Epson FX-2170 - Impact Printer User manual

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User’s Guide

Printer Update

Please update the information in your User’s Guide with the

information given below.

On page 1-15, replace the original text with the new

information below.

Setting Up Your Software

Refer to the following sections for printer driver installation

instructions.

For Microsoft Windows users

If Microsoft Windows is installed on your computer, follow

the steps below to install the correct driver for your printer.

If you are using Windows 3.1, follow these steps:

Make sure Windows is running and the Program Manager

window is open.

Insert the floppy disk containing the driver into your floppy

disk drive.

Click

File;

then click

Run.

Type

A: SETUP

(or

B: SETUP); then click OK.

Select your printer’s name in the Printer Model window and

click

Continue.

The printer driver installs automatically.

Click

OK.

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Nagano, Japan

M01-00

On page 1-15, add the information below.

Installing the driver for Windows 95 users

Follow these steps to install the printer driver using the

Windows 95 plug-and play capabilities:

Note:

To install the

driver

using the Windows 95 plug-and play

capabilities, your computer’s parallel port must be an IEEE-2284

(ECP or EPP compatible) bidirectional parallel port. See

your

computer documentation for

information.

Make sure plain paper is loaded in the printer and the

printer is connected to the computer’s parallel port. (The

paper is used to perform a test print in step 11.)

Turn off your printer and computer, if necessary.

Turn on the printer first; then turn on the computer. Your

computer begins loading Windows 95.

If you defined a password, enter it at the prompt. You see

the New Hardware Found screen.

Note:

If you do not see the New Hardware Found screen, please follow

the procedure under “Installing the driver while running

Windows 95,” the next section.

5. Make sure your printer model name is displayed on the

screen.

Then

click the

Driver from disk provided by

hardware manufacturer

button. Do not select any of the

other buttons.

Note:

The next time you turn

your computer after installing the

driver, Windows 95 may display the New Hardware Found

screen again. In this case, click the

Do not install a driver

radio button; then click

OK.

This screen does not appear again.

Click

OK. You see the

Install From Disk screen.

Insert the Windows printer driver disk in a disk drive.

If you inserted the disk in drive A, click

OK.

Otherwise,

change the drive letter in the Copy manufacturer’s files

from box and click

OK.

At the next screen you can type a unique name for the

printer in the Printer name box. We recommend that you

keep the model name as shown. The program will copy

the files to your hard disk and add an icon to the Printers

folder using the printer name you assign.

To use the printer as the default printer for Windows 95

applications, select

Yes. (No

is the default setting.)

10. Click the

button.

11.

In the next screen, select

YES

to print a test page.

12. Click the

Finish

button.

13.

Choose

Yes

in the test page confirmation dialog if the page

printed correctly. If it did not print correctly, choose

and follow the directions on the screen.

To access the driver, see “Checking the printer driver

settings,” page 5 of this supplement.

Installing the driver while running Windows 95

If you are using Windows 95, follow the steps below.

In the Desktop window, double-click the

My Computer

icon.

Double-click the

Printers

folder.

Double-click the

Add Printer

icon.

Click the

button.

Select the

Local printer

Network printer

radio button.

Then click the

button.

Click the

Have Disk

button.

Insert the floppy disk containing the driver into your

computer’s floppy disk drive.

8. Type

A: WIN 95

(or

B: WIN 95); then click OK.

Select your printer’s name in the dialog box, then click the

button.

10.

Select the port you want to use with this printer.

11. Click the

button.

12.

Select the

Yes

radio button if you want to make your

printer the default printer. Otherwise, select the

radio

button.

13. Click the

button.

14.

Click the

Yes

radio button to print a test page.

15. Click

Finish.

16.

In the dialog box that appears, choose

Yes

if the test page

printed satisfactorily. If it didn’t print satisfactorily,

choose NO and follow the directions that appear on your

screen.

On page 1-16, add the information below. If you are using

Windows 3.1, refer to the information in your User’s Guide.

Checking the printer driver settings

If you are using Windows 95, follow these steps to select the

appropriate settings.

In the Desktop window, click the

Start

button.

Select

Settings; then

click

Printers.

3. Right-click on your printer icon.

4. Choose Properties.

Select the paper size you have loaded in the printer from the

Paper size list on the Paper menu. If you don’t see your

paper size, scroll through the list, and select the correct

size. The diagram on the screen changes according to the

paper size you select.

Select Portrait or Landscape orientation. The diagram on the

screen changes according to the orientation you select.

Select the paper source.

Select the resolution on the Graphics menu.

Make any other settings you wish, and click

when you

are finished.

On pages 1-18 through l-20, replace the original information

with the new information below.

DOS printer utilities

Your printer driver disk includes the EPSON Remote! and

EPSON Calibration utilities. You can use EPSON Remote! to

change the printer’s default settings from your computer

instead of the control panel. EPSON Calibration is used to

properly align your printout.

Installing EPSON printer utilities

To install the utilities, follow these steps:

Insert the floppy disk containing the printer utilities into

your computer’s disk drive.

From the DOS prompt, type

A: SETUP

(or

B: SETUP); then

press

Enter.

In the screen that appears, select your printer’s name in the

Printer Model window and press

Enter. C: EPUTIL

appears

as the default directory.

Press

Enter.

All the necessary files are copied to the EPUTIL

directory on drive C.

Using EPSON printer utilities

To use your EPSON utilities, follow these steps:

From the DOS prompt, change the current directory to the C

drive.

To use the EPSON Remote!

utility,

type

PRNSET,

and press

Enter,

or to use the EPSON Calibration utility, type

CALIBRAT,

and press

Enter.

3. Follow the instructions on the screen to use either utility.

On pages 2-11, and 2-12, replace the original illustrations as

follows:

Please replace the illustration on page 2-11 of your

User's

Guide

with the illustration below.

2. Please replace the illustration on the upper portion of page

2-12 of your

User’s Guide

with the illustration below.

On page 5-3, add the information below.

When replacing the ribbon cartridge or ribbon pack, you can

use the cartridge and pack listed below, in addition to the

products listed in your User's

Guide.

Ribbon cartridge

S015086

Ribbon pack

S010033

Printed in Japan 96.02-16

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