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Epson DFX-9000 Printer User Manual

1. I Use only labels on continuous backing sheets _1 Epson recommends using labels whose backing sheet is entirely covered with label material Product Information 177 Labels whose backing sheet is entirely covered with label material O O of a N to is U O FF p i backing sheet label sheet label There should be several uncut areas on each side Corners should not be cut Labels whose backing sheet is not covered with label material A backing sheet OP ete ioe etc A Dl B label O O B il 3 C 63 5 mm 2 5 inches or 2 more O Q O O o CJC o D D 23 8mm 15 16 inch or i T more O O O E R2 5mm 0 1 inch or A B more Continuous forms with labels Rear entry Front entry Minimum Maximum Minimum Maximum Width of mm 76 2 419 1 76 2 419 1 backin sheet cinch 3 16 5 3 16 5 178 Product Information Rear entry Front entry Minimum Maximum Minimum Maximum Length of mm 76 2 558 8 76 2 558 8 peas inch 3 22 3 22 Total mm 0 065 0 53 0 065 0 79 thickness inch 0 0025 0 021 0 0025 0 031 A label ele eevee eeeee ee B backing sheet C total thickness 0 53 mm 0 021 inch or less Rear Entry 0 79 mm 0 031 inch or less Front Entry A continuous paper B labels paper Pro
2. Font Pitch HSD 10 12 15 17 20 Draft 10 12 15 17 20 PS 86 Control Panel Font Pitch Roman 10 12 15 17 20 PS Sans Serif 10 12 15 17 20 PS 1 Make sure that the printer is not printing 2 Press the Font button The first available font is displayed on the LCD Press the Font button until the font that you want to use is displayed The LCD goes back to the original state in a few seconds and the font you selected is set 3 Press the Pitch button The first available font is displayed on the LCD Press the Pitch button until the pitch that you want to use is displayed The LCD goes back to the original state in a few seconds and the pitch you selected is set About Your Printer s Settings You can make many settings that control printer functions with the printer s control panel While you can often set these functions through your software or printer driver you may sometimes need to change a setting from the control panel by using the SelecType mode and default setting mode For a detailed description of the settings you can change in the SelecType mode and default setting mode see Understanding the printer s settings on page 87 For instructions on changing the settings see Changing the printer s settings on page 98 Understanding the printer s settings This section describes the settings and options available in the SelecT
3. C The minimum left and right margins are 16mm 0 63 inch Command Lists Your printer supports the following EPSON ESC P control codes and IBM PPDS emulation control codes For more information about the commands contact Epson Customer Services See Contacting Customer Support on page 128 for details EPSON ESC P control codes Selecting an EPSON ESC P printer in your software allows you to use advanced fonts and graphics Product Information 183 General operation ESC ESC U ESC EM F B C A V Paper feeding FF LF ESC 0 ESC 1 ESC 2 ESC 3 ESC A CR Page format ESC C ESC C ESC C 0 ESC Q ESC 1 ESC c ESC N ESCO ESC U Print position motion ESC ESC ESC D HT ESC B VT ESC J Font selection ESC k ESC x ESC y ESC P ESC M ESC g ESC p ESC 4 ESC 5 ESC E ESC F ESC Font enhancement ESC W DC4 SO DC2 SI ESC w ESC G ESC H ESC T ESC S ESC Spacing ESC Space Character handling ESC t ESC t ESC R ESC ESC amp ESC ESC I ESC 6 ESC 7 Bit image ESC K ESC L ESC Y ESC Z ESC ESC Bar code ESC B Production ESC 184 Product Information IBM PPDS emulation control codes This printer emulates the IBM Proprinter using the commands below General operation NUL DC3 ESC j BEL CAN DC1 ESC Q ESC K ESC U ESC F Paper feeding FF LF ESC 5 ESC A ESC 0 ESC 1 ESC 2 ESC 3 CR
4. Options and Consumables Ribbon Cartridge Genuine Epson ribbon cartridge When printing becomes faint you need to replace the ribbon cartridge Genuine Epson ribbon cartridges are designed and manufactured to work properly with your Epson printer They ensure proper operation and long life of the print head and other printer parts Your printer uses the following ribbon cartridge Epson black ribbon cartridge S015384 Replacing the Ribbon Cartridge When printing becomes too faint you need to replace the ribbon Use the S015384 Epson replacement cartridge only Warning If the printer has been used recently the print head may be hot Let it cool before attempting to replace the ribbon To replace the ribbon cartridge follow these steps 1 Press the Pause button Then turn off the printer 130 Options and Consumables 2 Open the upper cover and slide the print head to the Y mark Options and Consumables 131 4 Pull up on the side of the ribbon cartridge as shown below to release it from the printer s mounting pins Remove the cartridge by lifting it up and away from you Caution Make sure you don t pull on the flat white cable beneath the ribbon cartridge 5 Remove the separator from the middle of the ribbon cartridge and discard it separator 132 Options and Consumables 6 Hold the ribbon cartridge with both hands and lower it into the printer as shown below Pulling
5. What paper types you can use You can use the continuous paper types listed below Continuous Paper Types Front Tractor Rear Tractor Single sheet available available Multi part available available Labels available available Continuous forms with labels available available Overlapping multi part forms available available Loading Paper onto the Front Tractor Follow these steps to load paper onto the front tractor 1 Turn off the printer Paper Handling 13 2 Open the printer s front cover by lifting up the middle of its bottom edge until it locks in place as shown below front cover 3 Release the sprocket lock levers on both the right and left sprockets by pulling each lever down sprocket lock lever Caution Do not try to pull on or remove the elastic cord from the tractor 14 Paper Handling 4 Position the left sprocket so that the sprocket pins are to the left of the arrow mark on the scale Lock it into place by pushing up the sprocket lock lever arrow mark on the scale ISS ANNAN AAA c Now slide the right sprocket to approximately match the width of your paper Do not lock it in place yet Paper Handling 15 6 Slide the two paper supports so that they are spaced evenly between the two sprockets paper supports No
6. Adjusting the top of form position The top of form position is the position to which the printer feeds the paper when it loads it or performs a form feed This position is important because it determines where the printing begins on each page If the printing is too high or low on the page you can adjust the top of form position either permanently or temporarily depending on how you use the Top of Form button A When you want to permanently change the top of form position you enter the top of form mode using the Top of Form control panel button The printer remembers the new top of form position even after the printer is turned off reset or initialized The printer remembers separate top of form positions for the front and rear tractors 0 When you want to temporarily change the top of form position you adjust the position using the Micro Feed buttons during pause status without entering top of form mode The printer remembers the temporary top of form position until the next time you load paper switch tractors or turn off the printer You can set the top of form position from 4 2 mm 0 17 inch to 33 9 mm 1 33 inch below the top edge of the paper The factory setting is 8 5 mm 0 33 inch Follow the steps below to reset permanently change the top of form position Paper Handling 27 Y Caution To adjust the top of form position when you are printing on labels continuous forms with labels or overlapping multi part
7. System devices i Universal serial bus controller Properties Refresh i E Print OK Cancel 5 When the following dialog box appears click OK Then click OK again to close the System Properties dialog box Confirm Device Removal 2 xi op USB Printer Warning You are about to remove this device from your system Cancel 6 Turnoffthe printer and restart your computer Then reinstall the drivers from the beginning following the instructions in the Start Here 124 Problem Solver Printer does not work correctly with the USB cable If your printer does not work correctly with the USB cable try one or more of these solutions 1 Make sure that the cable you are using is a standard shielded USB cable D If you are using a USB hub connect the printer to the first tier of the hub or connect the printer directly to the computer s USB port For Windows Me or 98 try reinstalling the USB printer device driver and the printer software First uninstall EPSON Printer Software using the Add Remove Programs utility in the Control Panel then uninstall EPSON USB Printer Devices Next reinstall the software as illustrated in the Start Here If EPSON USB Printer Devices is not registered in the Add Remove Programs list access the CD ROM and double click epusbun exe in lt Language gt WINME or lt Language gt WIN98 folder Then follow the on screen instructions Clearing Pa
8. EPSON Status Monitor 3 is automatically installed when you install the printer driver If you want to install EPSON Status Monitor 3 later see Installing EPSON Status Monitor 3 on page 61 for instructions Note D The network printers can not be monitored with EPSON Status Monitor 3 in Windows 95 D Before proceeding make sure you have installed the printer driver on your computer described in the Start Here D Make sure the software setting is set to ESC P The printer driver software and EPSON Status Monitor 3 can only function in ESC P mode Printer Software 43 Using the Printer Driver with Windows Me 98 and 95 You can access the printer driver from your Windows applications or from the Start menu A When you access the printer driver from a Windows application any settings you make apply only to the application you are using See Accessing the printer driver from Windows applications on page 44 for more information 1 When you access the printer driver from the Start menu the printer driver settings you make apply to all your applications See Accessing the printer driver from the Start menu on page 46 for more information See Changing the printer driver settings on page 47 to check and change printer driver settings Note While many Windows applications override the settings made with the printer driver some do not so you must verify that the printer driver settings match yo
9. ESC Page format ESC C ESC C0 ESC X ESC N ESC O ESC 4 Print position motion ESC d ESC R ESC D HT ESC B VT ESC J Font selection DC2 ESC P ESC ESC E ESC F ESC I ESC d ESC I Font enhancement DC4 SO ESC SO ESC W ESC SI ESC SI ESC G ESC H ESC T ESC S ESC ESC _ Spacing BS SP Character handling ESC 6 ESC 7 ESC T ESC ESC Bit image ESC K ESC L ESC Y ESC Z Bar code ESC f ESC p Product Information 185 Download ESC draft mode only Standards and Approvals Universal UPS model Safety UL60950 CSA C22 2 No 60950 EN 60950 EMC FCC part 15 subpart B class B CAN CSA CEI TEC CISPR22 Class B EN 55022 Class B EN 55024 EN 61000 3 2 EN 61000 3 3 Australian model EMC AS NZS CISPR22 Class B Cleaning the Printer To keep your printer operating at its best you should clean it thoroughly several times a year Follow these steps to clean the printer 186 Product Information 1 Remove any paper loaded in the printer and turn off the printer Make sure that all of its covers are closed 2 Remove the ribbon cartridge If an optional pull tractor or perforation cutter is installed remove it 3 Useasoftbrush to carefully brush away all dust and dirt from the outer 4 Ifthe outer case is still dirty or dusty clean it with a soft clean cloth dampened with mild detergent dissolved in water Keep the printer cover and front cover closed to
10. Specifications sesa baide e E a A a i a 166 Mechanical seeria eiri pe e ae a a a a a A cent eens 166 Electronics tusa eee a et sale a A St eee 168 Electricals cn ce alc ashe E aed Nts tp eae Rh el eS 170 Environmi ntal cies re iaaa hee aera ea oh ot a een eae cael T 171 BADER io corset athe waa ue tee aoe agers thee shares patted yom i 171 Printable ated sr heels eet ee ee T ee 181 Command Lists 4 s 0scndegarg ator t has Seay nied Mieka bans 183 EPSON ESC P control codes 0 6000 cece eee 183 IBM PPDS emulation control codes 000005 185 Standards and Approvals sda Fiera ister ees 186 Cleaning the Printer tn tia tA trata tite sats ik taka nis 186 Transporting the Printers 4 4 i0ca wien eee eV T ee 187 Glossary Index Chapter 1 Safety Instructions Warnings Cautions and Notes W Warnings must be followed carefully to avoid bodily injury Cautions must be observed to avoid damage to your equipment Notes contain important information and useful tips on the operation of your printer Hot Parts Caution Symbol This symbol is placed on the print head to indicate that A it may be hot Never touch this part just after the printer has been used Let it cool for a few minutes before touching it Important Safety Instructions Read all of these safety instructions before using the printer In addition follow all warnings and instructions marked on the printer itself 6 Safe
11. The menu selection returns to the first menu after the selection of the last menu parameter is done When you finish making settings press the Menu Tear Off and Top of Form buttons The LCD displays 5a Settirns If you want to save the settings select ae pressing the Sett Tear Off button If you do not want to save the settings select Ha by pressing the Set Top of Form button The printer exits the SelecType mode Note If you turn off the printer prior to exiting the SelecType mode any changes you may have made are canceled and not saved 100 Control Panel Changing the settings in the default setting mode The following table shows the basic function of each button in the default setting mode Button Basic function Item Font button Selects the previous menu parameter Item Pitch button Selects the next menu parameter Sete Tear Off button Select the previous value in the selected menu Set Top of Form Select the next value in the selected menu button Follow these steps to enter the default setting mode and change the settings Note If you turn off the printer prior to exiting the default setting mode settings that you have set up until you turn off the printer are saved 1 Make sure paper is loaded and turn off the printer Caution Whenever you turn off the printer wait at least five seconds before turning it back on otherwise you may damage the
12. click the Add a printer in the Printer Tasks menu amp Printers and Faxes File Edit View Favorites Tools Help gt w a Search i gt Folders E Address Printers and Faxes Printer Tasks o Tee EPSON DFX 9000 ESC P E Add a printer amp Set up faxing nN amp 3 EPSON XXXXXX Advanced See Also x 2 Troubleshoot printing 70 Printer Software 3 Select Network printer for Windows 2000 or A network printer or a printer attached to another computer for Windows XP then click Next 4 For Windows 2000 select Type the printer name or click Next to browse for a printer then click Next Add Printer Wizard Locate Your Printer How do you want to locate your printer IF you don t know the name of the printer you can browse for one on the network What do you want to do G Type the printer name or click Next to browse for a printer _ Name Connect to a printer on the Intemet or on your intranet URL lt Back Cancel Note You can also type the shared printer s name or network path in the Name box such as the name of the computer that is locally connected to the shared printer the shared printer s name For Windows XP select Browse for a printer then click Next Add Printer Wizard Specify a Printer If you don t know the name or address of the printer you can search for a printer that meets your needs What printer do y
13. forms use the Micro Feeda button only do not enter the top of form mode Never feed labels backward through the printer 1 Make sure the printer is turned on and the desired tractor is selected the corresponding tractor arrow should be lit 2 Open the upper cover 3 Press the Top of Form button to enter top of form mode The printer beeps once and the Top of Form light turns on 28 Paper Handling 4 Use the Micro Feed buttons to feed the paper to the desired top of form position The letter A on the ribbon protector shows you where the bottom edge of your first line of text will print This position is based on the first printable line of text If your software inserts a top margin of five lines your text will actually print five lines below the top of form position Micro Feed t 5 Press the Top of Form button again to exit and save your new top of form position Then close the top cover Note If you enter top of form mode right after loading paper you can set the loading and top of form positions at the same time When you use the optional pull tractor you cannot adjust the loading position Adjusting the printing position You may need to adjust the printing position in the middle of a page or to adjust the top of form position when using labels Paper Handling 29 When you move the printing position you temporarily change the top of form position by the same
14. 41 56 Ib 11 15 11 15 Quality Carbonless or carbon backed multi part forms with point gluing or paper stapling on both sides 174 Product Information Do not load thick paper such as multipart forms with more than seven parts with the rear tractor Form sheets of continuos multi part forms should be securely joined together along the left and right edges by crimping or spot gluing See the illustration below for details Product Information 175 spot gluing on both sides A 25 4 mm 1 inch or less oO 1O on me O 10 l o on o oi 10 Oo 1O o O A 76 2 mm 3 inch or less 3 B printing side O O O 0o00 20 O spot gluing and crimping on opposing sides A 25 4 mm 1 inch or less i B 76 2 mm 3 inch or less C printing side 176 Product Information 4 Do not use continuous multi part forms that are joined with metal staples one side crimping tape staples or bar gluing W oO aNO ale A bar gluing B metal stapling Labels Rear entry Front entry Minimum Maximum Width of backing sheet mm 76 2 419 1 inch 3 16 5 Length of backing mm 76 2 558 8 sheet inch 3 22 Thickness of backing mm 0 07 0 09 snoer inch 0 0028 0 0035 Total thickness mm 0 16 0 19 inch 0 0063 0 0075 Label weight g m 64 Ib 17 Quality Plain paper or the same quality labels
15. Consumables 145 If you plan to load continuous paper from the rear tractor be sure to leave enough room around the printer for the attached perforated paper output attachment and the output tray and for the stack of fresh paper Make sure you align your paper supply with the paper loaded in the tractor so the paper feeds smoothly into the printer The following illustration shows a way to position your paper with the rear tractor loaded Installing the perforation cutter The steps below show you how to install the perforation cutter You will need a cross head screwdriver Note If you plan to use the perforation cutter with the built in rear tractor you need to load paper onto the rear tractor before you install the perforation cutter See Loading Paper onto the Rear Tractor on page 20 for instructions 146 Options and Consumables 1 Turn off the printer and open the paper separator cover 2 Useacross head screwdriver to remove the two screws securing the paper separator to the printer Then lift off the paper separator Store the paper separator and screws for later use Options and Consumables 147 3 Close the paper separator cover Then open the rear flap and lock it in place rear flap 4 Open the top cover 5 Hold the perforation cutter by its handle with the connector facing to the right Then lower the perforation cutter into the space at the back of the printer fitting the pi
16. ROM drive Note I Ifthe language selection window appears select your country 2 Ifthe EPSON Installation Program screen does not appear automatically double click the My Computer icon right click the CD ROM icon click OPEN in the menu that appears then double click Epsetup exe 3 Click Continue When the software license agreement screen appears read the statement then click Agree 4 Click Custom Printer Software 61 5 Select the EPSON Status Monitor 3 check box then click Install 6 Inthe dialog box that appears make sure that your printer icon is selected and click OK Then follow the on screen instructions 7 When the installation is complete click OK Setting Up Your Printer on a Network Sharing the printer This section describes how to share the printer on a standard Windows network The computers on a network can share a printer that is directly connected to one of them The computer that is directly connected to the printer is the printer server and the other computers are the clients which need permission to share the printer with the printer server The clients share the printer via the printer server According to the versions of Windows OS and your access rights on the network perform the appropriate settings of the printer server and clients Setting the printer server 1 For Windows Me 98 or 95 see With Windows Me 98 or 95 on page 63 I For Windows XP 200
17. Sweden Italy Spain I Japan Norway Denmark II Spain II Latin America Legal Electrical Rated voltage range 100 to 240 V Input voltage range 90 to 264 V Rated frequency 50 to 60 Hz range Input frequency 49 5 to 60 5 Hz range Rated current 5 4 A maximum 11 A Power consumption Approx 185 W ISO IEC 10561 letter pattern Approx 7 5 W in sleep mode 170 Product Information Environmental Temperature Humidity without condensation Operation plain paper 5 to 35 C 41 to 95 F 10 to 80 RH Operation recycled 15 to 25 C 59 to 77 F 30 to 60 RH paper envelope label or roll paper Storage 30 to 60 C 22 to O to 85 RH 1 40 F Paper Note A Use recycled paper labels continuous forms with labels and overlapping multi part forms only under normal temperature and humidity conditions described below Temperature 15 to 25 C 59 to 77 F Humidity 30 to 60 RH D Do not load paper that is curled folded or crumpled Continuous paper Single sheets and multi part forms I Use only continuous paper with less than 5 mm diameter punch holes 1 The ratio of the cut uncut length at the perforation should be between 2 1 and 5 1 Product Information 171 Q If the horizontal and vertical perforation cuts cross do not print in the area illustrated below A 3mm B 28mm A A B B 1 The thickness of the perforation part when extended should
18. The front tractor which is easier to reach will be available for the paper you change more frequently Note D Before using your paper check that it matches the specifications described in this manual See Paper on page 171 for details Also make sure your paper has a straight edge D If continuous paper is fed past the sprocket on the last page for example the paper may not feed properly D When the optional perforation cutter C81507X is installed the printable width is from 4 inches 101 6 mm to 16 inches 406 4 mm Paper Handling 11 Positioning the paper supply You can load continuous paper from both the front and the rear so be sure to leave enough room around the printer for the two stacks of fresh paper and for the printed stack Make sure you align your paper supply with the paper loaded in the tractor so the paper feeds smoothly into the printer The following illustration shows three ways to position your printer and paper with the front tractor loaded with the rear tractor loaded and with both tractors loaded Note D When loading paper from the front be sure to put the paper someplace that is lower than the stand where the printer is placed Placing the paper on the same level as the printer or higher may cause a paper jam D Make sure that your stack of printed pages does not interfere with the rear tractor s paper supply 12 Paper Handling
19. Top of Form button to print all current settings 2 This setting is available only in IBM PPDS emulation mode 3 This setting is available only when the optional perforation cutter C81570X is installed 4 These settings are available only when the optional Print Server is installed 5 This setting is available only when the optional Print Server is installed and th z setting is set to Fa 6 This menu appears by pressing the Menu Tear Off and Top of Form buttons in the SelecType mode Page length for rear tractor This setting allows you to set the page length in inches for the continuous paper loaded on the rear push tractor Page length for front tractor This setting allows you to set the page length in inches for the continuous paper loaded on the front push tractor Skip over perforation When you turn on this feature the printer provides a one inch 25 4 mm margin between the last line printed on one page and the first line printed on the next page Because most application program margin settings override margin settings from the control panel you should use this setting only if you cannot set your top and bottom margins using your application 90 Control Panel Line spacing You can select i 5 for line spacing Left margin This setting allows you to set the margin in columns from the left edge The margin is set in columns of 10 cpi regardless of the pitch
20. access the Monitoring Preferences dialog box easily Receive error notification for shared printers Error notificat ion for a shared printer can be received when this check box is selected Allow monitoring of shared printer When this check box is selected a shared printer can be monitored by other PCs Note Click the Default button to revert all items to the default settings Accessing EPSON Status Monitor 3 Do one of the following to access EPSON Status Monitor 3 m Double click the printer shaped shortcut icon on the taskbar To add a shortcut icon to the taskbar go to the Utility menu and follow the instructions 1 Open the Utility menu then click the EPSON Status Monitor 3 icon To find out how to open the Utility menu See Using the Printer Driver with Windows Me 98 and 95 on page 44 or Using the Printer Driver with Windows XP 2000 and Windows NT 4 0 on page 48 60 Printer Software When you access EPSON Status Monitor 3 as described above the following printer status window appears 1G EPSON Status Monitor 3 EPSON DFX 9000 D Ready Ready to print a KS i i L You can view printer status information in this window Installing EPSON Status Monitor 3 Follow the steps below to install EPSON Status Monitor 3 1 Make sure that the printer is off and that Windows is running on your computer 2 Insert the printer software CD ROM in the CD
21. amount For example if you adjust the printing in the middle of the page so that it falls a half inch lower the next page will begin printing a half inch lower as well The printer remembers this temporary top of form position until the next time you load paper switch tractors or turn off the printer To adjust the printing position or top of form position follow these steps 1 Start printing your document When you reach the text that you want to align at a particular spot on the page press the Pause button to stop printing 2 Use the Micro Feed buttons to adjust the position where you want your next line of text to fall Press the button once to feed the paper forward or backward in 1 216 inch increments or hold it down to move the paper continuously Ga Caution To adjust the printing position when you are printing on labels continuous forms with labels or overlapping multi part forms use the Micro Feed button only Never feed labels backward through the printer When fed backward labels may easily peel off the backing sheet and cause a paper jam 3 When you are finished press the Pause button to resume printing your document Adjusting the label position Follow the steps below to adjust the label position Note See Changing the settings in the SelecType mode on page 98 to find how to make settings in the SelecType mode and see Changing the settings in the default setting mode on page 101 to find how
22. and place them in the printer s original box 188 Product Information Glossary aufo line feed When this option is turned on in the SelecType mode each carriage return CR code is automatically followed by a line feed LF code bidirectional printing Printing in which the print head prints in both directions bidirectionally from left to right and then right to left This increases the print speed but may reduce precise vertical alignment See also unidirectional printing character table A collection of letters numbers and symbols that provides you with the set of characters used in a particular language characters per inch cpi The number of characters that can fit in one inch of a text line determined by the size of the characters See also pitch continuous paper Paper that has sprocket feed holes on both long edges is perforated between pages and is supplied in a folded stack Also called fanfold paper control codes Special codes used to control printer functions such as a carriage return or line feed instead of printing characters cpi See characters per inch cpi default Value settings that take effect when a device such as a printer is turned on reset or initialized dithering A halftoning method in which dots are printed in a predetermined pattern to simulate a shade or tone Dithering works best for images with solid colors such as charts and graphs See also halftoning do
23. data length 8 bit 7 bit Character table Standard version PC437 PC850 PC 860 PC863 PC865 PC861 BRASCII Abicomp Roman ISO Latin 1 PC858 SO 8859 15 Italic U S A Italic France talic Germany Italic U K Italic Denmark 1 Italic Sweden Italic Italy Italic Spain 1 LSP version PC437 PC850 PC860 PC863 PC865 PC861 BRASCII Abicomp Roman ISO Latin 1 PC858 SO 8859 15 PC437 Greek PC 853 PC 855 PC852 PC857 PC866 PC869 MAZOWIA Code MJK ISO 8859 7 ISO Latin 1T Bulgaria PC774 Estonia ISO 8859 2 PC866 LAT PC866 UKR PC APTEC PC708 PC720 PCAR864 PC771 PC437 Slovenia PC MC PC 1250 PC1251 Italic U S A Italic France Italic Germany Italic U K Italic Denmark 1 Italic Sweden Italic Italy Italic Spain 1 Auto CR IBM PPDS 2 Off On IBM character table IBM PPDS 2 Table 2 Table 1 Buzzer Off On Low noise mode Off On Auto cut mode Off On Auto cut back mode Off On Overlapping multipart forms Off On Continuous forms with labels Off On Skip over binding Off On Get IP address 4 Panel Auto PING Control Panel 89 Menu Values default in bold IP address 000 000 000 000 to 255 255 255 255 Subnet mask 4 000 000 000 000 to 255 255 255 255 Default gateway 000 000 000 000 to 255 255 255 255 Save settings Yes No 1 After this is displayed press the Set
24. feeding problems 111 power supply problems 110 printing or printout quality problems 115 printing position problems 113 USB problems 121 U Unidirectional Uni d printing 92 Uninstalling printer software 77 USB device driver 79 USB interface 92 problems 121 196 Index
25. ribbon tightening knob or reinstall the ribbon cartridge as described in the section under Replacing the Ribbon Cartridge on page 130 116 Problem Solver The printout is pale Cause What to do The ribbon is worn out Replace the ribbon cartridge as described in Replacing the Ribbon Cartridge on page 130 The printout is faint Cause What to do The ribbon is worn out Replace the ribbon cartridge as described in Replacing the Ribbon Cartridge on page 130 Part of the printout is missing or dots are missing in random positions Cause What to do The ribbon has too muchslack Remove any slack in the ribbon by the ribbon has come loose or turning the ribbon tightening knob or the ribbon cartridge is not reinstall the ribbon cartridge as installed properly described in Replacing the Ribbon Cartridge on page 130 The ribbon is worn out Replace the ribbon cartridge as described in Replacing the Ribbon Cartridge on page 130 Lines of dots are missing in the printout Cause What to do The print head is damaged Stop printing and contact your dealer to have the print head replaced Problem Solver 117 Caution Never replace the print head yourself you may damage the printer Also other parts of the printer must be checked when the print head is replaced All the text is printed on the same li
26. setting to amp inches or more Continuous paper A The minimum top and bottom margins _ above and below the perforation are si ic 4 2 mm 0 17 inch AyD i h B The minimum left and right margins are i pi p a he A 13 mm 0 51 inch ep Product Information 181 Labels A al e eee B Aa i ee c DH C ald Ele p se Continuous forms with labels eee a het t ste e The minimum top margin is 2 2 mm 0 09 inch The minimum left and right margins are 3 mm 0 51 inch The minimum top and bottom margins on label are 2 mm 0 08 inch The minimum left and right margins on labels are 3 mm 0 12 inch The minimum top and bottom margins are 4 2 mm 0 17 inch The minimum left and right margins are 3 mm 0 51 inch The minimum top margin from labels is 20 2 mm 0 8 inch The minimum bottom margin from labels is 16 6 mm 0 65 inch The minimum left and right margins from labels are 30 9 mm 1 22 inches The minimum top and button margins on labels are 2 mm 0 08 inch The minimum left and right margins on labels are 3 mm 0 12 inch 182 Product Information Overlapping multi part forms A The minimum top margin is 26 3 mm g g 1 04 inch Foe tne B The minimum bottom margin is 16 6 mm cA Te 0 65 inch
27. the cartridge toward you slide the notches nearest you over the two corresponding pins in the printer 7 Pushthe cartridge down into position until the other two slots snap into place over the mounting pins in the printer 8 Press lightly on both sides of the cartridge to make sure it is locked in place Options and Consumables 133 9 Insert the ribbon guide over the metal pins on each side of the print head as shown below The smaller end of the guide should be on top with its angled edge facing back toward the platen Turn the ribbon tightening knob again to remove any slack in the ribbon ribbon guide 10 Slide the print head from side to side to see that it moves smoothly and that the ribbon is not twisted or creased print head 134 Options and Consumables 11 Close the top cover Using the Pull Tractor The optional pull tractor C800382 provides optimum continuous paper handling The pull tractor is especially useful with continuous multi part forms and labels For best results use the pull tractor with either the printer s front or rear built in tractor as described in this section Note When the pull tractor is installed the tear off feature is not available Installing the pull tractor To install the pull tractor you need a cross head screwdriver Note If you are going to be using the pull tractor with the built in rear tractor you should load paper onto the rear tract
28. the pull tractor Then lift the tractor up and out of the printer cover 144 Options and Consumables 4 Use a cross head screwdriver to remove the two screws securing the paper separator to the printer Then remove the paper separator that came with the pull tractor 5 Using the two screws reinstall the original paper separator and close the paper separator cover Using the Perforation Cutter The optional perforation cutter C81507X makes using continuous paper easier by cutting off the perforation of your printed documents for you When you use the perforation cutter be sure to set the page length to match your paper The perforation cutter comes with the perforated paper output attachment and the perforated paper output tray See Attaching the perforated paper output attachment and output tray on page 149 to attach the perforated paper output attachment and the output tray Caution d When the perforation cutter is installed never cut labels overlapping multi part forms or continuous forms with labels d Make sure that the paper thickness and perforation between pages are within the specified ranges See the paper specifications in Appendix A D Make sure the paper is at least 4 inches long and 16 inches wide at the most D When using multi part forms with the perforation cutter make sure that you use multi part forms with seven parts one original and six copies or less Options and
29. 0 or Windows NT 4 0 see With Windows XP 2000 or Windows NT 4 0 on page 65 62 Printer Software Setting the clients _1 For Windows Me 98 or 95 see With Windows Me 98 or 95 on page 68 I For Windows XP or 2000 see With Windows XP or 2000 on page 70 1 For Windows NT 4 0 see With Windows NT 4 0 on page 73 Note D When sharing the printer be sure to set EPSON Status Monitor 3 so that the shared printer can be monitored on the printer server See Setting up EPSON Status Monitor 3 on page 59 A When you are Windows shared printer user in a Windows Me or 98 environment on the server double click the Network icon in Control panel and make sure that the File and printer sharing for Microsoft Networks component is installed Then on the server and clients make sure that the IP X SPX compatible Protocol or the TCP IP Protocol is installed 0 The printer server and clients should be set on the same network system and they should be under the same network management beforehand A The on screen displays on the following pages may differ depending on the version of Windows OS Setting up your printer as a shared printer With Windows Me 98 or 95 When the printer server s OS is Windows Me 98 or 95 follow these steps to set the printer server 1 Click Start point to Settings and click Control Panel 2 Double click the Network icon Printer Softwa
30. 1284 nibble mode support one USB ver 1 1 interface and one optional Type B interface slot Buffer 128KB Fonts Bitmap fonts Bar code fonts EAN 13 EAN S8 Interleaved 2 of 5 UPC A UPC E Code 39 Code 128 POSTNET 168 Product Information Character tables Standard One italic and 12 graphics character tables Italic table PC 437 US Standard Europe PC 850 Multilingual PC 860 Portuguese PC 861 Icelandic PC 865 Nordic PC 863 Canadian French BRASCII Abicomp ISO Latin 1 Roman 8 PC 858 ISO 8859 15 Expanded One italic and 38 graphics character tables Italic table PC 437 US Standard Europe PC 850 Multilingual PC 860 Portuguese PC 861 Icelandic PC 865 Nordic PC 863 Canadian French BRASCII Abicomp ISO Latin 1 Roman 8 PC 858 ISO 8859 15 PC 437 Greek PC 852 Eastern Europe PC 853 Turkish PC 855 Cyrillic PC 857 Turkish PC 866 Russian PC 869 Greek MAZOWIA Poland Code MJK CSFR ISO 8859 7 Latin Greek ISO Latin 1T Turkish Bulgaria Bulgarian PC 774 LST 1283 1993 Estonia Estonian PC 771 Lithuanian ISO 8859 2 PC 866 LAT Latvian PC 866 UKR Ukranian PC437 Slovenia PC MC PC1250 PC1251 PC APTEC Arabic PC 708 Arabic PC 720 Arabic PC AR 864 Arabic Product Information 169 Character sets 13 international character sets and one legal character set USA France Germany UK Denmark I
31. CD ROM b drive click Install 727 The following software can be automatically removed by 1S Windows To remove a program or to modify its installed components select it from the list and click Add Remove Adobe Illustrator 7 0 Adobe Photoshop 55 duct Installation amp Removal Microsoft Uffice 97 Professional Edition Planex Print Server for Windows 95 98 EPSON USB Printer Devices EpsonNet Direct Print 2 1aE Intel R PRO Ethernet Adapter and Software Add Remove Note When using the Windows XP or Windows 2000 computer click Change or Remove Programs select the EPSON Printer Software then click Change Remove 78 Printer Software 5 Click the Printer Model tab select the EPSON DFX 9000 ESC P icon then click OK OBJ EPSON Printer Utility Uninstall 2 x Printer Model Utility Version 6 14E 6 Ifyou uninstall Monitored Printers click Yes in the displayed dialog box Note You can uninstall only the Monitored Printers utility of EPSON Status Monitor 3 When the utility is uninstalled you cannot change the setting of Monitored Printers from EPSON Status Monitor 3 7 If you uninstall EPSON Status Monitor 3 click Yes in the displayed dialog box 8 Follow the on screen instructions Uninstalling the USB device driver When you connect the printer to your computer with a USB interface cable the USB device driver is also installed When you uninstalled the p
32. Control Panel then click Printers and Faxes Click the EPSON DFX 9000 ESC P icon Select Server Properties from the file menu Check the Create a New Form Enter the paper size in the Measurement fields Click Save From and then click OK Printer Software 57 Monitoring settings Settings Explanations EPSON Status You can access EPSON Status Monitor 3 when you Monitor 3 click this button To monitor the printer make sure the Monitor the printing status check box is selected Monitoring Click this button to open the Monitoring Preferences Preferences dialog box where you can make settings for EPSON Status Monitor 3 See Setting up EPSON Status Monitor 3 on page 59 for more information Using EPSON Status Monitor 3 EPSON Status Monitor 3 is available for Windows XP Me 98 95 2000 and Windows NT 4 0 Itallows you to monitor your printer s status alerts you when printer errors occur and provides troubleshooting instructions when needed EPSON Status Monitor 3 is available only when 1 The printer is connected directly to the host computer via the parallel port LPT1 or the USB port 1 Your system is configured to support bidirectional communication EPSON Status Monitor 3 is installed when you install the printer driver as described in the Start Here Note If you install the driver using the Point and Print method EPSON Status Monitor 3 may not function pr
33. EPSON 9 pin Dot Matrix Printer DFX 9000 No part of this publication may be reproduced stored in a retrieval 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 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 EPSON and EPSON ESC P are registered trademarks of Seiko Epson Corporation Microsoft Windows and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation General Notice Other product names used herein are for
34. EPSON DFx 9000 ESC P Where LPT1 Comment r Print range Copies All Number of copies 1 Pages frorn J tor eet 3 3 M Collate Selection nee FEE Cancel Printer Software 49 2 Click Printer Setup Properties or Options The button you click depends on your application and you may need to click a combination of these buttons The Document Properties window appears and you see the Layout and Paper Quality menus These menus contain the printer driver settings 4 EPSON DFX 9000 ESC P Document Properties 2 x Layout Paper Quality m Orientati Landscape m Page Order Front to Back Back to Front Pages Per Sheet 1 ha l IN Ii Advanced 50 Printer Software 3 To view a menu click the corresponding tab at the top of the window See Changing the printer driver settings on page 53 to change the settings S EPSON DFX 9000 ESC P Document Properties aixi Layout Paper Quality Tray Selection Paper Source Advanced Accessing the printer driver from the Start menu Follow these steps to access the printer driver from the Start menu Note The screen shots used in this procedure are from the Windows 2000 operating system They may vary in appearance from what actually appears on your screen however the instructions are the same 1 Click the Start button and then point to Sett
35. N Status Monitor sin sitmgice ds eases esewences 77 Chapter 4 Control Panel Buttons and lag its erneuten Clb wk ae Rea ies hens ae eae 82 Selecting a Font and Pitch pacar tap tndet wl ane vie alone fea ns 86 About Your Printers Settings 35 01 ian de etapa ak he 87 Understanding the printer s settings 0 87 Changing the printer s settings 0 00008 98 L0ck Qut Mode iss e e sto enn tite want Bacio ede atu RA AE 103 Turning on or off the lock out mode 0 103 Chapter 5 Problem Solver Diagnosing the Provlenies asi ae ee ak i aucda ead cette oelde 104 Using the error indicators 0 0 ccc eee eee 105 EPSON Status Monitor 33sec itera wo vars teat ied 106 Printinga Self Tests 3 4361 cr enemies ok eat Oe depose 107 Printing Hex DUMP idein anag A a eee nee 108 Problems and Solutions icici oie ea ae te say eRe as 109 Power supply problelis s visu waa at cae oe ls 110 Paper loading or feeding problems 5 111 Printing position problems 0 c eee eee 113 Printing or printout quality problems 115 Option using problems cc via cide se hes oe ae hte awe 120 Network problems 3 cs pas s ke outs Punish 4 Boake ao ke 121 Correcting USB Problems sii oaatamtenae oi ni tae Seely 121 Clearing Paper lamin iat sch due wheel tata sharon tes wats gs 125 Aligning Vertical Lines in Your Printout 44 126 Canceling
36. NT 4 0 When the printer server s OS is Windows XP 2000 or Windows NT 4 0 follow these steps to set the printer server Note You must access Windows XP 2000 or Windows NT 4 0 as the Administrators of the local machine 1 Fora Windows 2000 or Windows NT 4 0 printer server click Start point to Settings and click Printers For a Windows XP Professional printer server click Start and click Printers and Faxes For Windows XP Home Edition printer server click Start click Control panel then click Printers and Faxes 2 Right click your printer icon and click Sharing in the menu that appears Printer Software 65 For Windows XP if the following menu appears click either Network Setup Wizard or If you understand the security risks but want to share printers without running the wizard click here In either case follow the on screen instructions General Sharing Ports Advanced Utility Device Settings EPSON XX As a security measure Windows has disabled remote access to this computer However you ccess and safely share printers by running the Ni f you understand the security risks but want to share printers without unning the wizard click here 3 Fora Windows 2000 or Windows NT 4 0 printer server select Shared as for Windows 2000 or Shared for Windows NT 4 0 then type the name in the Share name box and click OK General Sharing Ports Advanced Utility Security Devi
37. Printing 3 ming bata Sandan meee eae Fx 127 Contacting Customer Supporte c isc ae is tees tna Wales 128 Technical Support Web Site 3 us o 6 so Neb eR Soe ae ely 129 Chapter 6 Options and Consumables Ribbon Cartridge si iga i sewer e A dee eT a 130 Genuine Epson ribbon cartridge 0000 00 130 Replacing the Ribbon Cartridge 000 008 130 Using the Pull Tractors ces Sh eR te cece de se Be leita Rarseg terete 135 Installing the pull tractor 000008 135 Using the pull tractor with the front tractor 138 Using the pull tractor with the rear tractor 142 Removing the pull tractor ise 2enyaveeie tees awtenares 144 Using the Perforation Cutters t iju ach caktp sey esau rrene 145 Installing the perforation cutter 000 8 146 Attaching the perforated paper output attachment and output May ri e aE ards E face ae ea eects 149 Paper handling yi csc ciate eeas dae ae eee 152 Removing the perforation cutter 000 8 154 Interface Cats acs oy tei We ah fin Sag peta n ne es shade Sane ekg 157 Installing an interface cats i circ dawe anata es 158 Using a serial interface card nuuanu wags baw cies 160 Prnt SERVE aai aei ee RG E E e TEE a ete A E E R E E N 161 Setting the IP address from the control panel 161 Appendix A Product Information Printer Parts ae o aN kt sah boon seth ee abe tt dae SS ER a 163 Printer
38. ROM in your computer s CD ROM drive 2 Access the CD ROM drive 3 Double click the lt Language gt WIN98 or lt Language gt WINME folder 4 Double click the Epusbun exe icon 3 Follow the on screen instructions See the Start Here to reinstall a printer driver Printer Software 81 Chapter 4 Control Panel Buttons and Lights mMm 1 Tractor Select Font Pitch Tear Off Top of Form LF FF Micro Feed Pause jt o Load PoS oO a Front Rear Item Item y Set Set 4 Li Ss CS a a Ee A Reset wa Menu Vv C de f g h i j k a Tractor Select Front indicator On when the front tractor is selected The light is green when paper is loaded and red when the tractor is out of paper b Tractor Select Rear indicator On when the rear tractor is selected The light is green when paper is loaded and red when the tractor is out of paper 82 Control Panel Front Rear button Selects the front or rear tractor If you have been using paper loaded on one tractor first remove the printed output before pressing this button to switch the tractor Font Item button 1 Selects one of the fonts To select a font see Selecting a Font and Pitch on page 86 _1 When the printer enters the SelecType mode and default setting mode the button works as an Item button You can press the Item button to select the previous menu See Changi
39. The DFX 9000 can print on multi part forms that vary in thickness such as forms with labels on them or forms that overlap slightly where they are glued together These forms are thicker in the label area and in the places where they overlap or are joined together as shown below When you use forms with labels set the Cc 1s setting to On t When Jouse overlapping multi part Forns set the rt forma setting to r and theFis sar setting to OnE to the paper fickness youa are using See Changing the settings in the SelecType mode on page 98 for details Overlapping multi part forms Continuous forms with labels Y Caution Be sure to set the Overlapping multi part forms setting or Continuous forms with Label setting to Cri before you print on the respective forms See Changing the settings in the SelecT ype mode on page 98 for instructions When you print on these forms make sure that the printing fits within the printable area and that the top of form position is set properly See Paper on page 171 for more information about the printable area Paper Handling 41 Using labels When selecting labels for printing always choose the type mounted on continuous paper with sprocket holes for use with a tractor See Loading Paper onto the Front Tractor on page 13 for instructions for loading continuous paper Caution Never use the Tear Off Front Rear or Micro Feed button when labels are loaded in the pr
40. acting EPSON 128 Continuous paper problems 111 Control panel Index 193 buttons and lights 82 Customer support 128 D Default settings changing 101 default settings mode 97 Diagnosing the problem 104 Driver printer driver 43 E Electrical 170 ENERGY STAR compliance 10 EPSON Status Monitor 3 43 58 106 accessing 60 installing 61 setting up 59 Error indication 105 ESC P 92 F Font selection mode 86 H Hex dump 108 High Speed Draft HSD 86 I I F interface mode 92 IBM PPDS emulation 92 IP address setting 161 L Lock out mode 103 P Packet mode 93 194 Index Page length for tractor 90 Paper jam clearing 125 Paper specifications 171 Parallel I F interface bidirectional mode 93 Parallel interface 92 Printable area 181 Print direction 92 Printer sharing 62 Printer driver accessing from Windows 2000 or Windows NT 4 0 49 from Windows Me or 98 44 settings 54 uninstalling 77 R Ribbon cartridge replacing 130 S SelecType changing 98 SelecType mode 90 Self test 107 Single sheets problems 111 Skip over perforation 90 Specifications built in fonts 170 command lists ESC P 183 IBM PPDS emulation 183 environmental 171 standards and approvals 186 Status Monitor 3 58 106 T Tear Off Bin button 82 Technical support 128 Troubleshooting Index 195 network problems 121 option problems 120 paper loading or
41. actor already installed with the printer s built in rear tractor If you have not yet installed the pull tractor load paper onto the rear tractor and then install the pull tractor See Installing the pull tractor on page 135 for instructions 1 Turn off the printer then open the top cover Note If paper is loaded on the rear tractor in either the top of form or standby position skip to Step 6 2 Pull the levers on the pull tractor toward you to release the pull tractor 142 Options and Consumables 3 Tilt the tractor forward so that its pins rest on the metal frame of the printer 4 Load paper onto the rear tractor by following step3 through 10 of Loading Paper onto the Rear Tractor on page 20 5 Then tilt the pull tractor back until the rear latches click into place over the printer s rear mounting pins 6 Turnonthe printer and use the LF FF Load button to advance the paper to the pull tractor Now follow steps 4 through 11 of Using the pull tractor with the front tractor on page 138 Options and Consumables 143 Removing the pull tractor To remove the pull tractor you ll need a cross head screwdriver and the paper separator that was originally installed on the printer 1 Remove any paper installed on the tractor and turn off the printer 2 Open the top cover and locate the levers that lock the pull tractor in place on the printer Pull these levers forward to release
42. actor with the front tractor follow these steps 1 Turn on the printer and open the top cover 138 Options and Consumables 2 Make sure paper is loaded on the front tractor to the top of form position If paper is already loaded on the tractor but it is in the standby position press the Front Rear or LF FF Load button depending on which tractor is selected to load the paper to the top of form position If no paper is loaded on the front tractor load paper See Loading Paper onto the Front Tractor on page 13 for instructions 3 Once you have paper loaded on the printer s front tractor use the LF FF Load button to advance the paper to the pull tractor 4 Release both sprocket lock levers on the pull tractor by pulling them toward you Then open both sprocket covers Options and Consumables 139 6 Slide the two paper supports so they are spaced evenly between the two sprockets Note When you use the paper with less than four inches wide remove the paper supports Fit the sprocket holes of the paper over the sprocket pins If there is slack in the paper or if the holes in the paper do not align properly with the sprocket pins pull the paper slightly and use the pull tractor knob to adjust the position of the paper as shown below Slide the knob to the right first and then turn it as necessary u Caution Be sure the sprockets on the built in front tractor and the optional pull tractor are a
43. ampere rating Safety Instructions 7 Use only the power cord that comes with this product Use of another cord may result in fire or electric shock This product s power cord is for use with this product only Use with other equipment may result in fire or electric shock When maintaining the printer m Unplug the printer before cleaning it and always clean it with a piece of damp cloth only Do not spill liquid onto the printer Except as specifically explained in this guide do not attempt to service the printer yourself Unplug the printer and refer servicing to qualified service personnel under the following conditions i If the power cord or plug is damaged ii If liquid has entered the printer iii If the printer has been dropped or the cabinet damaged iv If the printer does not operate normally or exhibits a distinct change in performance Adjust only those controls that are covered by the operating instructions If you plan to use the printer in Germany observe the following To provide adequate short circuit protection and over current protection for this printer the building installation must be protected by a 16 amp circuit breaker 8 Safety Instructions Bei Anschluss des Druckers an die Stromversorgung muss sichergestellt werden dass die Gebaudeinstallation mit einer 16 A Sicherung abgesichert ist When Handling the paper D Never feed labels backward using the Micro Fe
44. be 2 mm or less E A 2mm or less T The perforation between pages should not extend all the way to the edges of the paper Uncut length on the edges should be 1 mm or more A paper edge B eS ea B uncut part A C C cut part D D 1mm or more 1 When using pre printed paper the reflectance of the pre printed color should be 60 or less 172 Product Information D When using pre printed paper do not use paper pre printed in the area illustrated below A 12mm B first dot C Colored area should not be pre printed D 5mm o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o e o o o o o o o o o o o o o o Product Information 173 Continuous paper Single sheets Rear entry Front entry Minimum Maximum Width mm 76 2 419 1 inch 3 16 5 Length mm 76 2 558 8 inch 3 22 Thickness mm 0 065 0 10 inch 0 0025 0 0039 Weight g m 52 82 Ib 14 22 Quality Plain paper and recycled paper with point gluing or paper stapling on both sides Continuous paper Multi part forms Rear entry Front entry Minimum Maximum Minimum Maximum Width mm 76 2 419 1 76 2 419 1 inch 3 16 5 3 16 5 Length mm 76 2 558 8 76 2 558 8 inch 3 22 3 22 Copies 1 original 6 copies 1 original 9 copies Thickness mm 0 12 0 53 0 12 0 79 inch 0 0047 0 021 0 0047 0 031 Weight g m 41 56
45. ce Settings EPSON DFx 3000 ESC P Not shared ee Foe r Drivers for different versions of Windows 66 Printer Software For a Windows XP printer server select Share this printer then type the name in the Share name box and click OK General Sharing Ports Advanced Utility Device Settings You can share this printer with other users on your network To f A enable sharing for this printer click Share this printer Do not share this printer Share this printer Share name Note Do not use spaces or hyphens for the share name or an error may occur You need to set the client computers so that they can use the printer on a network See the following pages for details Lt With Windows Me 98 or 95 on page 68 LY With Windows XP or 2000 on page 70 LY With Windows NT 4 0 on page 73 Setting for the clients This section describes how to install the printer driver by accessing the shared printer on a network Note A To share the printer on a Windows network you need to set the printer server For details see Setting up your printer as a shared printer on page 63 Windows Me 98 or 95 or With Windows XP 2000 or Windows NT 4 0 on page 65 Windows XP 2000 or Windows NT 4 0 Printer Software 67 d This section describes how to access the shared printer on a standard network system using the server Microsoft workgroup If you cannot acce
46. change the top of form position using the Top of Form button Do not feed the paper using the Micro Feed buttons Never cut labels continuous paper with labels and overlapping multi part forms If you set the cutting method through the printer driver s paper source setting it overrides Auto cut mode Auto cut back mode This function is available only when the optional perforation cutter C81570X is installed in the printer When you turn on this feature the printer automatically cuts each page at the perforation and feeds the paper to the top of form position while it is printing Overlapping multipart forms When this setting is set to ir you can print on overlapping multi part forms that vary in thickness Control Panel 95 Continuous forms with labels When this setting is set to you can print on continuous forms with labels You can set the deval position in the default settings mode See Adjusting the label position on page 30 for details Skip over binding When this setting is set to Gr the print head avoids the binding area along the right and left edges of multi part forms during paper feeding This makes paper feeding easier and prevents paper jams Get IP address This setting is available only when the optional Print Server is installed You can select the method of getting the IP address Select Farel to get the IP address from the control panel See Setting the IP address from the
47. ched to the push tractor but not loaded in the printer tear off position The position of your continuous paper where you can tear off your printed pages at the printer s tear off edge Using the Micro Adjust function you can adjust the tear off position so that the paper s perforation is aligned with the tear off edge top of form position The position on the paper that the printer recognizes as the first printable line This is the default top margin position Using the Micro Adjust function you can adjust the top of form position Glossary 191 unidirectional printing Printing in which the print head prints in one direction only Unidirectional printing is useful for printing graphics because it provides precise vertical alignment You can select unidirectional printing using the printer s SelecType mode See also bidirectional printing 192 Glossary Index Numerics 0 slash 92 A A G M IBM PPDS 94 Aligning vertical lines 126 Auto CR IBM PPDS 94 Auto I F interface wait time 93 Auto line feed 92 Auto tear off 91 B Bidirectional adjustment mode 126 Bidirectional printing Bi D 92 Built in font 86 selecting 86 Button Font 82 LF FF 82 Load Eject 82 Pause 82 Pitch 82 Tear Off Bin 82 Buzzer beep pattern 105 Buzzer beeper setting 94 C Canceling printing 76 127 Clients with Windows Me or 98 68 with Windows NT 4 0 73 with Windows XP or 2000 70 Cont
48. control panel on page 161 for details For information on the settings when this feature is set to 3 see a manual for the Print Server that you use IP address This setting is avaiable only when the optional Print Server is installed and the IF zs setting is set to F Ping You can set the inter s IP address with this setting Subnet mask This setting is available only when the optional Print Server is installed You can set the printer s subnet mask with this setting Default gateway This setting is available only when the optional Print Server is installed You can set the printer s default gateway with this setting 96 Control Panel Save settings This menu appears by pressing the Menu Tear Off and Top of Form buttons in the SelecType mode When you select 2 the current settings in the SelecType mode are saved default setting mode You can make settings for continuous forms with labels and the panel lock out mode in the default setting mode These settings are shown in the following tables Continuous forms with labels The sows settings are available a when the 1 f with 1 setting is set to Gr in the SelecType mode Menu Values default in bold Label base position Paper left edge First dot Label top position 0 to 4752 216 by 1 216 inches Label length 0 to 4752 216 by 1 216 inches Label left position 0 to 1440 120 by 1 120 inch Label width 0 t
49. cover Print head hot The print head is overheated Please wait st Wait for a few minutes the printer resumes O Pause printing automatically once the print head cools Error xx eccce An unknown printer error has occurred Turn off printer Paper Out 6 Pause 6 Tear Off Set 6 Top of Form Set 6 Front 6 Rear Turn off the printer and leave it off for several minutes then turn on the printer again If the error recurs contact your dealer on O flashing eee short series of beeps thr Note beeps eeeee longseries of beeps five beeps The printer beeps once if you press a control panel button when the corresponding function is not available EPSON Status Monitor 3 EPSON Status Monitor 3 provides status messages and a graphic display showing the current status of the printer 106 Problem Solver If a problem occurs while printing an error message appears in the Progress Meter window Printing a Self Test Running the printer s self test helps you determine whether the printer or the computer is causing the problem If the self test results are satisfactory the printer is working properly and the problem probably results from your printer driver settings application settings computer or interface cable Be sure to use a shielded interface cable If the self test does not print properly there is a problem with the printer See Probl
50. duct Information 179 Overlapping multi part forms Rear entry Front entry Minimum Maximum Minimum Maximum Widthof mm 76 2 419 1 76 2 419 1 Tt inch 3 16 5 3 16 5 Lengthof mm 76 2 558 8 76 2 558 8 at inch 3 22 3 22 Total mm 0 13 0 53 0 13 0 79 thickness anch 00051 0 021 0 0051 0 031 A A A 13 mm 0 51 inch or more Neee eee eses olos oooooooooo From the perforation to the bottom of the previous overlapping form 13 3 mm 0 52 inch or less From the perforation to the top of the next overlapping form 3 3 mm 0 13 inch or more From the perforation to the bottom edge of the glue point area 17 mm 0 67 inch or less Total thickness including glue point dilation 0 53 mm 0 021 inch or less Rear Entry 0 79 mm 0 031 inch or less Front Entry 180 Product Information Printable area Note A When you use paper that is less than 4 inches 101 6 mm wide the left margin is fixed at 13 mm 0 51 inch regardless of paper type Setting the left margin to larger than that may cause a defect when beginning on a new line or cause a skew A When you use continuous paper with labels that is more than 16 inches 406 4 mm wide while the optional pull tractor is installed the left margin may be set to 18 mm 0 71 inch or more A When loading paper with the aom tractor set the Page length for front tractor
51. e This setting is used when you print without using the printer driver When using the printer driver change the settings on the printer driver For details see Printer Driver Settings Overview on page 54 Auto CR IBM PPDS This setting is available only in IBM PPDS emulation mode When auto carriage return is on each line feed LF code or ESC J code is accompanied by a carriage return CR code so the printer moves the next printing position to the left margin When this setting is off you must send a CR code after the line feed code to move the printing position to the left margin IBM character table IBM PPDS This setting is available only in IBM PPDS emulation mode You can select 7 i for the IBM character table Buzzer The printer beeps when an error occurs See Using the error indicators on page 105 for more information on printer errors If you do not want the printer to beep when an error occurs turn off this setting 94 Control Panel Low noise mode When this mode is set to ri the noise is reduced but the printing speed is slower Auto cut mode This function is available only when the optional perforation cutter C81570X is installed in the printer When this setting is set to n the perforation cutter cuts each page at the perforation automatically Note the following when you turn on this functions m m Make sure the paper is at least 4 inches long Do not
52. e SelecType mode and default setting mode the button works as the Set button You can press the Set button to select the next value of a setting item See Changing the printer s settings on page 98 for details Top of Form light On when the printer is in the top of form and tear off modes LF FF Load button m m m Loads continuous paper when the printer is out of paper Feeds paper line by line when pressed briefly Advances continuous paper to the next top of form position when held down for a few seconds Micro Feed buttons Adjust the paper position such as the top of form position and tear off position Control Panel 85 Pause button Stops printing temporarily and resumes printing when pressed again Pause light 1 On when the printer is paused _1 Flashes when the print head overheats m Paper Out light 1 On when the printer is out of paper 1 Flashes when paper jams or the printer fails to eject paper Selecting a Font and Pitch You can select one each of the printer s fonts and pitches by using the buttons on the printer s control panel as described below Note D Settings you make in application programs usually override settings you make from the printer s control panel For best results use your application to select a font and make other settings D The available pitch depends on the font you select See the table below for more information
53. ecType mode The printer you want to use is not selected in your software Choose the correct printer from the Windows desktop or in your application before printing Your application software is not configured correctly for your printer Make sure that your application software is configured correctly for your printer See your application documentation If necessary install or reinstall the printer driver software as illustrated in the Start Here Software settings override settings you make using the default setting mode or the control panel buttons Use your application software to select the font Vertical printed lines are not aligned Cause What to do Bidirectional printing which is the printer s standard printing mode is out of alignment Use the printer s bidirectional adjustment mode to correct this problem See Aligning Vertical Lines in Your Printout on page 126 119 Problem Solver Option using problems The perforation cutter is installed and the printer does not feed continuous paper properly Cause What to do The perforation cutter s Turn off the printer then check the connector is not plugged perforation cutter connector securely into the printer The perforation cutter is installed and the paper is not cut properly Cause What to do The printer driver setting is Select the paper source you want to use not s
54. ection returns to the first menu after the selection of the last menu parameter is done 7 When you finish making settings turn off the printer The printer exits the default setting mode and the settings are saved 102 Control Panel Lock Out Mode You can restrict the use of buttons on the control panel by using the lock out mode In the basic setting you can only use the Pause Load and Tear Off buttons when the lock out mode is on You can select which buttons are locked when the printer is in the lock out mode See Changing the settings in the default setting mode on page 101 for instructions on how to change the lock out mode setting Turning on or off the lock out mode You can turn on or off the lock out mode easily by using buttons on the control panel Follow these steps to turn on the lock out mode 1 Make sure the printer is turned off Caution Whenever you turn off the printer wait at least five seconds before turning it back on otherwise you may damage the printer 2 Turn on the printer while holding down both the Font and Pitch buttons The printer beeps twice indicating that the lock out mode has been turned on To turn off the lock out mode repeat steps 1 and 2 The printer beeps once indicating that the lock out mode has been turned off See Changing the settings in the default setting mode on page 101 for instructions on how to change the functions to be locked Contro
55. ed button When fed backward labels can easily peel off the backing sheet and cause a paper jam D Because labels are sensitive to temperature and humidity use them only under normal operating conditions described below Temperature 15 to 25 C 59 to 77 F Humidity 30 to 60 RH 1 Do not leave labels loaded in the printer between jobs they may curl around the platen and jam when you resume printing 1 Do not load paper that is curled or has been folded When operating the printer 1 Adjust only those controls that are covered in the user documentation Improper adjustment of other controls may result in damage requiring extensive repair by a qualified technician 1 Whenever you turn off the printer wait at least five seconds before turning it back on otherwise you may damage the printer D Do not turn off the printer while it is printing the self test Always press the Pause button to stop printing and then turn off the printer Safety Instructions 9 d Do not turn off the printer while it is printing the hex dump Always press the Pause button to stop printing and then turn off the printer I Do not reconnect the power cord to an electrical outlet that has the wrong voltage for your printer _1 Never replace the print head yourself you may damage the printer Also other parts of the printer must be checked when the print head is replaced D Youneed to move the print head by hand to replace the ribb
56. eep pattern Problem Solution Error Paper out Paper Out Pause No paper is loaded on the selected tractor Load paper in the printer or select a different tractor by pressing the Front Rear button The paper is not loaded correctly Remove your paper and reload it correctly Error No paper loaded Paper Out Pause Continuous paper is not fed to the standby position Tear off the printed page at the perforation then press the LF FF Load button The printer feeds the paper to the standby position Error Paper jam 6 Paper Out Pause Paper is jammed in the printer To clear the paper jam see Clearing Paper Jams on page 125 Error Switching not completed Pause The printer fails to change the paper Cut the paper at the top of it and press the Pause or Front Rear button Error Ribbon jam Pause Ribbon has jammed Remove and re install the ribbon cartridge See Replacing the Ribbon Cartridge on page 130 for instructions Problem Solver 105 State of panel lights and message on the LCD Beep pattern Problem Solution Error Ribbon out Pause Ribbon is not installed Install the ribbon cartridge and press the Pause button See Replacing the Ribbon Cartridge on page 130 for instructions Error Cover open Pause The printer top cover is open Close the
57. ems and Solutions on page 109 for possible causes and solutions to the problem Follow these steps to perform a self test 1 Make sure that the printer is turned off and that the paper is set on the front or rear tractor Caution Whenever you turn off the printer wait at least five seconds before turning it back on otherwise you may damage the printer To run the test using the Draft font turn on the printer while holding down the LF FF Load button To run the test using the printer s NLQ font hold down the Top of Form button while you turn on the printer Either self test can help you determine the source of your printing problem however the draft self test prints faster than the NLQ test After a few seconds the printer loads the paper automatically and begins printing the self test A series of characters is printed Problem Solver 107 Note To temporarily stop the self test press the Pause button To resume the test press the Pause button again 3 To end the self test press the Pause button to stop printing Tear off the page if necessary and then turn off the printer Y Caution Do not turn off the printer while it is printing the self test Always press the Pause button to stop printing and then turn off the printer Printing Hex Dump If you are an experienced user or a programmer you can print a hexadecimal dump to isolate communication problems between the printer and your software progra
58. et correctly in the printer driver You didn t set the Auto cut Set the Auto cut mode to in However mode any setting made in the driver overrides the auto cut mode setting You don t set the page length Set the Page length for Rear tractor or to match your paper Page length for Front tractor to match your paper Paper jams does not feed smoothly Cause What to do The perforation cutter isnot Remove the perforation cutter and then correctly installed reinstall it making sure the mounting notches and pins fit together properly See Installing the pull tractor on page 135 for instructions 120 Problem Solver Network problems Cannot configure the network interface or cannot print from the network Cause What to do The printer settings or First check to see if you can print a status network settings may be sheet as described in the manual for the wrong Print Server that you are using If you can print a status sheet check the network settings otherwise set the interface mode of the printer s control panel to uto Check whether or not print jobs from other computers are being printed through the network When the print job is executed the printer or your computer may have a problem Check the connection between the printer and your computer settings on the printer driver and settings of your computer When the print job is not executed network settings may be i
59. etails on the fonts which are included in each table see Electronic on page 168 Print Text as Select Off when the printer uses the device fonts and Graphics select On when the printer does not use the device fonts Metafile Select whether to use EMF spooling Spooling Paper Order Select whether to print from front to back or back to front Pages Per Sheet Select the number of pages that you want to print onto a single page Copy Count When you select more than one in the Number of copies box this check box appears and you can select whether to collate the pages of the copies Advanced Select Enable or Disable for the metafile Spooling Printing Features Print Optimizations Select Disable when the printer uses the device fonts and select Enable when the printer uses the device fonts For details see Windows help Definition of Custom Paper Size If your paper is not included in the Paper Size drop down list you can add the size to the list 56 Printer Software For Windows Me 98 and 95 Click Custom or User Defined Size and enter the paper size in the dialog box that appears For Windows XP 2000 and Windows NT 4 0 1 For Windows 2000 or Windows NT 4 0 click Start point to Settings and click to Printers For Windows XP Professional click Start and click Printers and Faxes For Windows XP Home Edition click Start and click
60. formation 165 Printer Specifications Mechanical Printing method Printing speed Printing direction Line spacing Printable columns Resolution Paper feed methods Paper feed speed 9 pin impact dot matrix High speed draft 1550 cps at 10 cpi Draft 1320 cps at 10 cpi NLQ 330 cps at 10 cpi Bidirectional logic seeking for text and graphics printing Unidirectional text or graphics printing can be selected using software commands 1 6 inch or programmable in 1 432 inch increments 136 columns at 10 cpi Maximum 240 x 144 dpi NLQ Push tractor front rear Push and pull tractor additional tractor is required front rear Continuous 381 mm second 15 inches second Intermittent 25 msec line at 1 6 inch line spacing 166 Product Information Reliability Dimensions and weight Ribbon Acoustic noise Total print volume 133 million lines except print head MTBF 20 000 POH 25 duty Print head life 200 million strokes wire approx 400 million characters Draft 10 cpi 14 dots character Height 363 mm 14 3 inches Width 700 mm 27 6 inches Depth 378 mm 14 9 inches Weight approx 34 kg 75 Ib Black ribbon S015384 cartridge Ribbon life approx 15 million characters Draft 10 cpi 14 dots character Approx 58 dB A ISO 7779 pattern Product Information 167 Electronic Interfaces One standard bidirectional 8 bit parallel interface with IEEE
61. ge the printer driver settings Layout and Paper Quality You can also change settings on the Utility menu in the printer software For an overview of the available settings see Printer Driver Settings Overview on page 54 You can also view online help by right clicking items in the driver and selecting What s this Printer Software 53 When you finish making your printer driver settings click OK to apply the settings or click Cancel to cancel your changes Once you have checked your printer driver settings and changed them if necessary you are ready to print Printer Driver Settings Overview The following tables show the Windows printer driver settings Note that not every setting is available in all versions of Windows 54 Printer Software Printer settings Settings Explanations Paper Size Select the size of the paper you want to use If you do not see your paper size use the scroll bar to scroll through the list If your paper size is not included in the list see Definition of Custom Paper Size on page 56 for instructions Orientation Select Portrait or Landscape Paper Source Select the paper source you want to use Resolution Graphics Resolution Select the printing resolution you want The higher the resolution you select the more detailed your printout will be however increasing the resolution slows printing Dithering You can leave this option set to Fine w
62. gth of paper you use second step 9 inches or less third step 10 to 11 inches fourth step 12 inches or more output tray You are now ready to use the perforation cutter as described in the next section u Caution 1 You cannot open the top cover while the perforated paper output attachment and the output tray is attached If you want to open the top cover you need to remove them first d When you are ready to reload the paper onto the rear tractor first remove the perforation cutter See Removing the perforation cutter on page 154 for instructions Options and Consumables 151 Paper handling This section describes how to use the perforation cutter with continuous paper Before printing with the perforation cutter installed set the page length to match your paper using your software or the SelecType mode See Changing the settings in the SelecType mode on page 98 for details Note m EPSON recommends that the perforation between pages is folded when using the perforation cutter The last page may not be ejected completely If this happens gently pull it out of the printer The perforation cutter can not cut the last 11 inches of continuous paper but you can print on it Cutting off a printed document You can cut off a printed document using one of the following methods m If you set the cutting method through the printer driver the printer driver setting overrides t
63. he settings Note If you turn off the printer prior to exiting the SelecType mode any changes you may have made are canceled and not saved 1 Make sure paper is loaded 2 Press the Menu Tear Off and Top of Form buttons to enter the SelecType mode The LCD displays the selected language for this mode 3 Ifthe language you want is not selected press the Set Tear Off or Set Top of Form button until the LCD displays the language you want 4 Press the Item Pitch button to set the desired language Note The language you select is also used for other settings modes and test print outs such as default settings mode and printing a Hex Dump 5 If you select Fri tings press the Set Top of Form button to print the current settings 6 Press the Item Font or Item Pitch button to select the menu parameters which you wish to change Control Panel 99 10 Note You can scroll the menu by holding the terme Font or Items Pitch button for a few seconds Press the Set Tear Off or Set Top of Form button to select the values within the selected parameter until you find the desired setting Note You can scroll the value by holding the Sett Tear Off or Set Top of Form button for a few seconds After setting the selected parameter to the desired setting you may either continue to make changes to other parameters by pressing the Item or Item button or exit the SelecType mode Note
64. he SelecType settings You can select the following from the printer driver s paper source settings Tractor Front Do not cut Tractor Front Cut last page only Tractor Front Cut each page Tractor Rear Do not cut Tractor Rear Cut last page only Tractor Rear Cut each page Set the Auto cut mode setting to On in the SelecType mode See Changing the settings in the SelecType mode on page 98 for instructions 152 Options and Consumables Select the printer s tear off mode as follows Make sure printing has finished Open the paper separator cover You see the perforation cutter s tear off edge Press the Tear Off button to enter tear off mode The printer feeds the paper s perforation to the perforation cutter s tear off edge If the paper is not aligned with the tear off edge adjust the tear off position by pressing the Micro Feed buttons Press the Tear Off button again The printer cuts off your printed document and feeds the fresh paper back to the top of form position Switching tractors To switch tractors when the perforation cutter is installed follow these steps 1 Make sure the printer is turned on If you are in the middle of printing a document wait for the printer to finish printing before you switch tractors If no paper is loaded in the tractor you want to use load paper See Loading Paper onto the Front Tractor on page 13 or Loading Paper onto the Rear Tractor on
65. he tear off position by following the steps below 1 Make sure printing has finished Then press the Tear Off button The printer advances the paper to the tear off edge and the Tear Off light comes on 2 Tear offall printed pages If the perforation is not aligned with the tear off edge adjust the tear off position See Adjusting the tear off position on page 32 for instructions 3 When you resume printing the printer feeds the paper back to the loading position and begins printing You can also manually feed the paper back to the loading position by pressing the Tear Off button again Adjusting the tear off position If the paper s perforation is not aligned with the tear off edge follow these steps 1 Turn on the printer and select the desired tractor 32 Paper Handling 2 Open the paper separator cover the flap on the top part of the printer s top cover This exposes the printer s tear off edge 3 Press the Tear Off button to enter the tear off mode The Tear Off light comes on and the printer feeds the paper s perforation to the printer s tear off edge 4 If the paper is not aligned with the tear off edge press the Micro Feed buttons to feed the paper forward or backward in 1 216 inch increments You can also hold down either Micro Feed button to feed the paper continuously tear off edge Micro Feed a Paper Handling 33 Note You can re
66. hich is the default setting or select another dithering pattern depending on the kind of printout you want ntensity Move the slider to make your printout lighter or darker Print Quality Select a print quality option from the Print quality list If you set Hi speed to On you will enter bidirectional printing mode and printing speed will increase Setting Hi soeed to Off will return the printer to unidirectional printing mode Printing speed will decrease but printing precision will improve Printing with the default settings uses the settings stored in the printer Halftone Setup Halftone Color Adjustment Click this button to set the brightness and contrast input the RGB gamma or make other settings The Halftone Color Adjustment dialog box appears For details click the Help button in this dialog box Halftoning Select the type of halftoning to use when printing graphics To let the printer determine the best halftone quality use Auto Select Printer Software 55 Settings Explanations Printer Fonts Support Select a character table group to use You can select one of three character table groups Standard Expanded and None Bit Image printing When Standard or Expanded is selected the printer uses the device fonts Expanded includes more fonts than Standard When None is selected the printer uses bit map images instead of the device fonts For d
67. ick OK and then follow the on screen instructions to install the printer driver from the CD ROM 2 Insert the CD ROM then the EPSON Installation Program dialog box appears Cancel the dialog box by clicking Cancel then type the appropriate drive and folder names in which the printer driver for clients is located then click OK Install From Disk xi 7 _ Insert the manufacturer s installation disk into oy the drive selected and then click OK qx Cancel Copy manufacturer s files from m X Browse Printer Software 75 When installing drivers in Windows XP or 2000 Digital Signature is not found may appear Click Yes for Windows 2000 or Continue Anyway for Windows XP and continue installing The folder name differs depending on the OS being used Client s OS Folder Name Windows 95 lt Language gt WIN95 Windows 98 lt Language gt WIN98 Windows Me lt Language gt WINME Windows XP 2000 lt Language gt WIN2000 Windows NT 4 0 lt Language gt WINNT40 3 Select the name of the printer then click OK Then follow the on screen instructions Note If you also want to install EPSON Status Monitor 3 see Installing EPSON Status Monitor 3 on page 61 for instructions Canceling Printing If the printouts are not what you expected and display incorrect or garbled characters or images you may need to cancel printing When the printer icon is displayed on
68. identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective owners Epson disclaims any and all rights in those marks Copyright 2004 Seiko Epson Corporation All rights reserved Reference Guide Contents Chapter 1 Safety Instructions Warnings Cautions and Notes 0 0 00 c cece eee eee 6 Hot Parts Caution Symbol i255 ikens tives Bees 6 Important Safety Instructions ios eke ae nda eae eee te an 6 Chapter 2 Paper Handling Using the Two Tractor System 5 0 onic aia Pasa et 11 Positioning the paper supply e n c nce cde ewe hee as 12 What paper types you can USE 2 ee eee 13 Loading Paper onto the Front Tractor 0 00 00000 00 13 Loading Paper onto the Rear Tractor 0 00 0 00000 20 Adjusting the Paper Position 00 00 cece cece eee 26 Adjusting the top of form position 008 27 Adjusting the printing position 0 0 0008 29 Adjusting the label position 0 0 0 00 0 00 aee 30 Tearing Off the Printed Pages Ste atat Yon Ucias Sein ete a 31 Using the Tear Off button 3 fis we otae wie eae eee 32 Adjusting the tear off position 0000 32 Switching Between Front and Rear Tractors 35 Changing the Paper cys air i Goa gag tian be a ol aa ae as oe 37 Printing on Multi Part Forms and Labels 00 39 Using multi part forms sasa k ett eg MA fat a an eg a 40 Us
69. ing lapels ai gig iia as Brae Smit ok Gears wm Monee mates aah wae eg 42 Chapter 3 Printer Software About Your Printer Software 0 cece eee eee 43 Using the Printer Driver with Windows Me 98 and 95 44 Accessing the printer driver from Windows applications 44 Accessing the printer driver from the Start menu 46 Changing the printer driver settings 0 47 Using the Printer Driver with Windows XP 2000 and Wanidows N40 fi face ec NA a aA BS a 8 di Sl 48 Accessing the printer driver from Windows applications 49 Accessing the printer driver from the Start menu 51 Changing the printer driver settings 0 53 Printer Driver Settings Overview vais se siia dad tie nese aw tas 54 Using EPSON Status Monitor 3 0 0 0 0 0 58 Setting up EPSON Status Monitor 3 0004 59 Accessing EPSON Status Monitor 3 0005 60 Installing EPSON Status Monitor 3 008 61 Setting Up Your Printer ona Network 000000 62 Sharing the printer iit acide kN ate haa aah alate neers 62 Setting up your printer as a shared printer 63 Setting for the clients saws ssek ead eee ante ee ee eS 67 Installing the printer driver from the CD ROM 75 C niceling Printing pe o an ft aos en ot aaah Ute Wey Pe S 76 Uninstalling the Printer Software 560 rurun 77 Uninstalling the printer driver and EPSO
70. ings 2 Click Printers Printer Software 51 3 Right click your printer icon and click Printing Preferences in Windows XP or 2000 or Document Defaults in Windows NT 4 0 The screen displays the Default Document Properties window which contains the Layout and Paper Quality menus These menus display the printer driver settings g EPSON DFX 9000 ESC P Document Properties q 2 x Layout Paper Quality Orientation Page Order Front to Back Back to Front Pages Per Sheet 1 X il I Advanced 52 Printer Software When you click Properties in the menu displayed by right clicking the printer icon the Properties window appears which includes menus used to make the printer driver settings EPSON DFX 9000 ESC P Properties i 2 x General Sharing Ports Advanced Utility Security Device Settings EPSON DFX 9000 ESC P Location Comment Model EPSON DFX 9000 ESC P Features Color No Paper available Double sided No Letter Fanfold 8 172 x 11 in Staple No Speed Unknown Maximum resolution 240 dpi z Printing Preferences Print Test Page 4 To view a menu click the corresponding tab at the top of the window See Printer Driver Settings Overview on page 54 for information on how to change the settings Changing the printer driver settings Your printer driver has two menus from which you can chan
71. inter the shared printer s name in Network path or queue name D The name of the shared printer may be changed by the computer or server that is connected to the shared printer To make sure of the name of the shared printer ask the administrator of the network Q If the printer driver is installed in the client beforehand you need to select the new printer driver or the current printer driver When the prompt to select the printer driver appears select the printer driver according to the message 1 If the printer server s OS is Windows NT 4 0 go to the next step 1 If the printer server s OS is not Windows NT 4 0 go to Installing the printer driver from the CD ROM on page 75 74 Printer Software 5 Select whether to use the printer as the default printer or not then click OK 6 Click Finish Installing the printer driver from the CD ROM This section describes how to install the printer driver in the clients when the computers of the server and clients use different OS The on screen displays on the following pages may differ depending on the version of Windows OS Note When installing in Windows XP 2000 or Windows NT 4 0 clients you must access Windows XP 2000 or Windows NT 4 0 with the Administrator D If the computers of the server and clients use the same OS you do not have to install the printer drivers from the CD ROM 1 Access the shared printer and a prompt may appear Cl
72. inter Never feed labels backward through the printer because they can easily come off the backing and jam the printer Although you must never feed labels backward you can still use the automatic paper handling features if you follow these precautions Q Instead of using the Tear Off button to remove printed labels press the LF FF Load button until the last printed label is at the point where you can tear it off easily QO Before using the Front Rear button to switch tractors or change paper remove the entire supply of labels Remove labels by tearing off the fresh supply at a perforation below the tractor Then press the LF FF Load button to eject the remaining labels 1 When adjusting the top of form or printing position use only the Micro Feeda button Caution Because labels are especially sensitive to extreme temperatures and humidity use them only under normal operating conditions 42 Paper Handling Chapter 3 Printer Software About Your Printer Software The Epson software includes the printer driver software and EPSON Status Monitor 3 The printer driver is software that allows your computer to control the printer You need to install the printer driver so your Windows software applications can take full advantage of the printer s capabilities EPSON Status Monitor 3 program allows you to monitor the status of your printer alerts you when errors occur and provides you with troubleshooting tips
73. ional however unidirectional printing allows for precise vertical printing alignment Software When you selectESC F the printer operates in the EPSON ESC P mode When you select I I the printer emulates an IBM printer 0 slash The zero character has a slash when this feature is on it has no slash 0 when this feature is off The slash allows you to easily distinguish between the uppercase letter O and a zero I F Interface mode The printer provides a slot for an optional interface in addition to its built in abi interface serial ee and USB interface You can choose fits automatic printer automatically selects the interface that is receiving data and uses that interface until the end of the print job The Aut setting allows you to share the printer among multiple computers without changing the interface mode If sie Aa one ee aye is connected ta the printer you can select 21 Serial USE or 721 depending on which interece your neu uses 92 Control Panel Auto I F Interface wait time When the printer is in the auto interface mode and it receives no data from the currently selected interface for the amount of time specified with this setting it determines which interface is ae data and Weis to that interface You can specify either i or 38 z for the auto interface wait time Parallel I F bi directional mode The Parallel Interface bidirectional transfer mode is used when th
74. is feature is on If bidirectional transfer mode is unnecessary turn this off Packet mode Make sure to select uto when you print from Windows applications using the printer driver included in the Printer Software CD ROM that comes with the printer Turn this feature off if you have connection troubles while printing from applications based on other operating systems such as DOS Serial baud rate This setting is available only when data is transferred via a serial interface Use this option to set the data transfer rate baud for the serial interface The baud rate is measured in bits per second bps See your computer manual and software documentation for the proper setting Serial parity This setting is available only when data is transferred via a serial interface The parity bit is added to data and detects errors on the data When this option is set to the parity bit is not added to data When this option is set to larare the parity is added to data but the printer receives the data even if an error is detected Control Panel 93 Serial data length This setting is available only when data is transferred via a a serial interface Set the data length of the serial interface to bit or bit See your computer manual and software documentation fen the proper setting Character table You can select among various character tables including several international character sets for the italic character tabl
75. l Panel 103 Chapter 5 Problem Solver Diagnosing the Problem For problems that may be related to USB connections see Correcting USB Problems on page 121 for details If your problem is not USB related troubleshooting printer problems is best handled in two easy steps first diagnose the problem then apply likely solutions until the problem is fixed The information that you need to diagnose and solve most common problems is provided by the printer s control panel EPSON Status Monitor 3 or by printing a self test or Hex Dump Refer to the appropriate section below If you have a specific problem relating to print quality a printout problem not related to print quality or a paper feeding problem or if the printer does not print at all refer to the appropriate section in this chapter To solve a problem you may need to cancel printing For details see Canceling Printing on page 76 104 Problem Solver Using the error indicators You can identify many common printer problems using the lights on the control panel and messages on the LCD panel If your printer stops working and one or more control panel lights are on or flashing and a message appears on the LCD panel or the printer beeps use the following table to diagnose and fix the problem If you cannot fix your printer problem using this table see Problems and Solutions on page 109 State of panel lights and message on the LCD B
76. lick your printer icon and click Properties The screen displays the Properties window which contains the Paper Graphics Device Options and Utility menus These menus display the printer driver settings 4 To view a menu click the corresponding tab at the top of the window See Changing the printer driver settings on page 47 for information on how to change the settings Changing the printer driver settings Your printer driver has seven menus Paper Graphics Device Options General Details Utility and Sharing For an overview of the available settings see Printer Driver Settings Overview on page 54 You can also view online help by right clicking items in the driver and selecting What s this EPSON DFX 9000 ESC P Properties 2 x General Details Utility Sharing Paper Graphics Device Options Paper size Letter Fanfold 8 5 x 11 in 44 Fanfol Fanfold1 Fanfold2 Fanfold3 US SI Orientation Portrait C Landscape Paper source Tractor Front Do not cut 7 About Restore Defaults Printer Software 47 When you finish making printer driver settings click OK to apply the settings or click Restore Defaults to return the settings to their default values Once you have checked your printer driver settings and made any necessary changes you are ready to print Using the Printer Driver with Windows XP 2000 and Windows NT 4 0 You can access the printer d
77. ligned 140 Options and Consumables 8 Close the sprocket covers 9 Adjust the two sprockets until the paper is straight and smooth and then lock the sprockets into place Y Caution Be sure the sprockets are not too far apart Your paper could jam if they pull the paper too tightly or tear the edges of the paper holes To remove any excess tension in your paper release the right sprocket and lock it again 10 Adjust the top of form position if necessary See Adjusting the top of form position on page 27 for instructions 11 Close the top cover Press the LF FF Load button to feed the paper out the back of the printer Make sure the edge of the first sheet emerges below the paper separator Options and Consumables 141 Using the pull tractor with the rear tractor If you are using labels or multi part forms with more than seven sheets including the original do not use the rear tractor use the front tractor See Using the pull tractor with the front tractor on page 138 for details You can switch between the front and rear tractors at any time when you are using the pull tractor Just press the Front Rear button and then use the LF FF Load button to feed the paper the additional distance to the pull tractor To tear off printed pages press the LF FF Load button to advance the paper to a point where it can be torn off The following steps explain how to load paper using the optional pull tr
78. m In hex dump mode the printer prints all data it receives from the computer as hexadecimal values Note The Hex Dump feature is designed for use with DOS based PC Follow these steps to print a hex dump 1 Make sure paper is loaded and the printer is turned off Caution Whenever you turn off the printer wait at least five seconds before turning it back on otherwise you may damage the printer 2 To enter hex dump mode turn on the printer while holding down the Top of Form and LF FF Load buttons 108 Problem Solver 3 Open a software program and send a print job to the printer Your printer prints all the codes it receives in hexadecimal format 20 65 78 4 This is an e 78 20 64 ample A OD OA Luan prinout as 1B 40 20 54 68 69 73 20 SP 73 20 1 GE l 60 70 60 65 20 F 46 20 61 20 469 75 6 70 20 70 72 69 GE 74 SF 75 74 2E By comparing the characters printed in the right column with the printout of the hexadecimal codes you can check the codes the printer is receiving If characters are printable they appear in the right column as ASCII characters Nonprintable codes such as control codes are represented by dots 4 To turn off hex dump mode press the Pause button and then turn off the printer Y Caution Do not turn off the printer while it is printing the hex dump Always press the Pause button to stop printing and then turn off the printer Problems and Solutions Mos
79. n or printer driver does not match the size of the paper you are using Check the paper size setting in your application or printer driver The printer s page length settings for the front or rear tractor do not match the size of the paper you are using Check the page length settings for the front or rear tractor using the printer s SelecType mode See Changing the settings in the SelecType mode on page 98 for details 114 Problem Solver Printing or printout quality problems The printer is on but it doesn t print Cause What to do The interface cable is broken or twisted Check that the interface cable is not broken or twisted If you have another interface cable replace the cable and check whether the printer works correctly The printer is not connected directly to your computer When you use a printer changer printer buffer or a extension cable the printer does not print correctly due to the combination of these devices Make sure that the printer works correctly when it is connected to your computer without these devices The printer driver is not installed correctly Check that the printer driver is installed properly If necessary reinstall the printer driver Paper is jammed or the ribbon or guard mechanism is stuck Turn the printer off open the printer cover and remove the jammed paper or things that are stuck The USB setting is incorrec
80. n the rear cover rear cover Be sure to set any switches and jumpers on the card as necessary See the interface card s manual for details Make sure that you set jumper JG to on or the card will not work properly To set the jumper to on cover both wires of the terminal with the rectangular jumper plug 158 Options and Consumables 5 Useascrewdriver to remove the screws securing the interface shield plate remove the shield plate 6 Slide the interface card into the grooves in the interface slot Push it in firmly to make sure it connects to the printer s internal socket 7 Secure the interface with the screws provided with the card 8 Plug the connector cable into the interface card as shown Options and Consumables 159 9 Plug the other end of the cable into your computer 10 Close the interface cover 11 Plug the power cord into your printer and an electrical outlet Using a serial interface card To use a serial interface card C82305 or C82306 see the sections below to set the correct baud rate handshake timing and error handling For all other data transfer conventions such as word structure and communications protocol see your interface card manual Selecting a baud rate Y
81. ncorrect Ask your network administrator for help Correcting USB Problems If you are having difficulty using your printer with a USB connection read the information in this section Problem Solver 121 Make sure that your computer is a Windows XP Me 98 or 2000 pre installed model Your computer must be a Windows XP Me 98 or 2000 pre installed model You may not be able to install or run the USB printer driver on a computer which is not equipped with a USB port or which has been upgraded from Windows 95 to Windows XP Me 98 or 2000 For details about your computer contact your dealer Make sure that EPSON USB Printer Devices appears on the Device Manager menu for Windows Me and 98 only If you canceled the plug and play driver installation before the procedure was complete either the USB printer device driver or the printer driver may be incorrectly installed Follow these steps to check the installation and reinstall the drivers 1 Turn the printer on and plug the USB cable into the printer and the computer 2 Right click the My Computer icon on your desktop then click Properties 3 Click the Device Manager tab 122 Problem Solver If your drivers are correctly installed EPSON USB Printer Devices should appear on the Device Manager menu System Properties _2 x General Device Manager Hardware Profiles Performance View devices by type View devices by connection m Compute
82. ne Cause What to do No line feed command is sent at the end of each line of text Turn on the auto line feed setting using the printer s default setting mode so that the printer automatically adds aline feed code to each carriage return See Changing the settings in the SelecType mode on page 98 for details The printout has extra blank lines between lines of text Cause What to do Two line feed commands are being sent at the end of each line of text because the printer s auto line feed setting is on Turn off the auto line feed setting using the printer s SelecType mode See Changing the settings in the SelecType mode on page 98 for details The line space setting in your application software is incorrect Adjust the line space setting in your application software The printer prints strange symbols incorrect fonts or other inappropriate characters Cause What to do Your printer and computer are not communicating correctly Make sure that you use the correct interface cable and that the communications protocol is correct See Electronic on page 168 and your computer documentation 118 Problem Solver The wrong character table is selected in your software Select the correct character table using your software or the SelecType mode The character table setting in your software overrides settings made in the Sel
83. ng the printer s settings on page 98 for details Reset When you press both the Font and Pitch buttons simultaneously the printer clears buffer and returns to its default settings Pitch Item button LI Selects one of the pitch settings To select a pitch see Selecting a Font and Pitch on page 86 1 When the printer enters the SelecType mode and default setting mode the button works as an Item button You can press the Item button to select the next menu See Changing the printer s settings on page 98 for details Control Panel 83 g Tear Off Set button 1 Feeds continuous paper forward to the tear off position 1 When the printer enters the SelecType mode and default setting mode the button works as the Set button You can press the Sett button to select the previous value of a setting item See Changing the printer s settings on page 98 for details Tear Off light On when the paper is in the tear off position h Menu When you press the Tear Off and Top of Form buttons at the same time the printer enters or exits the SelecType mode and you can set the various printer settings See Changing the settings in the SelecType mode on page 98 for details 84 Control Panel Top of Form Get button m Enters the top of form position mode and sets the new top of form position after it has been adjusted with the Micro Feed buttons When the printer enters th
84. ns on the sides of the perforation cutter into the notches in the printer 6 After the perforation cutter is in place push back the perforation cutter handle flat 148 Options and Consumables 7 Plug the perforation cutter s connector securely into the connector inside the printer Then close the top cover 8 Close the rear flap Attaching the perforated paper output attachment and output tray The perforation cutter comes with the perforated paper output attachment and the perforated paper output tray for stacking printed sheets You can stack up to 200 sheets of paper or 100 multi part forms on the output tray Note D Stacked pages may be turned over on the output tray Options and Consumables 149 I Do not allow the printer to stack more than 200 sheets of paper or 100 multi part forms on the output tray 1 Remove the output tray when you will be printing hundreds of pages and will not need to cut the printed pages To attach the perforated paper output attachment and the output tray follow these steps 1 Open the paper separator cover and attach the output attachment as shown below SS DS zai lh HES eT LT UL Let IO EL VAB y M E AA PI DIL N DY Wh output attachment 150 Options and Consumables 2 Close the paper separator cover and position the output tray on the output attachment to accommodate the page len
85. o 1440 120 by 1 120 inch Base sheet PG position Oto 14 number Label paper PG position Oto 14 number Control Panel 97 Panel lock out Menu Values default in bold Pause function Unlock Lock Micro Feed function Unlock Lock Load function Unlock Lock LF function Unlock Lock FF function Unlock Lock Top of Form function Unlock Lock Tear Off function Unlock Lock Font function Unlock Lock Pitch function Unlock Lock Front Rear function Unlock Lock Menu function Unlock Lock Reset function Unlock Lock If a setting is set to Unlock you can use the button regardless of the panel lock out mode If a setting is set to Lock you cannot use the button when the printer is in the panel lock out mode Changing the printer s settings Changing the settings in the Seleclype mode The following table shows the basic function of each button in the SelecType mode Button Basic function Menu Tear Off and Top Enters or exits the Seleclype mode of Form buttons Item Font button Selects the previous menu parameter 98 Control Panel Button Basic function Item Pitch button Selects the next menu parameter Sete Tear Off button Select the previous value in the selected menu Set Top of Form Select the next value in the selected menu button Follow these steps to enter the SelecType mode and change t
86. on cartridge If you have just used the printer the print head may be hot let it cool for a few minutes before touching it ENERGY STAR Compliance As an ENERGY STAR Partner Epson has determined that this product meets longi the ENERGY STAR guidelines for energy efficiency The International ENERGY STAR Office Equipment Program is a voluntary partnership with the computer and office equipment industry to promote the introduction of energy efficient personal computers monitors printers fax machines copiers scanners and multifunction devices in an effort to reduce air pollution caused by power generation Their standards and logos are uniform among participating nations 10 Safety Instructions Chapter 2 Paper Handling Using the Two Tractor System Your printer s paper handling system consists of a front push tractor and a rear push tractor Both tractors are easy to load and operate and both accommodate a wide variety of paper types including labels and multi part forms The printer automatically adjusts to the thickness of the paper loaded when the Platen gap setting is set to Auto in the SelecType mode See SelecType mode on page 88 for details You can print on continuous paper from 3 inches 76 2 mm to 16 5 inches 419 1 mm wide Your printer senses the paper width automatically When using more than two types of paper load the paper you use most often onto the front tractor
87. operly If you want to use EPSON Status Monitor 3 reinstall the driver as described in the Start Here 58 Printer Software Before using EPSON Status Monitor 3 be sure to read the README file on the User CD ROM This file contains the latest information on the utility Setting up EPSON Status Monitor 3 Follow these steps to set up EPSON Status Monitor 3 1 Open the Utility menu as described in Using the Printer Driver with Windows Me 98 and 95 on page 44 or Using the Printer Driver with Windows XP 2000 and Windows NT 4 0 on page 48 2 Click the Monitoring Preferences button The Monitoring Preferences dialog box appears Monitoring Preferences EPSON DFX 900 2x r Select Notification Screen Notification B Error On Communication Error On Default r Select Shortcut Icon 8 V Shortcut Icon Example Double clicking the Shortcut Icon opens the Printer Status Window I Receive error notification for shared printers I Allow monitoring of shared printers Cancel Help Printer Software 59 3 The following settings are available Select Notification Displays the error item check box On Off status Turn on this check box to display the selected error notification Select Shortcut Icon The selected icon is displayed on the taskbar The setting s example is shown on the right window By clicking the shortcut icon you can
88. or before installing the pull tractor See Loading Paper onto the Rear Tractor on page 20 for instructions Options and Consumables 135 1 Turn off the printer and open the paper separator cover 2 Use a cross head screwdriver to remove the two screws securing the paper separator to the printer Then lift the paper separator off the printer 136 Options and Consumables 3 Close the paper separator cover and open the printer s top cover 4 Holding the pull tractor with its gears to the left fit the tractor s front notches over the mounting shaft of the printer Options and Consumables 137 5 Then tilt the pull tractor back until its rear latches click into place over the printer s rear mounting pins 6 Close the printer s top cover Using the pull tractor with the front tractor If you are using labels or multi part forms with more than seven parts including the original you should use the pull tractor with the printer s built in front tractor You can switch between the front and rear tractors at any time when you are using the pull tractor Just press the Front Rear button and then use the LF FF Load button to feed the paper the additional distance to the pull tractor Labels require special handling See Using labels on page 42 for details To tear off documents press the LF FF Load button to advance the paper to a point where it can be torn off To use the pull tr
89. ou can select from the following baud rates 300 600 1200 2400 4800 9600 and 19200 bps bits per second To set the baud rate see the bit rate selection table in your interface card manual Handshake timing When the unused area for data in the input buffer drops to 256 bytes the printer outputs an X OFF code or sets the DTR flag to 1 MARK to indicate that it cannot receive data When the unused area increases to 512 bytes the printer outputs an X ON code or sets the DTR flag to 0 SPACE to indicate that it is ready to receive data Error handling When the printer detects a parity error it prints an asterisk The printer ignores all other errors including framing and overrun errors 160 Options and Consumables Print Server You can use this printer as a network printer by installing a print server in the printer s parallel interface port See the Administrator s Manual packaged with this option for instructions on installation and use The following Printer Servers can be used D EpsonNet 10 100 Base Tx Int Print Server 3 C82435 Setting the IP address from the control panel Follow the steps below to get the IP address using the control panel 1 Turn on the printer 2 Press the Menu Tear Off and Top of Form buttons to enter the SelecType mode 3 Press the Item Font or Item Pitch button to select the Get IP address setting and set the setting to Panel using the Sete Tear Off o
90. ou want to connect to Browse for a printer Connect to this printer or to browse for a printer select this option and click Next Name Example server printer Connect to a printer on the Internet or on a home or office network URL Example http server printers myprinter printer lt Back Next gt Cancel Printer Software 71 5 Click the icon of the com puter or server that is connected to the shared printer and the name of the shared printer Then click Next Add Printer Wizard Browse For Printer Locate your network printer Printer ANWORK 2 EPSON XXXXXX Adi Shared printers ivancer r Printer information Comment Status Ready Documents Waiting 0 lt Back Nem Cancel Note D The name of the shared printer may be changed by the computer or server that is connected to the shared printer To make sure of the name of the shared printer ask the administrator of the network If the printer driver is installed in the client beforehand you need to select either the new printer driver or the current printer driver When the prom select the printer drive step Installing the printer default printer or not th pt to select the printer driver appears r according to the message If the printer server s OS is Windows XP or 2000 go to the next If the printer server s OS is not Windows XP or 2000 go to driver f
91. page 20 for instructions Press the Front Rear button to switch to the other tractor The printer cuts off the printed document feeds the paper on the tractor backward to the standby position and then advances the paper on the other tractor to the loading position Options and Consumables 153 Removing the perforation cutter To remove the perforation cutter follow the steps below After you remove the perforation cutter store it in its original box and packing materials 1 Cut off any printed document in the printer as described in the previous section 2 Turn off the printer and open the paper separator cover 3 Remove the perforated paper output attachment and the output tray from the printer 154 Options and Consumables 4 Open the top cover Then unplug the paper cutter s connector from the printer 5 Grasp the handle on the perforation cutter and lift the perforation cutter up and out of the printer Options and Consumables 155 6 Close the top cover and open the paper separator cover 7 Reattach the paper separator using the two screws that you removed before 156 Options and Consumables Interface Cards You can use optional interface cards to supplement your printer s built in serial and parallel interfaces The EPSON interface cards below are compatible with your printer Not all of these interfaces are available worldwide Numbe
92. per Jams Follow these steps to clear a paper jam 1 Turn off the printer The printer is off when the power switch is pressed down to the O side Open the front cover or top cover depending on the tractor you are using Tear off the fresh supply at the perforation Gently pull the paper out of the printer Remove any remaining pieces of paper Problem Solver 125 5 Close the printer cover and turn on the printer Make sure the Paper Out light is not flashing and the Pause light is off Aligning Vertical Lines in Your Printout If you notice that the vertical lines in your printout are not properly aligned you can use the printer s bidirectional adjustment mode to correct this problem During bidirectional adjustment the printer prints three sheets of alignment patterns labeled High Speed Draft Draft and NLQ near letter quality As described below you select the best alignment pattern from each sheet Note The setting instructions are printed in the language that you set in the SelecType mode If you want to change the language of the setting instructions change the language setting in the SelecType mode See Changing the settings in the SelecType mode on page 98 for instructions Follow these steps to perform the bidirectional adjustment 1 Make sure paper is loaded then turn off the printer Caution Whenever you turn off the printer wait at least five seconds before turning it back on o
93. prevent water from getting inside the printer Caution d Never use alcohol or thinners to clean the printer these chemicals can damage the printer components as well as the case D Be careful not to get water on the printer mechanism or electronic components q Do not use a hard or abrasive brush Do not spray the inside of the printer with lubricants unsuitable oils can damage the printer mechanism Contact your Epson dealer if you think lubrication is needed Transporting the Printer If you need to transport your printer some distance carefully repack it using the original box and packing materials Follow these steps to repack the printer in its original packing materials Product Information 187 W Warning You need to move the print head by hand to remove the ribbon cartridge If you have just used the printer the print head may be hot let it cool for a few minutes before touching it Remove any paper loaded in the printer Make sure the printer is turned off Unplug the power cord from the electrical outlet then disconnect the interface cable from the printer Remove the ribbon cartridge If any options are installed remove them and pack them in their original boxes Make sure the print head is not hot Then remove the ribbon cartridge Make sure that all covers of the printer are closed Repack the printer ribbon cartridge and power cord if necessary in their original packing materials
94. printer 2 Turn on the printer while holding down the Font Dutton to enter the default setting mode The message 3 le appears on the LCD panel Note The instructions and current settings are printed out in the language that you set in the SelecType mode If you want to change the language change the language setting in the SelecType mode See Changing the settings in the SelecType mode on page 98 for details Control Panel 101 3 Select one of the three main menus by pressing the Sett Tear Off or Set Top of Form button Note You can scroll value by holding the Sett Tear Off or Set Top of Form button for a few seconds 4 IfyouselectFrini 3 to print the current settings If you select F l z orPanal h wat press the temet Font or tems Pitch ution to ne the setting items which you wish to change and go to the next step Note You can scroll the menu by holding the teme Font or Items Pitch button for a few seconds 5 Press the Set Tear Off or Set Top of Form button to select the values within the selected parameter until you find the desired setting Note You can scroll value by holding the Sett Tear Off or Set Top of Form button for a few seconds 6 Aftersetting the selected parameter to the desired setting you may either continue to make changes to other parameters by pressing the Item button or the Item button or exit the default setting mode Note The menu sel
95. printer The print head moves to the left and the LCD turns on Also either the front or rear tractor arrow on the Tractor Select indicator lights up depending on which tractor was selected when the printer was turned off last 12 Check the Tractor Select indicator to see which tractor is selected If the front tractor arrow light is red press the LF FF Load button to load the paper Tractor Select LF FF Load Front Rear LL I If the rear tractor arrow light is red press the Front Rear button to switch to the front tractor When the printer switches tractors it also loads the paper automatically Paper Handling 19 The Tractor Select indicator changes to green The paper is now loaded to the top of form position If it looks like the printing will start too high or low on the page adjust the paper position See Adjusting the Paper Position on page 26 for instructions Loading Paper onto the Rear Tractor Follow the steps below to load paper onto the rear tractor You do not need to remove the paper from the front tractor first 1 Turn off the printer 20 Paper Handling 3 Open the rear flap at the back of the top cover ae pt rear flap 4 Release the sprocket lock levers on the rear tractor s right and left sprockets by pulling each lever forward sprocket lock lever 3 Caution Do not try to pull on or remove the elastic cord from the tractor Pape
96. printer To make sure of the name of the shared printer ask the administrator of the network 6 Click Next Note Q If the printer driver is installed in the client beforehand you need to select the new printer driver or the current printer driver When the prompt to select the printer driver appears select the printer driver according to the message 1 If the printer server s OS is Windows Me 98 or 95 go to the next step D If the printer server s OS is not Windows Me 98 or 95 go to Installing the printer driver from the CD ROM on page 75 7 Make sure of the name of the shared printer and select whether to use the printer as the default printer or not Click OK and then follow the on screen instructions Printer Software 69 Note You can change the shared printer s name so that it appears only on the client computer With Windows XP or 2000 Follow these steps to set Windows XP or 2000 clients You can install the printer driver of the shared printer if you have Power Users or more powerful access rights even if you are not the Administrator 1 For Windows 2000 clients click Start point to Settings and click Printers For Windows XP Professional clients click Start and click Printers and Faxes For Windows XP Home Edition clients click Start click Control panel then click Printers and Faxes 2 For Windows 2000 double click the Add Printer icon then click Next For Windows XP
97. r Fy 43 CDROM H E Disk drives m Pin a cf EPSON USB Printer EPUSBI Sy Floppy disk controllers H Hard disk controllers H Keyboard H A Modem om i El Monitors H Mouse 9 Network adapters tH Sf Ports COM amp LPT HK SCSI controllers ea Sound yoa and game controllers gt Properties aye Refresh Remove Print Cancel If EPSON USB Printer Devices does not appear on the Device Manager menu click the plus sign beside Other devices to view the installed devices ad USB Printer p Other devices HY Potts COM amp LPT If USB Printer appears under Other devices the USB printer device driver is not installed correctly If EPSON DFX 9000 appears the printer driver is not installed correctly If USB Printer or EPSON DFX 9000 does not appear under Other devices click Refresh or unplug the USB cable from the printer then plug it into the printer again Problem Solver 123 4 Under Other devices select USB Printer or EPSON DFX 9000 and click Remove Then click OK System Properties 2 x General Device Manager Hardware Profiles Performance View devices by type C View devices by connection Computer CDROM H E Disk drives 5 Display adapters H Floppy disk controllers amp Hard disk controllers H Keyboard 4 Monitors 4 J Mouse Network adapters ES Other devices a EERIE te Sf Ports COM amp LPT Ej amp SCSI controllers
98. r Handling 21 5 Position the right sprocket so that the sprocket pins are to the right of the arrow mark on the scale Lock it in place by pushing the sprocket lock lever back arrow mark on the scale 6 Nowslide the left sprocket to approximately match the width of your paper Do not lock it in place yet 22 Paper Handling 7 Open both sprocket covers sprocket cover 8 Make sure your paper has a clean straight edge With the side of the paper you want to print on facing down insert your paper through the opening at the rear of the printer Note You may find it easier to load the paper by standing to the side That way you can feed the paper with one hand and pull it through with the other a J Paper Handling 23 9 Fit the first few holes in the paper over the sprocket pins as shown below Now close the sprocket covers 10 Slide the left sprocket to remove any slack in the paper Make sure the paper is straight and has no wrinkles Push the sprocket lock lever back to lock the sprocket in place After you lock the left sprocket it may still move slightly this is normal 24 Paper Handling Note Be careful not to pull the paper too tightly when adjusting the left sprocket 11 Close the top cover and the rear flap The paper is now loaded in the standby position 12 Turn on the printer The print head moves to the left and the LCD turns on Also either the fron
99. r Name C82305 C82306 Serial interface C82307 C82308 32KB intelligent serial interface C8231 2 Localtalk interface C82313 32KB IEEE 488 interface C8231 4 Coax interface C8231 5 Twinax interface C82345 IEEE 1284 parallel interface C82435 EpsonNet 10 100 Base Tx Int Print Server 3 The asterisk 2 is a substitute for the last digit which varies by country If you are not sure whether you need an optional interface or would like to know more about interfaces contact your EPSON dealer Note Your printer has an auto interface mode function that allows you to connect to more than one interface at a time See Changing the settings in the SelecType mode on page 98 for details Coax and twinax interfaces enable the printer to communicate with an IBM minicomputer or mainframe via coax or twinax protocol This allows EPSON printers to function as local IBM printers without the addition of any other circuitry or components Options and Consumables 157 Installing an interface card Follow the steps below to install an optional interface card Note If you install an optional interface card make sure you set the interface you use in the SelecType mode See Changing the settings in the SelecType mode on page 98 for details 1 Turn off both your printer and your computer Then remove all power and interface cables from the printer Turn the printer so that the rear cover faces you Ope
100. r Set Top of Form button 4 Press the tem Pitch button to select the IF trate i 5 Change the number for the IF 1 using the Sett Tear Off or Set Top of Form button 6 Press the Item Pitch button to select the next byte and change the number using the Set Tear Off or Set Top of Form button 7 Repeat step 6 until the number for the IF tite 4 is set Options and Consumables 161 10 11 12 i tod and amp i to 4 Set the numbers for same way as the 1i Confirm the numbers that you selected for the IF tute 1 to 1 tod and Gi tod are pane set ty When you finish making settings press the Menu Tear Off and Top of Form buttons The LCD displays Save Settins If you want to save the settings select ki pressing ie Sett Sar Off button If you do not want to save the settings select Ha by pressing the Set Top of Form button Turn off the printer 162 Options and Consumables Appendix A Product Information Printer Parts front cover sprocket control panel CUNT J power switch k paper supports front tractor unit parts Product Information 163 sprockets top cover 164 Product Information rear tractor unit parts upper cover ribbon cartridge print head paper separator cover USB interface parallel interface serial interface rear cover Product In
101. re 63 3 Click File and Print Sharing on the Configuration menu 4 Select the want to be able to allow others to print to my printer s check box then click OK 5 Click OK to accept the settings Note D When Insert the Disk appears insert the Windows Me 98 or 95 CD ROM in the computer Click OK and then follow the on screen instructions D When the prompt to restart the computer appears restart the computer and continue with the settings 6 Double click the Printers icon on the control panel 7 Right click your printer icon and click Sharing in the menu that appears 8 Select Shared As type the name in the Share Name box and click OK Type a Comment and Password if needed Paper Graphics Device Options General Details Sharing Utility C Not Shared Share Name EPSONXXX Comment Password Note 1 Do not use spaces or hyphens for the share name or an error may occur 64 Printer Software D When sharing the printer be sure to set EPSON Status Monitor 3 so that the shared printer can be monitored on the printer server See Setting up EPSON Status Monitor 3 on page 59 You need to set the client computers so that they can use the printer on a network See the following pages for details LY With Windows Me 98 or 95 on page 68 LY With Windows XP or 2000 on page 70 LI With Windows NT 4 0 on page 73 With Windows XP 2000 or Windows
102. rinter driver you also need to uninstall the USB device driver Printer Software 79 Follow these steps to uninstall the USB device driver Note D Uninstall the printer driver before uninstalling the USB device driver I Once you uninstalled the USB device driver you cannot access any other Epson printers connected with a USB interface cable 1 Follow steps 1 through 3 of Uninstalling the Printer Software on page 77 2 Select EPSON USB Printer Devices and click Add Remove Add Remove Programs Properties _ x Install Uninstall Windows Setup Startup Disk B To install a new program from a floppy disk or CD ROM Pd drive click Install E The following software can be automatically removed by v Windows To remove a program or to modify its installed components select it from the list and click Add Remove Adobe Illustrator 7 0 Adobe Photoshop 5 5 Diamond Multimedia Product Installation amp Removal EPSON Printer Software psonNet Direct Print 2 Tal Intel R PRO Ethernet Adapter and Software Add Remove OK Cancel Apply Note 0 EPSON USB Printer Devices appears only when the printer is connected to Windows Me or 98 with a USB interface cable 80 Printer Software Q Ifthe USB device driver is not installed correctly EPSON USB Printer Devices may not appear Follow these steps to run the Epusbun exe file in the CD ROM 1 Insert the CD
103. river from your Windows applications or from the Start menu 1 When you access the printer driver from a Windows application any settings you make apply only to the application you are using See Accessing the printer driver from Windows applications on page 49 for more information 4 When you access the printer driver from the Start menu the printer driver settings you make apply to all your applications See Accessing the printer driver from the Start menu on page 51 for more information To check and change printer driver settings see Changing the printer driver settings on page 53 Note While many Windows applications override the settings made with the printer driver some do not so you must verify that the printer driver settings match your requirements 48 Printer Software Accessing the printer driver from Windows applications Follow these steps to access the printer driver from a Windows application Note The examples in the following section are from the Windows 2000 operating system They may vary in appearance from what actually appears on your screen however the instructions are the same 1 Select Print Setup or Print from the File menu of your application software In the Print or Print Setup dialog box displayed make sure that your printer is selected in the Name drop down list a 2x m Printer Name EPSON DFX 9000 ESC P Properties Status Ready Type
104. rom the CD ROM on page 75 For Windows 2000 select whether to use the printer as the en click OK For Windows XP if another driver is already installed select whether to use the printer as the default printer or not then click OK 72 Printer Software 7 Make sure of the settings then click Finish Add Printer Wizard Completing the Add Printer fully completed the Add Printer Wizard following printer settings To close this wizard click Finish e With Windows NT 4 0 Follow these steps to set Windows NT 4 0 clients You can install the printer driver of the shared printer if you have Power Users or more powerful access rights even if you are not the Administrator 1 Click Start point to Settings and click Printers 2 Double click the Add Printer icon 3 Select Network printer server then click Next Printer Software 73 4 Click the icon of the computer or server that is connected to the shared printer and the name of the shared printer Then click OK dx fp Printer WORKB EPSON 00000 Advi Cancel Shared Printers I Expand by Default Help EpsonPeripheralNetwork Microsoft Windows Network SERVER2 1 E WORK1 E WORK2 E WORKS E WORK4 E WORKS xl Description Printer Information Status Documents Waiting Note D You can also type the name of the computer that is locally connected to the shared pr
105. ront or rear front or rear tractor using the printer s tractor do not match the size of SelecType mode See Changing the the continuous paper you are _ settings in the SelecType mode on page using 98 for details The top margin or top of form Check and adjust the margin or position setting is incorrect top of form position settings in your application software See the printable area specifications in Printable area on page 181 You can also adjust the top of form position using the buttons on the control panel However settings made in Windows applications override settings made with the control panel See Adjusting the top of form position on page 27 for details The printer driver settings you Choose the correct printer driver setting want to use are not selected in from the Windows desktop or in your your software application before printing Problem Solver 113 Wrong tear off position The printer prints on or too far away from the perforation of your continuous paper Cause What to do The tear off position setting is incorrect Adjust the tear off position using the buttons on the control panel See Adjusting the top of form position on page 27 for details The printer you want to use is not selected in your software Choose the correct printer from the Windows desktop or in your application before printing The paper size setting in your applicatio
106. rors that may have occurred at the interface Problem Solver 127 Note This operation also returns the printer s settings to defaults When you do not want to change settings to defaults cancel printing by using the printer driver Contacting Customer Support If your Epson product is not operating properly and you cannot solve the problem using the troubleshooting information in your product documentation contact customer support services for assistance Check your Pan European Warranty Document for information on how to contact EPSON Customer support They will be able to help you much more quickly if you give them the following information I Product serial number The serial number label is usually on the back of the product LJ Product model J Product software version Click About Version Info or similar button in the product software 1 Brand and model of your computer D Your computer operating system name and version _1 Names and versions of the software applications you normally use with your product 128 Problem Solver Technical Support Web Site Go to http www epson com and select the Support section of your local EPSON web site for the latest drivers FAQs manuals and other downloadables Epson s Technical Support Web Site provides help with problems that cannot be solved using the troubleshooting information in your printer documentation Problem Solver 129 Chapter 6
107. set the tear off position only when you are in tear off mode after you press the Tear Off button once and the Tear Off light is on The printer remembers the new tear off position even after the printer is turned off reset or initialized 5 Tear off the page using the tear off edge on the printer s top cover 6 Press the Tear Off button to feed the paper back to the top of form position You are now ready to print your next document Y Caution Always tear off the printed document before you feed the paper back to the top of form position Never feed paper backward more than one page 34 Paper Handling Switching Between Front and Rear Tractors You can easily switch between paper loaded on the front tractor and paper loaded on the rear tractor The instructions below explain how to switch from the front tractor to the rear tractor but you can follow the same steps to switch from the rear tractor to the front tractor Caution Never switch between tractors if labels are already loaded in the printer First remove the labels by tearing off the fresh supply below the tractor and pressing LF FF Load to eject the remaining labels Before you start make sure the printer is turned on and that the front tractor is selected the front tractor arrow on the Tractor Select indicator should be lit If you are in the middle of printing a document wait for the printer to finish printing before you switch tractors Then follo
108. snotproperly Turn off the printer and make sure the plugged into the electrical power cord is firmly plugged into the outlet or your printer electrical outlet and the printer if necessary Then turn on the printer 110 Problem Solver The electrical outlet doesnot Use a different outlet work Paper loading or feeding problems The printer does not load continuous paper or does not feed it properly Cause What to do Continuous paper is not See Loading Paper onto the Front loaded properly Tractor on page 13 or Loading Paper onto the Rear Tractor on page 20 for instructions on loading continuous paper with the tractor you want to use The wrong tractor may be Check if the correct tractor arrow is lit on selected the Tractor Select indicator If the wrong tractor is selected be sure paper is loaded to the standby position on the tractor you want to use Then press the Front Rear button to switch to that tractor The printer may be out of Load paper onto the tractor The tractor paper arrow on the Tractor Select indicator should be green The printer does not feed continuous paper to the standby position Cause What to do Problem Solver 111 You have not torn off the Tear off the printed pages at the printed pages before pressing perforation Then press the LF FF Load the LF FF Load button button to feed the paper backward to the standby position When you
109. ss the shared printer due to the network system ask the administrator of the network for assistance This section describes how to install the printer driver by accessing the shared printer from the Printers folder You can also access the shared printer from Network Neighborhood or My Network on the Windows desktop When you want to use the EPSON Status Monitor 3 at clients you have to install both of the printer driver and the EPSON Status Monitor 3 in each client from the CD ROM With Windows Me 98 or 95 Follow these steps to set Windows Me 98 or 95 clients 1 2 Click Start point to Settings and click Printers Double click the Add Printer icon then click Next Select Network printer then click Next Click Browse and the Browse for Printer dialog box appears Note You can also type the name of the computer that is locally connected to the shared printer the shared printer s name in the Network path or queue name 68 Printer Software 5 Click the computer or server that is connected to the shared printer and the name of the shared printer Then click OK Browse for Printer 2j x Select the network printer that you want to add Note Printers are usually attached to computers El 3 Network Neighborhood H Entire Network E Server w Work1 B Work2 Zf epson Note The name of the shared printer may be changed by the computer or server that is connected to the shared
110. switch between front and rear tractors the paper jams or the printer does not feed the paper back to the standby position Cause What to do The printer may have reverse Use the tear off feature to tear off the fed too many pages printed document or any excess paper so that the printer needs to reverse feed only one page Then press the Front Rear button to switch tractors You may be trying to switch Labels jam when they are fed backward tractors when labels are so always remove any labels loaded in loaded in the printer the printer before you switch tractors To remove labels loaded in the printer tear off the fresh supply below the tractor and press the LF FF Load button to eject the remaining labels When you switch between front and rear tractors the printer does not load paper onto the selected tractor Cause What to do The printer may be out of Load paper onto the tractor The tractor paper arrow on the Tractor Select indicator should be green 112 Problem Solver Printing position problems Wrong top of form position Your printing appears too high or low on the page Cause What to do The paper size setting in your Check the paper size setting in your application softwareorprinter application or printer driver driver does not match the size of the paper you are using The printer s page length Check the page length settings for the settings for the f
111. t Confirm the USB setting is correct See Correcting USB Problems on page 121 for details The printer is hung up stopping in abnormal situations Turn the printer off and wait fora while Then turn the printer on again and start printing Problem Solver 115 The printer does not print when the computer sends data Cause What to do The printer is paused Press the Pause button to turn off the Pause light The interface cable is not plugged in securely Check that both ends of the cable between the printer and the computer are plugged in securely If the cable is connected correctly run a self test as described in Printing a Self Test on page 107 Your interface cable does not meet the printer and or computer specifications Use an interface cable that meets the requirements of both the printer and computer See Electronic on page 168 and your computer documentation Your software is not properly set up for your printer Select your printer from the Windows desktop or in your application If necessary install or reinstall the printer driver software as illustrated in the Start Here The printer makes noise but nothing prints or printing stops abruptly Cause What to do The ribbon has too much slack the ribbon has come loose or the ribbon cartridge is not installed properly Remove any slack in the ribbon by turning the
112. t matrix A method of printing in which each letter or symbol is formed by a pattern matrix of individual dots Glossary 189 draft The print mode used by your printer when you select Draft as the font The Draft font uses fewer dots per character for faster printing See also near letter quality NLQ driver See printer driver ESC P Abbreviation for EPSON Standard Code for Printers the system of commands your computer uses to control your printer It is standard for all Epson printers and supported by most application software for personal computers fanfold paper See continuous paper font A style of type designated by a name such as Roman or Sans Serif form feed FF A control panel button and control code that advances the paper to the next top of form position halftoning A method of using dot patterns to represent an image Halftoning makes it possible to produce varying shades of gray using only black dots or a nearly infinite array of colors using only a few colors of dots See also dithering hex dump A troubleshooting method that helps identify the cause of communication problems between the printer and the computer When the printer is in hex dump mode it prints each code that it receives in hexadecimal notation as well as in ASCII codes that stand for characters Also called data dump interface The connection between the computer and the printer through which print data is transmitted to the prin
113. t or rear tractor arrow on the Tractor Select indicator lights up depending on which tractor was selected when the printer was turned off last 13 Check the Tractor Select indicator to see which tractor is selected Paper Handling 25 If the rear tractor arrow light is red press the LF FF Load button to load the paper Uf 45 Tractor Select LF FF Load Front Rear L u If the front tractor arrow light is red press the Front Rear button to switch to the rear tractor When the printer switches tractors it also loads the paper automatically The Tractor Select indicator changes to green The paper is now loaded to the top of form position If it looks like the printing will start too high or low on the page adjust the paper position See Adjusting the Paper Position on page 26 for instructions Adjusting the Paper Position You can adjust the top of form position as well as the printing position at any point on the page by using the Micro Feed and Top of Form buttons The printer then remembers the new top of form position When you use the optional pull tractor you can adjust the paper position as described below 26 Paper Handling Note The printing position based on the top of form position is controlled by your software To change the print position adjust your software s print settings Use the following procedure only if your software does not allow print position adjustment
114. t problems you may encounter while operating your printer have simple solutions Use the information in this section to find the source of and solution to printer problems that occur Power supply problems on page 110 Paper loading or feeding problems on page 111 Printing position problems on page 113 Printing or printout quality problems on page 115 Problem Solver 109 Network problems on page 121 You can also use the self test to determine whether the printer or the computer is causing the problem See Printing a Self Test on page 107 for instructions on printing a self test To pinpoint communication problems experienced users may want to use the printer s hex dump mode described in Printing Hex Dump on page 108 To clear a paper jam see Clearing Paper Jams on page 125 Power supply problems The control panel lights come on briefly but then go off and stay off Cause What to do The printer s voltage rating Check the printer and the outlet voltage does not match the voltage of ratings If the voltages do not match your electrical outlet unplug the printer immediately and contact your dealer W Warning Do not reconnect the power cord to an electrical outlet that has the wrong voltage for your printer The printer does not work and the control panel lights are off even when you turn on the printer Cause What to do Thepowercordi
115. te To use the paper that is less than four inches wide remove the paper supports 7 Open both sprocket covers 16 Paper Handling 8 Be sure your paper has a clean straight edge and then fit the first few holes in the paper over the sprocket pins as shown below The side of the paper that you want to print on should be facing you Now close the sprocket covers Note When loading paper from the front be sure to put the paper someplace that is lower than the stand where the printer is placed Placing the paper on the same level as the printer or higher may cause a paper jam 9 Slide the right sprocket so that the paper is straight and has no wrinkles Lock the sprocket in place by pushing up the sprocket lock lever After you lock the right sprocket it may still move slightly this is normal Paper Handling 17 Note Be careful not to pull the paper too tightly when adjusting the right sprocket 10 Pull the printer s front cover out slightly and lower it until it is closed Gz Caution D Do not push the front cover directly down always pull it out slightly before closing D Before turning on the printer be absolutely sure you have removed all protective materials See the Unpacking instructions that are provided with the printer for more details Turning on the printer while the print head cannot move may seriously damage the mechanism 18 Paper Handling 11 Turn on the
116. ter landscape Printing that is oriented sideways on the page This orientation gives you a page that is wider than it is high and is useful for printing spreadsheets See also portrait line feed LF A control panel button and control code that advances the paper one line space 190 Glossary Micro Adjust function A printer function that allows you to precisely adjust the tear off top of form and loading positions near letter quality NLQ The print mode used by your printer to produce near letter quality fonts for better readability and appearance Print speed is slower See also draft pitch The horizontal size of the font which is measured by the number of characters per inch cpi The standard is 10 cpi See also characters per inch cpi portrait Printing that is oriented upright on the page as opposed to landscape in which printing is sideways on the page This is the standard orientation for printing letters or documents See also landscape printer driver A software program that sends commands for using the functions of a particular printer resolution A measure of the amount of detail that can be represented Resolution of printed images is measured by using the number of dots per inch dpi self test A method for checking the operation of the printer When you run the self test an internally stored self pattern is printed standby position The position of your continuous paper when it is atta
117. that is set Right margin This setting allows you to set the margin in columns from the right edge The margin is set in columns of 10 cpi regardless of the pitch that is set Platen gap This setting allows you to set the paper thickness When you select uto the printer automatically adjusts to the thickness pi the paper loaded If you want to set it manually select to 14 When using overlapping multi part forms select to i4 a to the paper thickness you use Auto tear off When auto tear off is on and you are using continuous paper with the front or rear push tractor the printer automatically advances the paper perforation to the tear off position where you can easily tear off the printed page s When the printer receives data again it automatically moves the paper back to the top of form position and starts printing so you can use all of the next page When auto tear off is off and you are using continuous paper with the front or rear push tractor you need to move the perforation to the tear off position manually by pressing the Tear Off and Micro Feed buttons See Tearing Off the Printed Pages on page 31 for more information Control Panel 91 Auto line feed When auto line feed is on the printer accompanies each carriage return CR code received with a line feed LF code Print direction You can select bidirectional printing i or unidirectional printing i f Printing is normally bidirect
118. the new paper See Loading Paper onto the Front Tractor on page 13 or Loading Paper onto the Rear Tractor on page 20 for instructions 1 If you have a printed document still in the printer use the tear off feature to tear off the document or excess paper u Caution Always tear off printed documents before changing the paper Never feed more than one page backward through the printer Paper Handling 37 2 Press the Front Rear button to switch to the rear tractor The front loaded paper automatically feeds back to the standby position 3 Open the printer s front cover To change the rear loaded paper open the printer s top cover and the rear flap AW Wa Ue L X 38 Paper Handling 4 Open the sprocket covers and remove the paper from the tractor sprocket cover 5 Load the new paper See Loading Paper onto the Rear Tractor on page 20 or Loading Paper onto the Front Tractor on page 13 for instructions Printing on Multi Part Forms and Labels Your printer can print on both single sheet and continuous multi part forms as well as on labels You can print on various types of paper including multi part forms and labels Your printer can also handle a variety of paper thicknesses from thin paper to ten sheets or seven sheets on the rear tractor including the original The printer automatically adj
119. the taskbar follow the instructions below to cancel printing 1 Double click the printer icon on the task bar then click Purge Print Documents on the Printer menu eat Og PM 76 Printer Software 2 When canceling all printing documents select Purge Print Documents For Windows Me or 98 or Cancel All Documents For Windows XP 2000 or Windows NT 4 0 on the Printer menu When canceling a specified document select a document you want to cancel and select Cancel Printing For Windows Me or 98 or Cancel For Windows XP 2000 or Windows NT 4 0 on the Document menu Printer Document View Help Pause Printing Status Owner Progress Started At v Set as Default Printing NoPassword Ooflpages 98 25 50 PM 10 16 03 Purge Print Documents Properties Close ii jobs in queue The printing job is canceled Uninstalling the Printer Software When you wish to reinstall or upgrade the printer driver uninstall the printer driver that has been installed already Uninstalling the printer driver and EPSON Status Monitor 3 1 Quit all applications 2 Click Start point to Settings and click Control Panel Printer Software 77 3 Double click the Add Remove Programs icon 4 Select EPSON Printer Software and click the Add Remove Add Remove Programs Properties 27 x Install Uninstall Windows Setup Startup Disk To install a new program from a floppy disk or
120. therwise you may damage the printer 2 While holding down the Pause button turn on the printer The printer enters the bidirectional adjustment mode and then prints instructions and the first set of alignment patterns 126 Problem Solver 3 As described in the instructions compare the alignment patterns and select the aligned pattern number with the best alignment by pressing the Font Item or Pitch Item button The LCD shows the pattern number that is selected at the time Press the Set Top of Form button to fix the selected pattern number and the next set of alignment patterns is printed 4 Select the pattern with the best alignment for each of the remaining sets of alignment patterns 5 After you select the best pattern in the final set of alignment patterns and save your selection by pressing the Set Top of Form button turn off the printer and exit the bidirectional adjustment mode Canceling Printing If you encounter problems while printing you may need to cancel printing You can cancel printing from your computer by using the printer driver or from the printer s control panel Using the printer driver To cancel a print job before it is sent from your computer see Canceling Printing on page 76 Using the printer s control panel Pressing the Font Item and Pitch Item buttons at the same time stops printing clears the print job being received from the active interface and clears er
121. to make settings in the default setting mode 30 Paper Handling 1 Make sure that the printer is turned on 2 Set the position for the settings listed below in the default setting mode Label base pos Label top pos Label length Label left pos Label width Base sheet PG Base sheet PG position number Label paper PG Label paper PG position number 3 Make the settings in the SelecType mode as shown below Forms w labels On Pge length front paper length when using the front tractor Pge length rear paper length when using the rear tractor Tearing Off the Printed Pages After you finish printing you can use the tear off feature to advance continuous paper on the push tractor to the tear off edge of the printer You can then easily tear off printed sheets When you resume printing the printer automatically feeds paper back to the loading position Paper Handling 31 This feature lets you save paper that would normally be lost between documents If the perforation between pages is not aligned with the tear off edge you can adjust the tear off position using the micro feed feature The printer remembers this new tear off position Caution Never use the tear off feature to reverse feed labels overlapping multi part forms or continuous forms with labels Using the Tear Off button Whether or not the printer is in tear off mode you can use the Tear Off button to advance continuous paper to t
122. ty Instructions When setting up the printer Because the printer weights approximately 34 kg you should not lift or carry it alone Two people should carry it by the bottom Do not place the printer on an unstable surface or near a radiator or heat source Place the printer ona flat surface The printer will not operate properly if it is tilted or placed at an angle Do not place this product on a soft unstable surface like a bed or asofa or asmall enclosed area as this restricts ventilation Do not block or cover the slots and openings in the printer s cabinet and do not insert objects through the slots Use only the type of power source indicated on the printer s label If you are not sure of the power supply specifications in your area contact your local power company or consult your dealer Connect all equipment to properly grounded electrical outlets Avoid using outlets on the same circuit as photocopiers or air control systems that regularly switch on and off Do not use a damaged or frayed power cord The power cord should be placed to avoid abrasions cuts fraying crimping kinking and other damage If you use an extension cord with the printer make sure the total ampere rating of all devices plugged into the extension cord does not exceed the cord s ampere rating Also make sure the total ampere of all devices plugged into the electrical outlet does not exceed the electrical outlet s
123. ur requirements Accessing the printer driver from Windows applications Follow these steps to access the printer driver from a Windows application 44 Printer Software 1 Select Print Setup or Print from the File menu of your application software In the Print or Print Setup dialog box displayed make sure that your printer is selected in the Name drop down list Printer Software 45 2 Click Printer Setup Properties or Options The button you click depends on your application and you may need to click a combination of these buttons The Properties window appears and you see the Paper Graphics and Device Options menus These menus contain the printer driver settings EPSON DFX 9000 ESC P on LPT1 Properties 2 x Paper Graphics Device Options Paper size Letter Fanfold 8 5 x 11 in ERE Roe om A4Fanfol Fanfold1 Fanfold2 Fanfold3 US SI H Orientation A f A Portrait A C Landscape Paper source Tractor Front Do not cut z About Restore Defaults Cancel 3 To view a menu click the corresponding tab at the top of the window See Changing the printer driver settings on page 47 for information on how to change the settings Accessing the printer driver from the Start menu Follow these steps to access the printer driver from the Start menu 1 Click the Start button and then point to Settings 2 Click Printers 46 Printer Software 3 Right c
124. usts to the thickness of your paper when the Platen gap setting is set to Auto in the SelecType mode See SelecType mode on page 88 for details When you print on multi part forms and labels the positioning of your text on the page can be critical See Adjusting the Paper Position on page 26 for more information on aligning your text You should also check both your printer and your software page length settings before you load labels or forms Paper Handling If you are using multi part forms or labels you may want to use the optional pull tractor See Using the Pull Tractor on page 135 for details Caution When printing on labels be absolutely sure that your printing stays within the printable area of the label to prevent damage to the print head See Paper on page 171 for more information on the printable area Using multi part forms You can use multi part carbonless or carbon backed forms with up to seven sheets including the original on the rear tractor On the front tractor you can use forms with up to ten sheets You load continuous multi part forms the same way you load any other type of continuous paper Before loading multi part forms however make sure the paper has a clean straight edge and does not separate or tear apart See Loading Paper onto the Front Tractor on page 13 or Loading Paper onto the Rear Tractor on page 20 for instructions 40 Paper Handling
125. w these steps 1 If no paper is loaded in the rear tractor load paper to the standby position the first five pins of the sprockets See Loading Paper onto the Rear Tractor on page 20 for instructions Paper Handling 35 2 If you have a printed document or excess paper still in the printer use the tear off feature described in the previous section to tear off the document or excess paper u Caution Always tear off the printed document and any excess paper before switching tractors Never feed more than one page backward through the printer 3 Press the Front Rear button to switch to the rear tractor The front loaded paper automatically feeds back to the standby position and the rear loaded paper advances to the top of form position 36 Paper Handling Changing the Paper This section describes how to change paper on the front tractor but you can follow the same steps when you change the paper on the rear tractor Before you start make sure the printer is turned on and the front tractor is selected If you are changing the paper on the rear tractor the rear tractor should be selected instead Caution Never change paper using this procedure if labels continuous forms with labels or overlapping multi part forms are already loaded in the printer Remove the labels by tearing off the fresh supply below the tractor and pressing LF FF Load to eject the remaining labels Then load
126. ype mode and default setting mode Control Panel 87 SelecType mode The settings that are available in the SelecType mode are shown in the following table and explained in detail after the table Menu Values default in bold Language English French German Italian Spanish Portuguese Print settings Execute Page length for rear tractor 3 inches 3 5 inches 4 inches 5 5 inches 6 inches 7 inches 8 inches 8 5 inches 11 inches 70 6 inches 12 inches 14 inches 17 inches Page length for front tractor 3 inches 3 5 inches 4 inches 5 5 inches 6 inches 7 inches 8 inches 8 5 inches inches 70 6 inches 12 inches 14 inches 17 inches lt Skip over perforation Off On Line spacing 1 6 inches 1 8 inches Left margin 0 columns to 80 columns Right margin 1 columns to 136 columns Platen gap Auto 0 to 14 Auto tear off Off On Auto line feed Off On Print direction Bi D Uni D Software ESC P IBM PPDS O slash Off On I F interface mode Auto Parallel Serial USB Optional Auto I F Interface wait time 10 seconds 30 seconds Parallel I F bi directional Off On mode Packet mode Auto Off 88 Control Panel Menu Values default in bold Serial baud rate 19200 BPS 9600 BPS 4800 BPS 2400 BPS 1200 BPS 600 BPS 300 BPS Serial parity None Odd Even Ignore Serial

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