Epson Stylus Pro 10000CF User guide

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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 isdesigned 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.

SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION shall not be held liable for any damage resulting from

electromagnetic interference that occurs from the use of any interface cables other than those

designated as EPSON Approved Products by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION.

EPSON is a registered trademark and ESC/P Raster 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

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Where to Find Information

This Startup Guide

Provides you with the basic information you need to start using

your EPSON STYLUS PRO 10000/10000CF and its optional and

consumable products.

Reference Guide included on the CD-ROM

Provides you with detailed information about printing on roll

paper or cut sheet media, the control panel, the printer software,

and tips that will help you get the results you want.

Opening the Reference Guide

Insert the printer software CD in the CD-ROM drive. Double-click

EPSON STYLUS PRO 10000 or EPSON STYLUS PRO 10000CF.

Double-click Online Guide in the Installer dialog box (Windows)

or double-click the Online Guide folder in the EPSON STYLUS

PRO 10000 or EPSON STYLUS PRO 10000CF window, then

EPSON STYLUS PRO 10000 or EPSON STYLUS PRO 10000CF in

the Online Guide folder (Macintosh). The dialog box shown

below appears.

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Click View Reference Guide to open the guide.

To install the Reference Guide on your hard disk, click Install

Reference Guide and follow the on-screen instructions. When

installation is complete, the ESPR10000/10000CF (Windows) or

a View Reference Guide (Macintosh) icon appears in the

EPSON folder. Double-click the icon to open the guide.

Note:

If your hard disk does not have enough space to install the Reference

Guide, view it directly from the CD.

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.)

See your Online Guide for information on accessing online help.

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System Requirements

To use your printer with a PC

To use your printer, you need Microsoft®Windows®Millennium

Edition, 98, 95, 2000, and NT®4.0; and a shielded, twisted-pair

parallel cable. If you want to connect your printer to a USB port,

you need a Windows Me, 98, or 2000 pre-installed PC equipped

with a USB port; and a shielded USB cable.

*1 is for graphic data use

*2 is for line data use

Your computer dealer can help you update your system if it does

not meet these requirements.

Minimum system Recommended

system

Pentium for Windows 98, 95, and NT 4.0

Pentium 133 MHz for Windows 2000

Pentium 150 MHz for Windows Me

Pentium II 400 MHz or

higher processor

32 MB RAM for Windows Me, 98, 95, NT 4.0

64 MB RAM for Windows 2000

128 MB RAM or more

100 MB hard disk space for Windows Me, 98,

95, 2000, and NT 4.0

500 MB*1/300 MB*2or

more free disk space

(B0)

VGA monitor VGA or better monitor

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To use your printer with a Macintosh

To use this printer, your Apple®Macintosh®must meet the

following system requirements. You also need a USB cable to

connect this printer to Apple Macintosh computers.

*1 is for graphic data use

*2 is for line data use

Note:

❏The amount of available memory varies according to the number and

kind of applications that are open. To see how much memory is

available, choose About This Macintosh from the Apple menu and

refer to the memory size (listed in kilobytes) under “Largest Unused

Block” (1,024 K =1 MB).

❏The memory requirements above are for printing on B0 (1030 ×

1456 mm) size paper. These requirements may vary depending on

the size of the paper, the type of application you are using, and the

complexity of the document you want to print.

❏The available interface varies according to Macintosh system

version as follows.

Network interface: 7.6.1 to 9.x

USB interface: 8.1 to 9.x

IEEE 1394 interface: 8.6.x to 9.x

In addition to these system and memory requirements, you also

need 15 MB of free hard disk space to install your printer software.

Minimum system Recommended system

PowerPC PowerPC G4 400 MHz or higher

processor

System 7.6.1 Mac OS 8.1 or later

11 MB of available memory

14 MB of available memory when

background printing is turned on.

33 MB or more of available memory

56 MB of available memory when

background printing is turned on.

- 500 MB*1/300 MB*2or more free

disk space (B0)

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To use the Online Guide with a PC

To use the Online Guide with a Macintosh

System Microsoft Windows 98, 95, 2000, or NT 4.0

CPU i486/25 MHz (for Windows 95/NT 4.0)

i486/66 MHz (for Windows 98)

(Pentium or better recommended)

(Pentium 133 MHz (for Windows 2000))

Memory 16 MB (32 MB or more recommended)

Hard disk space 2 MB free to install the Reference Guide

CD-ROM drive Double-speed

(Quad-speed or better recommended)

Display 640 × 480 pixel or 800 × 600 pixel resolution,

with High Color (16 bit) or True Color

(32 bit) setting

Browser Web browser

(Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or later

recommended)

System System 7.5.1 or later recommended

(System 7.6 or later recommended)

Memory 16 MB (32 MB or more recommended)

Hard disk space 2 MB free to install the Reference Guide

CD-ROM drive Double-speed

(Quad-speed or better recommended)

Display Color monitor with 640 × 480 pixel

resolution or greater

(Thousands of colors recommended)

Browser Web browser

Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or later

recommended)

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Contents

Safety Instructions

Important Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

A Few Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

For United Kingdom Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Use of options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Warnings, Cautions, and Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Taking a Look at Your Printer

Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Chapter 1 Installing the Ink Cartridges and Loading Paper

Installing the ink cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

Loading Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

Loading roll paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

Loading cut sheet media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10

Loading cut sheet media longer than 279 mm

(long edge of letter size) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11

Loading cut sheet with a length of

A4/Letter, A3/US B, and Super A3/B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13

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Chapter 2 Setting up the Printer with Your PC

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

Using the built-in parallel interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

Using a USB connection

(For Windows Me, 98, and 2000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

Installing the Printer Software on Your PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

Printer software components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5

Installing on Windows Me, 98, 95, 2000, and NT 4.0 . . . . . 2-6

Setting Up Your Printer on a Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9

For Windows Me, 98, and 95 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10

For Windows 2000 and NT 4.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13

Chapter 3 Setting up the Printer with Your Macintosh

Connecting the Printer to Your Macintosh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2

Using the built-in USB interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2

Installing the Printer Software on Macintosh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3

Printer software components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4

Installing on Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5

Using the Chooser to select your printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6

Setting up Your Printer on a Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7

Chapter 4 Printing and Printer Management

Printing From Your PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2

Making the printer driver settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2

Cancelling printing from your PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7

Printing From Your Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8

Making the printer driver settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8

Cancelling printing from your Macintosh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11

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