Main
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Reference Guide
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Declaration of Conformity
              Contents
  Getting Started                
Chapter 1  Understanding Your Printer
Chapter 2  Paper Handling              
iv      
Chapter 3  Options              
Chapter 4  EPSON Status  Monitor 2 Utility
Chapter 5  SelecType              
vi      
Chapter 6  Troubleshooting and Maintenance                
Appendix A  Technical Specifications
              Appendix B  Symbol Sets
Appendix C  Command Summary              
viii      
Appendix D  Working with Fonts                
Glossary
Appendix E  Contacting Customer Support                
Appendix F  Map of SelecType Menus
              Getting Started
About This Guide               
2      
              About Your Printer 
Features                
High-quality printing
4                      
Wide variety of fonts
              S
Toner Save Mode                
Options
ENERGY                 
TAR Compliance 
              Safety Information
Laser safety                
For European users United Kingdom
              6      
CDRH regulations              
Laser safety labels
Internal laser radiation                
8      
              Ozone safety
Ozone emission                
Ozone exposure limit
Minimize the risk                
Printer location
              Laser Printer Precautions 
              10      
              Important Safety Instructions 
              12      
              For United Kingdom Users 
Use of options                
Safety information
Warnings, Cautions, and Notes               
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Notes                
Chapter 1
              Understanding Your Printer
1-2                    
Controlling the Printer
Accessing the printer driver              
The Control Panel 
1-4                    
Optimizing Print Quality
Resolution Improvement Technology                
Adjusting Print Density
              Enhanced MicroGray
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Chapter 2              
Paper Handling 
2-2                    
Using the MP Tray
Selecting the MP tray as the paper source              
Printing with the MP tray
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2-6                    
Printing envelopes with the MP tray
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2-8                    
Manually Loading Paper
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2-10                    
Selecting the Paper Size
Loading an uncommon paper size              
Printing on Special Paper
Envelopes                
Labels
2-12                    
Transparencies
Chapter 3              
Options
              3-2      
              500 Sheet Lower Paper Cassette Unit
No Duplex Unit Installed              
3-4      
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              3-6      
              Duplex Unit Installed
              3-8      
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              3-10      
              Loading the optional lower cassette with paper
              3-12      
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              3-14      
              Removing the Lower Paper Cassette (no duplex unit  installed)
              3-16      
              Removing the Lower Paper Cassette (duplex unit  installed)
              3-18      
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3-20                    
Duplex Unit
Installing the Duplex Unit            
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              3-22      
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              3-24      
              Removing the Duplex Unit
              3-26      
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              3-28      
              Face Up Tray
Installing the Face Up Tray                
3-30      
              Removing the Face Up Tray
              Memory Modules
3-32                    
Installing a memory module
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3-34                    
Removing a memory module
              ROM module
Installing a ROM Module                
3-36      
Removing a ROM Module              
Optional Interfaces
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3-38                    
Installing an Interface Card
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Chapter 4              
EPSON Status Monitor 2 Utility 
4-2                    
Utility Overview 
              Installing the Utility 
4-4                    
Accessing the Utility 
For Windows 95, 98, and NT 4.0                
Accessing Online Help 
Chapter 5              
SelecType
5-2                    
The Control Panel
Overview                
Display
              SelecType      5-3
5-4                    
Indicator Lights
              Buttons
              5-6      
              When to use SelecType
5-8                    
SelecType
Buttons                
The functions of the contro l panel buttons on the  printer change  when in SelecType mode.
              Using the buttons in SelecType Mode
5-10                    
SelecType menus
Test Menu                
Emulation Menu
Printing Menu              
Tray Size Menu
Config Menu                
Setup Menu
Parallel Menu              
5-12      
Serial Menu                
AUX Menu
LJ4 Menu                
GL2 Menu
              PS Menu
ESCP2 Menu                
FX Menu
I239X Menu                
5-14      
              Using the OneTouch Modes
OneTouch mode 1                
Paper Source
Page Size                
Manual Feed
              OneTouch mode 2
RITech                
Copies
MP Tray Size                
Toner Save Mode
              Understanding SelecType Settings 
Test menu                 
Status Sheet, PS Status Sheets*
LJ4 Font Sample,ESCP2 Font Sample, FX Font Sample, I239X  Font Sample, PS Font Sample*              
Emulation menu
Printing menu                
Paper Source
Page Size            
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SelecType      5-19                
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              Binding
Start Page                
5-20      
              Tray Size menu
MP Tray Size                 
LC1 Size
LC2 Size              
Config menu
RITech                
Toner Save
Density              
5-22      
Top Offset                
Left Offset
Top offset B                
Left offset B
              AutoCont
Page Protect                
Image Optimum
5-24                    
Setup menu
Interface                
Time Out
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LC2 Init. Paper
Specifies the amount of paper that you load in the optional lower  paper cassette.                
Page Count
              Parallel menu
Speed                
Bi-D
5-28                    
Serial Menu
Word Length                
Baud Rate
Parity                
Stop Bit
              XOn/XOff
5-30                    
AUX menu
LJ4 menu                
Font Source
Font Number                
Pitch
              Height
SymSet                
Form
Source SymSet                
Dest SymSet
              GL2 menu
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Before you start printing in the GL/2 mode
              PS menu
              ESCP2 and FX menus
Font                
Pitch
Condensed                
T. Margin
              5-36      
CG Table                
Country
Auto CR                
Auto LF
              ZeroChar
5-38                    
I239X menu
              Code Page
Alt.Graphic                
Character Set
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Chapter 6              
Troubleshooting and Maintenance
              6-2      
              Problems and Solutions 
Paper jams                
The printer stops and an error message is shown
Preventing paper feed and paper jam problems              
6-4      
Clearing a paper jam              
Paper jammed before reaching the Imaging Cartridge
              6-6      
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              6-8      
              Paper jammed at the entrance to the duplex unit
              6-10      
              Paper Jammed in the duplex unit
6-12                    
Operational problems
The  On Line              
Printout problems
The  On Line              
6-14      
              Print quality problems
              6-16      
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6-18                    
Memory problems
Mem Overflow              
Option problems
Image Optimum                
6-20      
              Error Messages 
Duplex Cover Open                
Check Duplex  P-Size
Check Paper Size              
Duplex Mem Overflow
Duplex print was off Duplex Unit Fail Exiting Paper Jam              
6-22      
Face Up print off                
Feed Jam
Form Feed Format Error DIMM x              
Illegal Aux I/F Card Illegal DIMM x Image Optimum
Insert Duplex Tray            
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              Need Memory Paper Jam
Paper Jam in Duplex              
6-26      
Paper Out XXXXX YYYY                
Printer Open
Paper Set XXXXX YYYY Print Overrun            
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              Resetting the printer 
Reset                
Reset all
6-30                    
Replacing the Imaging Cartridge
            Page
              6-32      
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6-34                    
Cleaning the Printer 
Cleaning the outside of the printer                
Cleaning the inside mirror of the printer
              Cleaning the inside of the printer
6-36                    
Removing spilled toner
              Transporting the Printer 
Appendix A              
Technical Specifications
A-2                    
Paper
Specifications                
Technical Specifications      A-3
              Printer
General              
Environmental
A-4                      
Technical Specifications      A-5
              Mechanical
Electrical                
A-6      
              Interfaces
Parallel interface                
Technical Specifications      A-7
              nstrobe/HostClk
DATA 1  to DATA 8 (bidirectional, but may always be  an input if ECP  or EPP mode is not supported)              
A-8      
nACK/PtrClk/PeriphClk                
Busy/PtrBusy/PeriphClk
Technical Specifications      A-9              
PError/AckDataReq/nAckReverse
Set/Xflag              
A-10      
nAutoFd/HostBusy/HostAck                
NC
PeripheralLogicHigh                
Technical Specifications      A-11
              nInit/nReverseRequest
nFault/DataAvail/nPeriphRequest              
A-12      
nSelectIn/IEEE1284active                
GND
CG                
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              Using the ECP mode in Windows 95 and Windows 98
              A-14      
Serial Interface                
Data format
Handshaking                
Error handling
              Pin assignments
              A-16      
Using the Serial Interface                 
For Windows 3.1, Windows 3.11 for Wo rkgroups, a nd Windows NT  3.51
Technical Specifications      A-17              
For Windows 95 , 98, and NT 4.0
Using the serial interface utility                
A-18      
              Options and Consumables 
500 Sheet Lower Paper Cassette Unit - Universal (C81290                
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Face Up Tray (C81294                
Technical Specifications      A-19
              Duplex Unit (C81293
Imaging cartridge (S051056)            
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Appendix B              
Symbol Sets
B-2                    
Introduction to Symbol Sets 
Symbol Sets      B-3                
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              In LJ4 Emulation Mode 
Symbol set name Symbol set  ID for ESC ( Available typefaces                
(see next page)
              B-4      
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Symbol Sets      B-21              
International Set for ISO sets
B-22                    
In ESC/P 2 or FX Modes 
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Symbol Sets      B-25              
BRASCII Abicomp
Italic              
B-26      
International Character Sets            
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B-28                    
In I239X Emulation Mode 
In EPSON GL/2 Mode                 
Appendix C
              Command Summary
              C-2      
Command Summary      C-3              
LaserJet 4 (LJ4) Emulation Commands 
Job control                 
Page control
Cursor positioning              
C-4      
Font management                
Soft font creation
Command Summary      C-5              
Raster Graphics
Print model                
User-defined pattern management/creation
Macros                
Status readback
              C-6      
Programming hints                
PCL vector graphics switching / set-u p pic tu r e f rame
GL/2 context commands                
Dual context extensions
              Polygon Group
Character Group                
Line and fill attribute group
              C-8      
Configuration and status group                
Command Summary      C-9
              ESC/P 2 and FX Commands 
ESC/P 2 mode                
General operation
Paper feeding                
Page format
              C-10      
Print position motion                
Command Summary      C-11
              Spacing
Character handling              
C-12      
FX mode                
Printer commands arranged b y topic
Printer operation                
Data control
              Overall printing style
Print size and character width              
C-14      
Word processing                
User Defined Characters
Command Summary      C-15              
PJL Commands 
C-16                    
I239X Emulation Commands 
Page format                
Printable area
Line spacing                
Unit definition
              Text
              C-18      
Bar code                
Auxiliary Functions
Initialize                
Data input contro l
              AGM Mode
Line spacing                
Paper feeding/print position motion
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Appendix D              
Working with Fonts
D-2                    
Printer and Screen Fonts 
Working with Fonts      D-3              
Available Fonts 
LJ4/GL2 mode              
D-4      
ESC/P 2 and FX modes                
Working with Fonts      D-5
              I239X mode
D-6                    
Adding More Fonts 
Downloading fonts                
Selecting Fonts 
Appendix E              
Contacting Customer Support
E-2                    
For United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland users
                    World Wide Web
Contacting Customer Support      E-3                
Faxon EPSON
              For Australian users
EPSON FAXBACK                
EPSON Bulletin Board System
Internet URL http://www.epson.com.au                
Contacting Customer Support      E-5
              For Singapore users
E-6                    
For Hong Kong users
Internet home page                
  
Electronic bulletin board system                
Technical Support Hotline
              For Philippines users 
For Hong Kong Users                 
Internet home page
                  Electronic bulletin board system
              For Philippines Users 
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Map of SelecType Menus      F-1                
Appendix F
Switching between SelecType Menus  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F-2                
Map of SelecType Menus
              Switching between SelecType Menus 
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              Glossary      3
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