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For users in Australia

EPSON Australia wishes to provide you with a high level of customer service. In addition to your product documentation, we provide the following sources for obtaining information:

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Contents

Page User’s Guide Getting to Know Your Printer Using the Printer Software For users in the United Kingdom Page Getting to Know Your Printer Important Safety Instructions Hot Parts Caution Symbol Use of options Energy Star ComplianceFor United Kingdom Users If you have to fit a plug Safety information Getting to Know Your Printer Using the Control Panel Using the Printer Tear Off Font lights Control Panel Buttons and Lights Selecting a built-in font About Your Printer’s Default Settings Settings Options Skip over perforation Length for tractor Software Auto tear offAuto line feed Print direction Auto I/F interface wait time Interface modeSlash High speed draft Data length Parallel I/F bidirectional modePacket mode Parity Manual feed wait time PitchFont Auto CR carriage return Changing default settings Page Printing with the push tractor Printing on Continuous PaperPage Page Page Removing a printed document from the push tractor Page Printing with the pull tractor Switching back to single sheetsPage Page Page Page Adjusting the top-of-form position Plastic ribbon cover Advancing the paper to the tear-off edge Advancing the paper to the tear-off position automatically Using the Tear Off buttonAdjusting the tear-off position Tear-off edge Loading single sheets Printing on Single SheetsPage Printing on Special Paper Adjusting the paper-thickness lever Multipart forms Labels Envelopes Page Cut-sheet feeder Installing and Using Options Latch lever Page View from above Release tab Pull tractor unit Page Roll paper holder Page Color upgrade kit Page Page Print server Replacing the ribbon cartridge Replacing the Ribbon CartridgeGenuine Epson ribbon cartridge Page Page Page Using the Printer Software Accessing the printer driver from Windows applications Using the Printer Driver with Windows Me, 98, Using the Printer Software Changing the printer driver settings Accessing the printer driver from the Start menu Using the Printer Driver with Windows Accessing the printer driver from the Control Panel Using the Printer Driver with Windows 2000 and NT Accessing the printer driver from Windows applications Using the Printer Software Accessing the printer driver from the Start menu Changing the printer driver settings Using the Printer Driver with Windows NT Using the Printer Software Accessing the printer driver from the Control Panel Settings Explanations Printer Driver Settings Overview Monitoring settings are shown below About the Epson Status Monitor 3 Utility Setting up Epson Status Monitor Accessing Epson Status Monitor Accessing Epson Remote Using the Epson Remote! UtilityInstalling Epson Remote Troubleshooting Panel light Beep Problem State Pattern Solution Using the Error Indicators If necessary Problems and Solutions Printer does not print Power SupplyPower is not being supplied Printing Beeper sounds five times and the Pause light comes on Paper Out light is on and the printer beeps three timesPrinter sounds like it is printing, but nothing is printed Troubleshooting Printed characters are not what you expected Print is faint or unevenDots are missing in printed characters or graphics Font selected on the control panel does not print Single sheets do not feed properly Paper HandlingPrint position is not what you expected Paper does not eject completely Paper feeding is crooked or the paper jams Tractor does not feed the paper Continuous paper does not feed properly Paper does not eject properly Two or more sheets feed at one time Options One page of printing has spread to two pages Paper feed is crooked Paper feed is crooked or the paper jams Desired paper type does not load Desired color or certain characters are not printed Printing a Self TestPage Appendix Cleaning the Printer Transporting the Printer Appendix Appendix 107 Printer Parts 108 109 Printer SpecificationsMechanical 110 111 112 Electronic 113 114 ElectricalEnvironmental Paper Single-sheet multipart forms paper guide entry 115 Labels bottom entry 116 117 Printable area 118 119 120 Paper alignmentStandards and approvals 121 Command ListsEpson ESC/P2 control codes 122 IBM 2390 Plus emulation control codes 123 124 125 Contacting Customer Support 126 For users in North America 127 For users in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland 128 For users in the Middle EastSupport Via Telephone Pre-Sales Enquiries, Literature Requests and Nearest Dealer 129 For users in ScandinaviaTechnical Support Via Email and Telephone 130 For users in South AfricaPre-Sales Enquiries Literature Requests and Nearest Dealer 131 For users in Australia 132 Epson Faxback ServiceYour Dealer Epson Helpdesk 133 For users in SingaporeFor users in Thailand Epson HelpDesk Phone 65 6586 134 For users in IndonesiaEpson Hotline Phone Epson Hotline 135 For users in Hong KongEpson Support Center Internet Home 136 For users in MalaysiaElectronic Bulletin Board System Technical Support Hotline 137 For users in IndiaEpson Trading M SDN. BHD 138 Epson India Head Office BangaloreEpson India Regional Offices Help Desk 139 For users in the Philippines 140 141 Numerics 142 143 144 145