Epson Stylus color 600 Manuel utilisateur

Where to Find Information

This User’s Guide

Provides you with all the information you need to use your

EPSON Stylus COLOR 600 and consumable products, from

setting up to troubleshooting. If you use Microsoft®Windows

NT®, see the Windows NT-based software users guide.

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.)

EPSON Answers (for Windows 95 and 3.1 only)

Provides Windows 95 and 3.1 users with additional

information on using your printer and printing with colors.

Here’s what you’ll find in EPSON Answers:

❑How To displays a step-by-step guide for using your

printer, information about printer maintenance, and

instructions on replacing consumable products.

❑Problem Solver helps you fix common printing problems

when you encounter them.

❑Test Print lets you print a test page to check the results of

settings you have made and provides links to other sections

of EPSON Answers based on the results.

❑Color Guide explains the ABC’s of color printing and

shows you how to get impressive results from your printer.

(A printed Color Guide is also included with 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 2 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

Type Name: EPSON Stylus COLOR 600

Model: P954A

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

December 1996

M. Hamamoto

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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-3

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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7

Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7

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

Chapter 2 Getting Started

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

Attaching the Paper Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

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

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

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

Installing the Ink Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6

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

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

Installing in Windows 95 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13

Installing in Windows 95 (using plug-and-play) . . . . . . 2-14

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

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Connecting the Printer to Your Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20

Installing the Printer Software in Your Macintosh . . . . . . . . 2-21

Installing the printer software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21

Printer software components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-23

Using the Chooser to select your printer . . . . . . . . . . . 2-24

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

Introducing the Printer Software Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2

Accessing the Printer Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3

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

From Windows 95 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4

From Windows 3.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5

Using the Automatic Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6

Using the Predefined Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7

Customizing the Print Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9

Saving your settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10

Making the Media Type Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11

Using EPSON Printer Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13

EPSON Status Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14

Nozzle Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15

Head Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15

Print Head Alignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15

Checking Printer Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16

Understanding the EPSON Spool Manager . . . . . . . . . . 4-16

Understanding the Despooler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17

Getting Information Through Online Help . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18

From Windows applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18

From Windows 95 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18

From Windows 3.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18

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Chapter 5 Using the Printer Software for Macintosh

Introducing the Printer Software Functions . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2

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

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

Customizing the Print Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8

Making your settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8

Saving your settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9

Choosing your settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10

Modifying visual effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10

Controlling the printing quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-15

Changing the Paper Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-18

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

Using EPSON Printer Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20

EPSON StatusMonitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-21

Nozzle Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-22

Head Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-23

Print Head Alignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-23

Using the EPSON Monitor2 Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-24

Chapter 6 Printing on Special Paper

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

About special media cleaning sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5

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

Loading Transparencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7

Using EPSON Photo Paper (S041134) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8

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

Removing the perforated margins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10

Storing EPSON Photo Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10

Chapter 7 Maintenance and Transportation

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

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

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

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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

Increasing the Print Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-24

Cleaning the Print Head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-26

Aligning the Print Head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-29

Ink Cartridge Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-30

Contacting Customer Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-34

For United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland users . . . 8-34

For Australian users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-37

For Hong Kong and Singapore users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-39

For Philippines users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-40

Appendix A Using the Printer with DOS

Installing the Printer Software for DOS Programs . . . . . . . . A-2

Using Built-in Fonts and Character Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3

Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4

Cleaning the Print Head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-6

Aligning the Print Head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-7

Using Power-On Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-8

Appendix B Tips for Color Printing

Basics of Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2

Image Resolution and Image Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-5

Basics of Color Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-7

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Appendix CSpecifications

Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-2

Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-2

Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-4

Ink cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-7

Mechanical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-8

Electrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-8

Environmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-9

Initialization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-9

Default settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-10

Safety approvals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-11

Interface Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-12

Parallel interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-12

Serial interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-13

ESC/P 2 Control Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-14

Character Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-15

International character sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-19

Characters available with ESC ( ^ command . . . . . . . . C-20

Glossary

Index

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