Epson Pro 9500 manual

Color Ink Jet Printer

Startup Guide Printed in Japan

XX.XX-XX Startup Guide 4012669-01

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Color Ink Jet Printer

Contents

Main Page Where to Find Information This Startup Guide Reference Guide included on the CD-ROM Opening the Reference Guide ii L Online Help System Requirements For using your printer with a PC R4C5980 For using your printer with a Macintosh iv A5 size Front.fm 7/12/01 Pass 3 Proof Sign-off: DAI A. Kobayashi T. Morita K. Nishi K. Ramsey For using the Online Guide with a PC For using the Online Guide with a Macintosh Contents vi L Page Page Safety Instructions Important Safety Instructions 2 A Few Precautions When using the printer When handling the ink cartridges c 4 When choosing a place for the printer ENERGY STAR Compliance For United Kingdom Users Use of options Safety information w 6 Warnings, Cautions, and Notes c 8 Taking a Look at Your Printer Front view Rear view Chapter 1 Setting up the Printer with Your PC 1-2 Connecting the Printer to Your PC Using the built-in parallel interface Installing the Printer Software on Your PC 1-4 Printer software components Installing on Windows 95, 98, NT 4.0, and Windows 2000 Upgrading to Windows 98 1-6 Printing on a Peer-to-Peer Network For Windows 95 and 98 Page 1-8 Page 1-10 For Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 Page Page Page 1-14 Chapter 2 Setting up the Printer with Your Macintosh 2-2 Connecting the Printer to Your Macintosh Using the built-in serial interface Page 2-4 Using the built-in parallel interface Installing the Printer Software on Macintosh Printer software components 2-6 EPSON Printer Driver Package Installing on Macintosh Using the Chooser to select your printer 2-8 Setting up Your Printer on a Network 2-10 Page Page Chapter 3 Printing and Printer Management 3-2 Loading Paper Loading roll paper Page 3-4 Page 3-6 Loading cut sheet media Loading cut sheet media longer than 483 mm (long edge of Super A3/B size) 3-8 Page 3-10 Loading cut sheet with a length of A3, Super A3/B, and B Printing From Your PC 3-12 Making the printer driver settings Page 3-14 R4C5980 3-16 Cancelling printing from your PC Printing From Your Macintosh Making the printer driver settings Page 3-18 Cancelling printing from your Macintosh When background printing is on 3-20 When background printing is off Chapter 4 Checking the Printers Condition 4-2 Using Printer Utilities Accessing the printer utilities For Windows For Macintosh Printing the Nozzle Check Pattern 4-4 Cleaning the Print Heads Page 4-6 Aligning the Print Heads Page Page Using an Optional Interface Card 5-1 Chapter 5 Using an Optional Interface Card 5-2 Available Optional Interface Cards w Installing the Optional Interface Card Page Page EPSON OVERSEAS MARKETING LOCATIONS