Epson Stylus Color 900 User manual

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DOS User's Guide

Installing the Printer Driver for DOS Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Changing the Print Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Using the default settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Changing the default settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Troubleshooting and Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Running a printer operation check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Problems and solutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Ink cartridge problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Cleaning the print heads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Aligning the print head. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Cleaning the printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Transporting the printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Character Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

International character sets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Characters available with ESC ( ^ command. . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

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Installing the Printer Driver for DOS Programs

Most DOS software programs include a driver for EPSON

ESC/P 2™ printers,and require you to select the printer name from

a list to install the printer driver. To take advantage of your printer's

advanced built-in scalable fonts and graphics handling, you must

select an appropriate driver.

If your printer is not included in the list, contact your software

manufacturer to obtain updated software.

If the manufacturer does not have an updated printer driver for your

printer, select an alternative printer name from those below, starting

from the top.

When printing black only:

LQ-870/1170

LQ-570 (+)/1070(+)

SQ-870/1070

LQ-850

LQ-500

When printing black and color:

EPSON Stylus PRO

EPSON Stylus COLOR 500

EPSON Stylus COLOR II

LQ-860

LQ-2550

Note:

The drivers for theprinters listed above do not provide all EPSON STYLUS

COLOR 900 features, such as 720-dpi printing, 1440-dpi printing and

MicroWeave.

DOSsoftwarevariesgreatly.Seetheprintingsectionofyoursoftware

manual for information on accessing the printer driver settings.

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Changing the Print Settings

You can change many print settings such as print direction and

loadingposition.Becausethesesettingstakeeffecteachtimeyouturn

on the printer, they are also called default settings.

The factory default settings are designed to meet the needs of most

users, so you may not need to change them.The table below lists the

features you can select in the default-setting mode.

Settings Options

Font Courier, Roman, Sans Serif, Prestige, Script,

Roman T, Sans Serif H, Draft

Pitch 10 cpi, 12 cpi, 15 cpi, 17.1 cpi, 20 cpi,

Proportional

Print direction Auto, Bi-D, Uni-D

Loading position 8.5 mm, 3 mm, Others

I/F mode Auto, Parallel, Serial, USB, Optional

Auto I/F wait time 10 seconds, 30 seconds

Network I/F mode Off, On

Parallel I/F transfer rate Fast, Normal

Software ESC/P 2, IBM X24E

Auto CR (IBM mode only) Off, On

AGM (IBM mode only) Off, On

Auto line feed Off, On

0 slash 0, 0 with slash

Character table Standardmodel:Italic,PC437,PC850,PC860,

PC861, PC863, PC865, BRASCII, Abicomp,

Roman 8, ISO Latin 1, PC858, ISO 8859-15

Allother models: Italic,PC437,PC437 Greek,

PC850, PC852, PC853, PC855, PC857, PC866,

PC869, MAZOWIA, Code MJK, ISO 8859-7,

ISO Latin 1T, Bulgaria, PC774, Estonia,

ISO 8859-2,PC866 LAT,PC866 UKR,PCAPTEC,

PC708, PC720, PCAR864, PC860, PC861,

PC863, PC865, BRASCII, Abicomp, Roman 8,

ISO Latin 1, PC858, ISO 8859-15

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For more details, see the next section, “Using the default settings”.

To change a setting, see “Changing the default settings” on page 8.

Note:

Most software controls the character table and auto line feed. If your

software controls these features, you may never need to set them with the

control panel.

Using the default settings

Print direction

Your printer has three direction settings: Auto, Bi-D, and Uni-D.

Auto causes the printer to switch automatically between

bidirectional (for text data) and unidirectional (for graphics data).

Bi-D causes theprint heads to print in bothdirections. This provides

the fastest printing. Uni-D causes the print heads to print in one

direction only. This provides maximum alignment for both graphics

and character printing.

Note:

Most software controls this setting. If your software does, you may never

need to set it with the control panel.

Font

Use this setting to select the default font.

Pitch

With this setting, you can specify the default character pitch (font

size).

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I/F (interface) mode

You may need to change the I/F mode so that your printer and

computer can communicate properly. If you select Auto, the printer

automaticallyselectstheinterfacethatisreceivingdata,andusesthat

interface untiltheendoftheprintjob.Thissettingallowsyoutoshare

the printer among multiple computers without changing the

interface mode.

Check your computer documentation if you are not sure of the type

of interface your computer requires.

Auto I/F (interface) wait time

If you select Auto as the I/F mode option, you can set the interface

timeout to10 secondsor 30 seconds.The printer doesnot accept data

from another interface unless it receives no data from the current

interface for the period set in Auto I/F wait time.

Software

Use this setting to specify the type of control codes you want to use

to control the printer. If you select ESC/P 2, the printer emulates an

EPSON ESC/P 2 printer.If you select IBM X24E,the printer operates

as an IBM Proprinter™ X24E. If possible, select EPSON ESC/P 2 in

your application programs. This will allow you to use the most

advanced font and graphics handling available.

Auto CR

This feature is available when you select IBM X24E emulation as the

Softwaresetting.WhenAutoCRison,theautocarriagereturnoption

performs acarriage-return line-feed (CR LF) operationwheneverthe

print position exceeds the right margin. If this is off, the printer does

not print characters beyond the right margin, and does not perform

a linewrap until it receives a CR command.

AGM (Alternate Graphics Mode)

This feature is available when you select IBM X24E emulation as the

Software setting. When AGM is on, the printer can use high-

resolution 24-pin graphics commands. The default is off.

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Character table

Charactertablescontainthe charactersand symbols used in different

languages. The printer prints text based on the selected character

table. For the available character tables, see “Character Tables” on

page 28.

Auto line feed

When the Auto line feed feature is on, each carriage return (CR) code

is accompanied by a line feed (LF) code. If your printed text is

unexpectedly double-spaced, set this feature to Off. If text lines print

on top of each other, set it to On.

Network I/F mode

If your printer is connected to a single computer, leave this feature

off.If you want to share the printer with another computer, turn this

feature on. When this feature is on, data may be present in the

printer’s buffereven thoughtheprinter isnot printing.Alwaysmake

sure the printer does not receive data before turning off the printer.

Loading position

If you want to print more lines on a page, set this feature to 3 mm. If

you set the top margin with your software, that setting is added to

the default-setting value.

0 slash

If you want touse the zero character which has a slash, set this feature

to 0 with slash. The slash allows you to easily distinguish between

an uppercase letter “O” and a zero.

Parallel I/F transfer rate

This setting specifies the interface transfer rate. For most printing,

leave this setting set to Fast. If you encounter problems, set it to

Normal.

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Changing the default settings

Tochangetheprinter’sdefaultsettings,usethecontrolpanelbuttons;

the control panel lights show your selections.

1. Make sure the printer is turned off and A4 or Lettersize paper is

loaded in the sheet feeder.

2. Hold down the

Rcleaning button and turn on the printer to

enter the default-setting mode.

The printer loads a sheet of paper and prints a brief summary

and instructions. It instructs you to select the language that you

want messages printed in (English, French, German, Italian,

Spanish, or Portuguese).

3. Press the

Rcleaning button until the control panel lights

indicate the language of your choice, as shown below.

o= On,

n= Off

4. Press the

Eload/ejectbutton to print the current default settings

and the next instructions in the language you selected. The

printed instructions include submenu tables that list all of the

settings you can change and show you how the control panel

lights appear for each selection. Use the instruction sheets to

change the settings from the control panel.

Language

English

French

German

Italian

Spanish

Portuguese

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5. After making your changes, exit the default-setting mode by

turning off the printer.

Note:

You may exit the default-setting mode any time by turning off the printer.

Any changes you have made remain in effect until you change them again.

If you want to check the current default settings, enter the default-

setting mode again and print the current settings. Current settings

are indicated with arrows.

Selecting fonts

Your printer has eight built-in character fonts including two EPSON

fonts:EPSONRomanTandEPSONSans SerifH.(RomanTissimilar

to the Times™ font; Sans Serif H is similar to Helvetica™.)

To select a font, enter the default-setting mode. See “Changing the

default settings” on page 8.

Note:

The font selections you make with your software override your printer’s

control panel selections. For best results, use your software to select fonts.

The following table shows the available fonts.

Fonts Sample

EPSON Courier

EPSON Roman T

EPSON Sans Serif H

EPSON Roman

EPSON Sans Serif

EPSON Prestige

EPSON Script

Draft

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Note:

❏Roman T and Sans Serif H fonts are available in proportionally spaced

fonts only.

❏Some of the character tables might not be able to print with EPSON

Roman T and EPSON Sans Serif H fonts. In these cases, selected

character tables are printed with EPSON Roman.

Scalable fonts

The size of the Roman, Sans Serif, Roman T, and Sans Serif H fonts

can be selected from 8 to 32 points in 2-point increments through

your software or by sending an ESC/P 2™ command. See the

documentation that came with your software for information on

selecting the size of scalable fonts.

EPSON

Roman

EPSON

Roman T

EPSON

Sans Serif

EPSON

Sans Serif H

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