EPSON Stylus COLOR 400
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Error Conditions
Control panel light status
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Problem | power | paper out | black ink out | color ink out |
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Black ink low | On | Off | Flashing | Off |
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Black ink out | On | Off | On | Off |
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Color ink low | On | Off | Off | Flashing |
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Color ink out | On | Off | Off | On |
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Paper out or | On | On | Off | Off |
incorrectly |
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loaded |
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Paper | On | Flashing | Off | Off |
jammed |
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Carriage error | Flashing | On | On | On |
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Fatal error | Flashing | Flashing | Flashing | Flashing |
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Buttons
PThe power button turns the printer on and off. It also resets the printer (clears its memory) if you press it twice while the power is on.
EThe load/eject button loads or ejects a sheet of paper if you press and release it within two seconds. (The printer normally loads and ejects paper automatically.) When the printer is off and you hold down the load/eject button while turning the printer on, it runs a printer check.
RYou use the cleaning button for replacing ink cartridges and cleaning the print heads, based on the status of the ink out lights. When the printer is off and you hold down the cleaning button while turning the printer on, it changes the character table.
Running a Printer Check
1.Turn off the printer and your computer.
2.Disconnect the interface cable from the printer.
3.Make sure paper is loaded in the printer.
4.Hold down the E load/eject button and turn on the printer. Then release both buttons. The printer prints out one page containing the printer’s ROM version number, character table number, and a nozzle check pattern.
Caution:
Load paper that’s at least 7.17 inches (182 mm) wide so ink doesn’t spray onto the platen.
5.After it prints the page, turn off the printer. Reconnect the interface cable, then turn on the printer and your computer.
Changing the Character Table
The printer uses a character table for printing United States and standard European characters (PC437). If you want to use a multilingual character table (PC850), you can change to it using the printer’s control panel.
1.Turn off the printer.
2.Hold down the R cleaning button and turn on the printer. Then release both buttons.
The character table is changed to PC850. To change it back to PC437, repeat the steps above. To check the current character table number, run a printer check as described in the previous section.
Printer Driver Setting Summary
The following tables summarize the settings available in each menu tab (with default values in bold type). See your printer driver’s online help for more details.
Main menu settings
Setting | Options | Description |
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Mode | Automatic | Selects Automatic to |
| Advanced | choose settings |
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| Type and data in the |
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| print file, or selects |
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Advanced mode | Custom Settings | In Advanced mode, |
document types * | Photo | selects settings for a |
| Text/Graph | particular document |
| Video/Digital Camera | type. |
| Economy |
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Quality/Speed | Quality | When Plain paper is |
slide bar ** | Speed | selected, chooses |
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| quality. |
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Media Type | Plain paper | See the table of |
| 360 dpi Ink Jet Paper | EPSON media |
| Photo Quality Ink Jet Paper | names and the |
| Photo Quality Glossy Paper | Media Type settings |
| Photo Quality Glossy Film | they require on |
| Ink Jet Transparencies | page 6. |
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Ink | Color | If your print job |
| Black | contains any color |
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| data, choose Color. |
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| black data, select |
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| Black. |
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*Available only when using Advanced mode.
**Available only when using Automatic mode and Plain paper.
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