Epson SC-F500 Series Manual

Operator’s Guide

Large Ink Jet Printer

This guide contains selected information on how to use

the printer and frequently used features of the printer.

See the User's Guide (online manual) for detailed

instructions on using the printer.

Keep this guide near the printer for your ease of reference.

Home Screen Operations ....................................... 2

Getting Ready to Print............................................. 4

Basic Printing (Windows)........................................ 6

Basic Printing (Mac) .................................................. 8

Home Screen

Operations

The home screen is displayed when the printer is turned on.

These pages show the available operations on the home

screen.

The estimate of the amount of free space

remaining in the maintenance box.

The shorter the bar, the less free space there is in

the maintenance box.

When ais displayed, prepare a new maintenance box.

You can continue printing until replacement is required.

Touch this icon…

You can see the consumable product numbers.

The current printer status

Touch to load or remove paper.

U “Getting Ready to Print” on page 4

The network connection status

The icon changes according to the connection method.

While the printer is connected, is blue and indicates

the signal strength.

Wi-Fi

Ethernet

Wi-Fi Direct

You can change the connection method.

Touch this icon…

Touch to check the printer status or change

the printer settings.

Slide

Touch (tap)

Touch Panel Operations

The scroll bar is displayed when

you can scroll up and down.

Roll paper information

The paper type and roll paper width that have been set are displayed.

You can perform actions such as replacing

roll paper.

Instructions on how to load roll paper are

displayed.

Touch after loading roll paper... Touch before loading roll paper...

The number of notices.

The number of notices, such as ink low warnings, is displayed on the icon.

Touch this icon…

When you complete the actions for all the notices, the number disappears from the icon.

A list of the notices that require your action is displayed. You can see instructions on what to do when you

touch each notice.

ATouch Paper Setting.

BSelect one of the paper sources.

CTouch See Guide to see the detailed on-screen

instructions.

When Load paper or Ready is displayed on the home screen, you

can open the cut sheet cover and load a cut sheet into the printer.

However, after loading a cut sheet, make sure you select Cut Sheet

(1 sheet) in step B. Otherwise, the printer cannot detect the loaded

cut sheet.

Getting Ready to

These pages explain how to get the printer ready for printing.

Carefully follow these steps to get optimum print quality.

Roll Paper

Load the Paper Following the

On-Screen Instructions

Check the Paper

Loading Positions

Cut Sheet (1 sheet)

A4 to 610 mm (24 inches)

One sheet at a time

*The number of sheets loaded at one time varies according to

the paper type. See the User's Guide (online manual) for more

information.

Auto Sheet Feeder

A4 to A3

Multiple sheets can be set at a time*

The setting items vary according to the paper.

If you select a paper type or size that does not match the loaded paper,

the printout will have creases, ink smudges, or banding.

Press OK after you complete the settings

When Ready is displayed, you

can start printing.

You can load roll paper and then load cut

sheets on the auto sheet feeder. The printer

driver allows you to select either of these two

paper sources.

Paper Type Paper Remaining

or Paper Size

Selecting the paper type

Select between two types of paper depending on what you want to

print.

• General Purpose/Textile: Select when printing to fabric.

• General Purpose/Rigid: Select when printing on hard material

such as cups, key rings, coasters, and so on.

Promptly select the settings because the paper will start being fed

if the screen is not used for 90 seconds.

Set the Paper Type and Paper Size Print

Printing Procedure

ALoad the paper you want to print on.

U“Getting Ready to Print” on page 4

BAfter creating data in the application, click the

File menu, and then click Print.

CSelect the printer in Printer, and then click Printer

Properties.

The printer driver screen is displayed.

DCheck the following displayed content.

1. Document size/Output size

Content set in the application is displayed automatically in

the Document size.

To reduce or enlarge, select the Output size from the pull-

down menu below the Document size.

2. Roll Paper Width/Media Type

Settings made on the printer's control panel are displayed

automatically.

If you load or change paper after opening the Printer Settings

screen, click the Acquire Info button to update the settings.

3. Print Preview

Make sure this is selected.

This section explains basic printing methods using the

Windows printer driver.

Basic Printing

(Windows)

Canceling Printing

Follow the steps below depending on your circumstances.

When the following screen is displayed

Click Cancel.

When data is being transferred from the computer

to the printer

You cannot cancel printing from your computer. Cancel from the

printer's control panel screen.

ESelect Paper Source, and then click OK.

Select from roll paper, auto sheet feeder, and cut sheet.

Even if nothing is set in the printer driver, the print data is

reversed (mirrored) and printed.

Printing is not reversed if you clear the Mirror Image check

box.

FClick Print on the print screen of the application.

The print preview screen is displayed.

GCheck the settings, and then click Print.

Printing starts.

Printing Procedure

ALoad the paper you want to print on.

U“Getting Ready to Print” on page 4

BAfter creating data in the application, click Print

from the File menu.

CClick Show Details (or d) at the bottom of the

screen.

The printer driver screen is displayed.

DMake sure this printer is selected, and then set the

paper size.

ESelect Color Matching, and then click ColorSync.

FSelect Printer Settings, and then check the

following displayed content.

1. Output size

Content set in the application is displayed automatically in

the Output size.

To reduce or enlarge, select the Output size from the pull-

down menu below the Document size.

This section explains basic printing methods using the Mac

printer driver.

Basic Printing (Mac)

ICheck the settings, and then click Print.

Printing starts.

Canceling Printing

Follow the steps below depending on your circumstances.

When the printer’s icon is displayed as follows in

the Dock

AClick on the printer’s icon.

BClick the print data that you want to cancel,

and then click Delete.

When data is being transferred from the computer

to the printer

You cannot cancel printing from your computer. Cancel from the

printer's control panel screen.

2. Roll Paper Width/Media Type

Settings made on the printer's control panel are displayed

automatically.

If you load or change paper after opening the Printer Settings

screen, click the Acquire Info button to update the settings.

3. Print Preview

Make sure this is selected.

GSelect Paper Source, and then click Print.

Select from roll paper, auto sheet feeder, and cut sheet.

Even if nothing is set in the printer driver, the print data is

reversed (mirrored) and printed.

Printing is not reversed if you select the Mirror Image check

box.

HClick Print on the print screen of the application.

The print preview screen is displayed.

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