Epson EPL-N2000 Environmental , Mechanical

Paper eject capacity

(75g/m2 paper): 500 sheets

Internal emulation: HP LaserJet4 emulation (LJ4 mode)

HP-GL/2 emulation (GL2 mode)

ESC/P 24-pin printer emulation (ESC/P2 mod e)

ESC/P 9-pin printer emulation (FX mode)

IBM Proprinter emulation (I239X mode)

Optional emulation: EPSONScript Level 2

Resident fonts: 45 scalable fonts, and one bitmap font

(in LJ4 mode)

RAM: 4 MB, expandable up to 68 MB

Environmental

Temperature: Operation: 10 to 35ºC (50 to 95ºF)

Storage: 0 to 35ºC (32 to 95ºF)

Humidity: Operation: 15 to 85% RH

Storage: 30 to 85% RH

Altitude: 2,500 meters (8200 feet) maximum

Mechanical

Dimensions and weight: Height: 408 mm (16.1 inches)

Width: 561 mm (22.1 inches)

Depth: 545.5 mm (21.5 inches)

Weight: Approx. 17 kg (34.7 lb)

including the imaging

cartridge

Durability: 5 years or 360,000 sheets, w hic hev er comes first

LAlbatross Rev.c

A5 size Appendix A

96/08/23 pass 0

A-4 Technical Specifications

Contents

Main Printer Parts BF Laser Printer Reference Guide Proof Sign-off: Nishi _______ Grady _______ title page A5 size Front 96/08/23 pass 0 Declaration of Conformity ii Contents Getting Started iv Page vi Page Glossary Index viii Getting Started About This Guide Getting Ready! 2 About Your Printer Features High-quality printing Wide variety of fonts Toner Save Mode Options 4 Memory Interface/Module Paper Cassette ENERGY STAR Compliance About Making Printer Settings Printer Driver OneTouch modes 6 SelecType Remote Control Panel utility Safety Information Laser safety For European users United Kingdom Denmark 8 Finland and Sweden Norway CDRH regulations Laser safety labels Internal laser radiation 10 Ozone safety Minimize the risk Printer location Laser Printer Precautions 12 Page 14 Hinweis Important Safety Instructions 16 For United Kingdom Users Use of options Safety information Warning: 18 Important: The wires in the mains lead fitted to this appliance are If you need to fit a plug: w c Page Chapter 1 Paper Handling Loading Paper Manually loading paper 1-2 Page 1-4 Selecting the paper size Loading an uncommon paper size Choosing Paper 1-6 Labels Envelopes Colored paper Transparencies 1-8 Chapter 2 Understanding Your Printer The Control Panel Overview 2-2 Display Indicator lights 2-4 Buttons 2-6 Chapter 3 Options Printer Options 3-2 Installing an Optional Paper Tray 3-4 Page 3-6 Installing the Optional Lower Paper Cassette Installing the Duplex Unit 3-8 Page 3-10 Page Removing the Duplex Unit 3-12 PCMCIA Card Installing a PCMCIA card 3-14 Removing a PCMCIA card Memory Modules Installing a memory module 3-16 Page 3-18 Page Removing a memory module 3-20 ROM Module Optional Interfaces 3-22 Installing the LocalTalk/Serial module Installing a Type-B Interface Card 3-24 Page Using the Serial Interface 3-26 Page Using the serial interface utility 3-28 Page Page Chapter 4 Remote Control Panel Utility Remote Control Panel Utility Overview When to use the Remote Control Panel utility 4-2 Installing the Remote Control Panel utility Accessing the Remote Control Panel LaserJet 4/EPSONScript Level 2 Mode 4-4 Page I239X Mode Page Setup Options 4-6 Page 4-8 Type Options 4-10 Printer Setup Options 4-12 Page Other Options 4-14 Page 4-16 More Options 4-18 Duplex Options 4-20 Chapter 5 SelecType When to Use SelecType 5-2 SelecType Buttons Using SelecType SelecType menus 5-4 Page 5-6 Page Understanding SelecTyp e S etti n gs Test Menu 5-8 Emulation Menu Printing Menu 5-10 Tray Size Menu Config Menu 5-12 Page 5-14 Setup Menu Parallel B Menu, Parallel C Menu 5-16 Serial Menu L/T Menu, AUX Menu 5-18 LJ4 Menu 5-20 Using the OneTouch Modes 5-22 Using Other Emulation Modes Changing emulation modes ESC/P 2 or FX Mode 5-24 Page 5-26 I239X Mode EPSON GL/2 Mode 5-28 Before printing in EPSON GL/2 mode GL2 Menu 5-30 Page Page Chapter 6 Troubleshooting and Maintenance Introduction Paper Jam and Feeding Problems 6-2 Page 6-4 Preventing paper feed and paper jam problems 6-6 Page 6-8 Print Quality Problems 6-10 Page 6-12 Page Memory Problems 6-14 Option Problems 6-16 Page Status and Error Messages 6-18 Page 6-20 Page 6-22 Page 6-24 Page 6-26 Page Hex Dump Mode 6-28 Replacing the Imaging Cartridge 6-30 Page Optimizing Print Quality Adjusting RITech 6-32 The RITech setting Adjusting print density Resetting the Printer 6-34 Cleaning the Printer Removing spilled toner 6-36 Cleaning the printer case Transporting the Printer Page Appendix A A Technical Specifications Paper Specifications A-2 Printer General Technical Specifications A-3 Environmental Mechanical A-4 Electrical Interface Technical Specifications A-5 Parallel B interface A-6 Parallel C interface Technical Specifications A-7 nStrobe/HostClk A-8 DATA1 to DATA8 (bidirectional, but may always be an input if ECP or EPP mode is no t supported) nACK/PtrClk/PeriphClk Busy/PtrBusy/PeriphClk PError/AckDataReq/nAckReverse Technical Specifications A-9 Select/Xflag nAutoFd/HostBusy/H ostAck A-10 NC PeripheralLogicHigh nlnit/nReverseRequest nFault/nDataAvail/nPeriphRequest nSelectln/IEEE1284 Active Technical Specifications A-11 HostLogicHigh GND Options and Consumables A-12 250 Sheet Lower Paper Cassette (C81269)/ 250 Sheet Paper Tray (C81270) 500 Sheet Lower Paper Cassette (C81264)/ 500 Sheet Paper Tray (C81266) Duplex Unit (C81268) Technical Specifications A-13 Imaging Cartridge (S051035) A-14 Appendix B B Symbol Sets Introduction to Symbol Sets B-2 In LJ4 Emulation Mode Symbol Sets B-3 The 35 and 43 typefaces refer to those shown in the table below: B-4 Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page International Set for ISO sets B-18 In ESC/P 2 or FX Modes PC437 (U.S./Standard Europe) Symbol Sets B-19 PC437 Page Page Page International Character Sets Symbol Sets B-23 Characters available with the ESC (^ command In I239X Emulation Mode B-24 In EPSON GL/2 Mode Appendix C C Command Summary C-2 LaserJet 4 (LJ4) Emulation Commands Job control Command Summary C-3 Page control Cursor positioning C-4 Font management Soft font creation Command Summary C-5 Raster Graphics Print model Page GL/2 context commands Dual context extensions Command Summary C-7 Palette extensions Vector Group Character Group Line and fill attribute group C-8 Configuration and status group ESC/P 2 and FX Commands ESC/P 2 mode Command Summary C-9 General operation Paper feeding Print position motion C-10 Spacing Character handling Command Summary C-11 FX mode Printer commands arranged by topic C-12 Printer operation Data control Horizontal motion Overall printing style Command Summary C-13 Print size and character width Word processing User Defined Characters C-14 PJL Commands Command Summary C-15 I239X Emulation Commands Page format C-16 Printable area Line spacing Text Command Summary C-17 Bar code Auxiliary Functions C-18 Initialize Data input control AGM Mode Appendix D Working with Fonts Printer and Screen Fonts D-2 Available Fonts LJ4/GL2 mode ESC/P 2 and FX modes A5 size Appendix d 96/08/23 pass 0 D-4 I239X mode Adding More Fonts Downloading fonts D-6 Selecting Fonts Appendix E E Map of SelecType Menus E-1 Map of SelecType Menus Switching between SelecType Menus E-2 Page Page Glossary Glossary 1 2 Glossary 3 4 Index A IN-1 B C L R T IN-3 U W Page Page EPSON IMPORTANT NOTICE