Epson CPD-9992 Installation guide

EPSONStylus®COLOR 670

CPD-9992

EPSONStylus®COLOR 670

Printer Basics

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Printer Basics

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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

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.

Trademarks

EPSON and EPSON Stylus are registered trademarks of SEIKO EPSON

CORPORATION.

EPSON Software, Micro Piezo, PhotoEnhance, and Fix-it Flix are trademarks of Epson

America, Inc.

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.

The ENERGY STAR emblem does not represent EPA endorsement of any product or

service.

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Contents

Welcome! 1

About Your Software 1

About Your Documentation 2

Warnings, Cautions, Notes, and Tips 2

Viewing Your Electronic Printer Manual 3

Viewing Fix-it Flix Printer Movies 4

Windows System Requirements 6

Macintosh System Requirements 6

ENERGY STAR Compliance 7

Important Safety Instructions 7

Ink Cartridge Safety Instructions 8

Printing from Start to Finish 9

Using the EPSON Guided Printing Exercise 10

Printing with Windows 11

Loading Paper 11

Opening the Printer Software 12

Selecting Printer Software Settings 13

Controlling Printing 14

Printing on a Macintosh 15

Loading Paper 16

Opening the Printer Software 16

Selecting Printer Software Settings 17

Controlling Printing 18

Printing with PhotoEnhance 19

Using Custom Project Types 20

Using Advanced Settings 21

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Using Special Papers 22

EPSON Photo Quality Ink Jet Paper 22

Matte Paper - Heavyweight 23

EPSON Photo Paper 23

Envelopes 25

Selecting Your Paper 26

Maintaining Your Printer 27

Cleaning the Print Head 27

Using the Head Cleaning Utility 27

Using the Control Panel 29

Examining the Nozzle Check Pattern 30

Replacing an Ink Cartridge 30

Removing and Installing Ink Cartridges 31

Replacing an Outdated Ink Cartridge 33

Aligning the Print Head 35

Cleaning the Printer 36

Transporting the Printer 36

Solving Problems 37

Identifying Printer Parts 37

Diagnosing Printer Problems 38

Checking the Control Panel Lights 38

Running a Printer Check 40

Problems and Solutions 41

Problems Setting Up the Printer or Installing Software 41

Problems with Printing 41

Problems Getting Good Print Quality 42

Problems with Paper Feeding 44

Solving Miscellaneous Printout Problems 45

Uninstalling and Reinstalling Printer Software 46

Where To Get Help 47

Index 49

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Welcome!

Your EPSON Stylus®COLOR 670 printer is the ideal output device for

home or small office. You can print anything from reports and resumes to

photos and greeting cards with great results.

The printer comes with these features:

■Resolutions up to 1440 by 720 dpi (dots per inch), even on plain

paper

■EPSON’s exclusive Micro Piezo™ink jet technology for smaller,

cleaner dots as small as 7 picoliters

■Four-color printing for photo-quality color and sharp black text on

plain paper or a variety of special papers and other media

■Great results on a variety of paper sizes, including letter, legal,

envelope, card, and panoramic paper

■Creative software for implementing all your print projects

About Your Software

The printer software CD-ROM includes all the software you need for

printing:

■Your printer driver, which runs your printer and lets you control how

your documents look. You can’t use your printer without it.

■Your creative software, including:

■ArcSoft™PhotoImpression™2000, an easy-to-use photo editing

program for enhancing and retouching your photos.

■EPSON Software™Film Factory,

™photo management software

for organizing, beautifying, and printing your photos

■Stamps.com™for buying and printing postage right from your

PC (Windows only)

■Tr e l l i x We b ,™for quickly building a multi-page web site for your

family, organization, or small business (Windows only)

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■Your EPSON®documentation, including:

■The EPSON Guided Printing Exercise, a quick step-by-step

guide to changing your printer software settings (see page 9)

■Your electronic Reference Guide, which gives you complete

information about your printer (see the next page). You need an

HTML browser—such as Microsoft® Internet Explorer or

Netscape®Navigator,

®version 3.0 or later—to view the guide.

■Fix-it Flix™printer movies that show you how to change ink

cartridges, clean the print head, and load paper (see page 4)

If you haven’t yet installed the printer software from your CD-ROM, see

the Start Here poster for instructions.

About Your Documentation

To set up your printer and install its software, see the Start Here poster.

This book contains system requirements, important safety information,

and instructions on:

■viewing your electronic printer manual

■printing with Windows®or on a Macintosh®

■using special papers

■maintaining the printer

■solving basic problems

For more details about printing with, maintaining, or troubleshooting

your printer, see your electronic Reference Guide. For instructions on

viewing it, see page 3.

Warnings, Cautions, Notes, and Tips

Please follow these guidelines:

Warnings must

be followed

carefully to avoid

bodily injury.

Cautions must

be observed to

avoid damage to

your equipment.

Notes contain

important

information about

your printer.

Tips contain

additional hints

for better printing.

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Viewing Your Electronic Printer Manual

Your printer software CD-ROM includes an electronic Reference Guide for

your printer. The manual is in HTML format, so you need a browser—

such as Microsoft® Internet Explorer or Netscape®Navigator,

versions 3.0 or later—to view it. If you are using a different browser, the

pages may not display correctly. (A browser is not included on the printer

software CD-ROM.)

You can view your electronic Reference Guide from the CD-ROM or copy

it to your hard drive and view it from there. Follow these steps:

1. Insert your printer software CD-ROM.

2. Windows: Double-click My Computer, double-click your

CD-ROM or DVD drive icon, then double-click

the EPSON icon.

Macintosh: Double-click the EPSON CD-ROM or DVD icon, if

necessary. Then double-click the EPSON icon.

You see the installer main menu.

3. Click View EPSON Documentation, then click View Reference

Guide. This menu appears:

4. You can either view the manual from the CD-ROM (View

Reference Guide) or copy it to your hard drive (Install Reference

Guide) and view it from there.

If you copied the manual to your hard drive, you can access it at any time,

as follows:

Windows: Select Start, Programs, EPSON, then ESC670 Guide.

Macintosh: Open the EPSON Stylus COLOR 670 folder and

double-click View Reference Guide.

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When you first open the Reference Guide, you see this screen:

Click a topic on the left to expand the table of contents.

After expanding the table of contents, you can click on the topic you want

to view.

Viewing Fix-it Flix Printer Movies

The Fix-it Flix™printer movies show you how to change ink cartridges,

clean the print head, and load paper. To watch the movies, follow these

steps:

1. Insert your printer software CD-ROM.

2. Windows: Double-click My Computer, double-click your

CD-ROM or DVD drive icon, then double-click

the EPSON icon.

Macintosh: Double-click the EPSON CD-ROM icon, if necessary.

Then double-click the EPSON icon.

You see the installer main menu.

Click here to

expand the table

of contents

Click a right arrow

to expand the list,

then click on a

subtopic to go to it.

Click the down

arrow to close a

subtopic list.

If you see an icon for a

graphic when viewing your

Reference Guide

Netscape Navigator, click

the Reload button to load

the graphic.

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3. Click View EPSON Documentation, then click Watch Printer

Movies.

4. Click the poster for the movie you’d like to watch.

As you watch the movie, you can turn the narration and music on or

off, pause or play the movie, or move forward or back to replay a

scene.

play

pause

back

forward

voice on/off

music on/off

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