Macintosh Requirements

To connect this printer to a Macintosh computer, you must have any of the following Macintosh operating systems installed. For details on interfaces and operating systems, refer to the following table.

System

PC Interface

 

 

PowerPC-based or Intel-based Macintosh

USB 1.0 or 2.0

computers running Mac OS X 10.3.9 to 10.5.x

Ethernet 100Base-TX/10Base-T (B-500DN only)

 

 

 

Technical Specifications

Paper

Note:

Since the quality of any particular brand or type of paper may be changed by the manufacturer at any time, Epson cannot attest to the quality of any non-Epson brand or type of paper. Always test samples of paper stock before purchasing large quantities or printing large jobs.

Poor quality paper may reduce print quality and cause paper jams or other problems. If you encounter problems, switch to a higher grade of paper.

Use paper under normal conditions: Temperature 59 to 77 °F (15 to 25 °C) Humidity 40 to 60% RH

Single sheets:

Size

A4 (8.3 11.7 in., 210 297 mm)

 

4 6 in. (10 15 cm)

 

A6 (4.1 5.8 in., 105 148 mm)

 

Half Letter (5.5 8.5 in.)

 

8 10 in. (20 25 cm)

 

16:9 wide size (4 7.11 in., 102 181 mm)

 

Letter 8 1/2 11 in.

 

Legal 8 1/2 14 in.

 

 

Paper types

Plain bond paper or special paper distributed by Epson

 

 

Thickness

0.003 to 0.005 in. (0.08 to 0.11 mm)

(for plain bond

 

paper)

 

 

 

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