Epson P953A Manuel utilisateur

Where to Find Information

This User’s Guide

Provides you with all the information you need to use your

EPSON STYLUS PHOTO EX, and their consumable products, from

setting up to troubleshooting.

Online Help

Provides you with detailed information and instructions on the

printer software that controls your printer (online help will be

automatically installed when you install the printer software).

Color Guide

Explains how color printing works and shows you how to get

impressive results from your printer.

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Color Ink Jet Printer

system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying,

recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of SEIKO EPSON

CORPORATION. The information contained herein is designed only for use with this

EPSON printer. EPSON is not responsible for any use of this information as applied to

other printers.

Neither SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION nor its affiliates shall be liable to the purchaser of

this product or third parties for damages, losses, costs, or expenses incurred by the

purchaser or third parties as a result of: accident, misuse, or abuse of this product or

unauthorized modifications, repairs, or alterations to this product, or (excluding the U.S.)

failure to strictly comply with SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION’s operating and

maintenance instructions.

SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION shall not be liable for any damages or problems arising

from the use of any options or any consumable products other than those designated as

Original EPSON Products or EPSON Approved Products by SEIKO EPSON

CORPORATION.

EPSON and EPSON ESC/P are registered trademarks and EPSON ESC/P Raster and

EPSON Stylus are trademarks of SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION.

Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.

General Notice: Other product names used herein are for identification purposes only and may be

trademarks of their respective owners. EPSON disclaims any and all rights in those marks.

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Declaration of Conformity

According to ISO/IEC Guide 22 and EN 45014

Manufacturer: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

Address: 3-5, Owa 3-chome, Suwa-shi,

Nagano-ken 392 Japan

Representative: EPSON EUROPE B.V.

Address: Prof. J. H. Bavincklaan 5 1183

AT Amstelveen

The Netherlands

Declares that the Product:

Product Name: Ink Jet Printer

Model: P953A

Conforms to the following Directive(s) and Norm(s):

Directive 89/336/EEC:EN 55022 Class B

EN 61000-3-2

EN 61000-3-3

EN 50082-1

IEC 801-2

IEC 801-3

IEC 801-4

Directive 73/23/EEC: EN 60950

February 1998

Y. Ishii

President of EPSON EUROPE B.V.

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Contents

Safety Instructions

Important Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1

A few precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-2

ENERGY STAR Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-4

For United Kingdom Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-4

Warnings, Cautions, and Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-5

Chapter 1 Getting to Know Your Printer

Printer Parts and Control Panel Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

When using your printer with a PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

When using your printer with a Macintosh . . . . . . . . . 1-5

Options and Consumable Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

Consumable products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7

Chapter 2 Getting Started

Unpacking the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

Choosing a Place for the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

Using a printer stand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

Attaching the Paper Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

Plugging in the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5

Installing the Ink Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5

Connecting the Printer to Your PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11

Installing the Printer Software in Your PC . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12

Installing in Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0 . . . . . . . . 2-13

Installing in Windows 95 (using plug-and-play) . . . . . . 2-15

Installing in Windows 3.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18

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Using Your Printer on a Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20

With Windows 95 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20

With Windows NT 4.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22

Connecting the Printer to Your Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-25

Installing the Printer Software in Your Macintosh . . . . . . . . 2-26

Installing the printer software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-26

Using the Chooser to select your printer . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-29

Chapter 3 Starting to Print

Loading Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2

Printing With Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5

Printing With a Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8

Chapter 4 Using the Printer Software for Windows

The Printer Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2

Accessing the Printer Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2

From Windows applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3

From Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3

From Windows 3.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4

Making Changes to Printer Driver Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5

Using the Automatic Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5

Using the Predefined Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6

Customizing the Print Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8

Making the Media Type Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10

Modifying the Printout Style (Windows 95 & NT 4.0) . . . . 4-12

Using EPSON Printer Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15

EPSON Status Monitor 2 (for Windows 95) . . . . . . . . . . 4-16

Nozzle Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16

Head Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16

Print Head Alignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17

Printer and Option Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17

Speed & Progress (for Windows 95) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19

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Checking Printer Status (for Windows 95 and 3.1) . . . . . . . 4-21

Understanding the EPSON Spool Manager . . . . . . . . . 4-23

Using EPSON Status Monitor 2 (for Windows 95) . . . . . 4-24

Getting Information Through Online Help . . . . . . . . . . . 4-30

Accessing help from your application . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-30

Accessing help from Windows 95 or NT 4.0 . . . . . . . . . 4-30

Accessing help from Windows 3.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-30

Chapter 5 Using the Printer Software for Macintosh

The Printer Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2

Making Changes to Printer Driver Settings . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2

Using the Automatic Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3

Using the Predefined Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6

Customizing the Print Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9

Saving your settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16

Using your saved settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17

Changing the Paper Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17

Defining a Custom Paper Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19

Modifying the Printout Method and Style . . . . . . . . . . 5-20

Using EPSON Printer Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-22

EPSON StatusMonitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-23

Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-24

Nozzle Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-24

Head Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-24

Print Head Alignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-25

Controlling Background Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-25

Chapter 6 Printing on Special Paper

Choosing Special Paper and Other Media . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2

About special media cleaning sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4

Loading Special Paper and Other Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4

Loading Envelopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7

Loading Transparencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8

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Chapter 7 Maintenance and Transportation

Replacing an Ink Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2

Cleaning the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8

Transporting the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9

Chapter 8 Troubleshooting

Diagnosing the Problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2

Error indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2

Status Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4

Printer operation check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4

Problems and Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7

Power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7

Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8

Paper handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-14

Printing quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-17

Printer utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-24

Increasing the Print Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-25

Using DMA transfer (for Windows 95) . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-26

Uninstalling Printer Software (Windows 95) . . . . . . . . . . . 8-29

Cleaning the Print Head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-30

Using the Head Cleaning utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-30

Using the control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-33

Aligning the Print Head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-34

Ink Cartridge Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-34

Contacting Customer Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-39

For United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland users . . . 8-39

For Australian users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-41

For Singapore users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-43

For Hong Kong users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-43

For Philippines users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-44

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Appendix A Tips for Color Printing

Basics of Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2

Image Resolution and Image Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-5

Basics of Color Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-7

Appendix B Specifications

Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2

Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2

Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2

Ink cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-6

Mechanical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-7

Electrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-8

Environmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-8

Initialization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-9

Safety approvals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-10

Interface Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-11

Parallel interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-11

Serial interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-12

Glossary

Index

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