect
6-26 Troubleshooting
Problems with Graphics
Graphic images do not print
(RS-232C
RS422)
6-28Troubleshooting
SelecType Problems
SelecType does not function as expected
6-30Troubleshooting
Paper Handling
Paper does not feed properly
Paper feeds crookedly or jams
6-32Troubleshooting
The printer prints a page and then stops
Decline in Print Quality
The print quality is not what you expect
6-34Troubleshooting
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6-36Troubleshooting
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Options
Using font cards or cartridges, the printer does not operate as expected
6-38Troubleshooting
Using the optional face-upoutput tray, the printer does not operate properly
6-40Troubleshooting
Data Dump Mode
(73 20)
6-42Troubleshooting
Converting hexadecimal numbers to decimals
Hex- to-decimalcon version chart
6-44Troubleshooting
Options
Identity Cards
Epson PostScript card
7-2 Options
Epson GL identity card
Caring for identity cards
Options 7
Inserting an identity card
7-4Options
Recovering from an error
Font Cartridges
Compatible font cartridges
Bitmap font cartridges
7-8Options
Font Cartridges
Scalable font cartridges
Inserting a font cartridge
7-10Options
CONTINUE: then repeat steps 1 through
7-12 Options
The Lower Paper Cassette Unit
Installing the lower paper cassette unit
7-14Options
READY:P LY-3 --A4
The Face-upOutput Tray
Installing the face-upoutput tray
7-16Options
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Optional Interface Cards
7-18 Options
Installing an interface card
7-20 Options
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Memory Options
7-22 Options
When to increase the printer memory
Selecting a memory option
7-24 Options
Installing additional memory
Removing the controller board
7-26Options
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Installing chip sets on the controller board
RAM
CAUTION: You
7-28Options
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Installing chip sets on the memory expansion board
7-30Options
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7-32 Options
Installing the expansion board on the controller board
Reinstalling the controller board
7-34Options
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Checking the printer’s memory
7-36 Options
Technical Specifications
Printer Specifications
Printing
Printing method:
Resolution:
Printing speed:
Paper and paper delivery
Paper specifications
Types:
Paper weight:
Appendix A A-3
Paper sizes:
Printable area:
Range of paper width and length:
Paper feed alignment and direction:
Paper feed:
Input paper supply (75 g/m2 or 20 lb paper):
Paper eject:
Paper eject capacity (75 g/m2 or 20 lb. paper):
Ozone filter (SOPlOO3):
Mechanical
A-6Appendix A
Ozone filter (6091003):
Electrical
Controller hardware
CPU:
Environmental
Appendix A A-7
Interface Specifications
Parallel interface
ParalIel interface pin assignments
A-8Appendix A
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A-10Appendix A
Interface timing
Signal level: TTL compatible
Serial interface
Data format
Appendix A A-11
Baud rate
Signal level
Connector
Handshaking
Error handling
Appendix A A-13
A-14 Appendix A
A-14
Initialization
Appendix A A-15
Option Specifications
Lower paper cassette unit
A-16Appendix A
Feeding speed:
Dimensions and weigh ( (without the printer)
Face-upoutput tray
Dimensions and weight (without the printer:
Paper eject capacity:
Shared Printer Language
Epson Job Language (EJL)
Printer Job Language (PJL)
A-18 Appendix A
Emulation Switch (ES)
Epson Job Language command summary
Appendix A A-19
Overview of the EJL commands
A-20Appendix A
Command summary for using EJL
PJL
Appendix A A-21
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HP Emulation Mode
HP LaserJet series III printer mode
B-2 Appendix B
Printable area
Appendix B B-3
B-4Appendix B
Character clipping
Appendix B B-5
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A p p e n d i x B B
Operating the EPL-8000as a LaserJet IIISi
B-8Appendix B
ORIENT, PORT
Selec Type Options
B-10Appendix B
FORM
Resident bitmap fonts
B-12Appendix B
Resident scalable fonts
Appendix B
Courier
12point
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T Z
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
abcdefghijklmnopqrstvwxyz
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUWVXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuwvxyz
ABCDEFGHIIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijkMmnoPqrstuvwxyz
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
ABCDEFGHlJKLMNOPQflSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuwvxyz
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVlMlZ abcdefghijk/mnopqtxtuvwuyz
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
Symbol sets
Appendix B B-17
B-18Appendix B
IBM-US(IOU)
IBM-DN(11U)
Appendix B B-19
B-20Appendix B
Appendix B B-21
B-22Appendix B
Appendix B B-23
B-24Appendix B
Appendix B B-25
B-26Appendix B
Appendix B B-27
B-28Appendix B
International Set for IS0 Sets
Appendix B B-29
B-30Appendix B
Appendix B B-31
HP Emulation Command Summary
&l#A
ESC &l#H
ESC &lP
B-32Appendix B
Printer commands arranged by topic
PCL mode control:
Orientation:
Font selection:
Appendix B B-33
(5N
(Iso 8859/5.2)
(20
B-34Appendix B
Appendix B B-35
Page length, page size, text length:
Margins:
Offset:
B-36Appendix B
Half-linefeed:
Specialized
printer control:
Miscellaneous:
Cursor positioning:
Perforation skip mode:
Font management:
(3@
)3@
Macros:
Advanced graphics:
Vector graphics:
GL/2 mode
Configuration and status group:
Appendix B B-39
B-40Appendix B
Appendix B B-41
LQ and FX Emulation Mode
Operating as an LQ or FX printer
C-2 Appendix C
Appendix C C-3
ORIENT. PORT PORT
FONT C o u r i e r
OFF-orON
L-MARGIN
R-MARGIN
FORM TOP
TEXT
1 to available
Menu/submenu
Available options
CGTABLE PcUSA
J-REPRINT
ZERO CHR
0 or O
WIDEPAGE
B-IMAGEDARK
Appendix C
c-11
Resident fonts
ABCDEFGHIabcdefg012345
ABCDEFGHIJabcdefghijOl2345
ABCDEWHIJabcdefghijO12345
C-12Appendix C
Character sets
Appendix C C-13
C-14Appendix C
Appendix C C-15
LQ and FX Emulation Command Summary
ESC G / ESC E
C-16Appendix C
SI / ESC SI
ESC
ESC w
LQ mode
FX mode
ESC C, ESC CO
DEL
CAN
ESC EM
C-18Appendix C
Printer operation:
Data control:
Vertical motion:
Appendix C C-19
Horizontal mo Con:
Overall printing style:
Print size and character width:
C-20Appendix C
Font enhancement:
Word processing:
Character handling:
Graphics:
Glossary
bold
buffer
byte
cache
character set
decimal
default
dot graphics
download
download font
electrophotographic process
Epson Extended Graphics
ESC (escape) code
fixed pitch
font
font caching
font card
graphics driver
hexadecimal (hex)
hex dump mode
input buffer
interface
italic
landscape
LCD
nonvolatile memory
number systems
oblique
off line
on line
orientation
outline font
parallel interface
parity
pitch
printer mode
proportional spacing
reset
Resolution Improvement Technology (RITech)
ROM
serial interface
status sheet
style
symbol set
test print
Index
IN-2Index
Index IN-3
IN-4Index
Index IN-5
IN-6Index
SelecType Map
SelecType Level 1 LJ-3mode
SelecType Level 1 in LQ and FX modes
SelecType level
SelecType Level
SERIAL