Printer Basics
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... 43 Windows 44 Macintosh OS X 45 Macintosh 8.6 to 9.x 47 Managing Color with Custom Profiles 48 Printing a Custom Profile Test Target 48 Creating Your Custom Profile 50 Printing With Your Custom Profile 50 Solving Color Management Problems 56 Maintaining Your Printer 57 Cleaning the Print Head 57 Running the Head Cleaning Utility 58 Examining the Nozzle Check Pattern 59 Replacing an...
... 43 Windows 44 Macintosh OS X 45 Macintosh 8.6 to 9.x 47 Managing Color with Custom Profiles 48 Printing a Custom Profile Test Target 48 Creating Your Custom Profile 50 Printing With Your Custom Profile 50 Solving Color Management Problems 56 Maintaining Your Printer 57 Cleaning the Print Head 57 Running the Head Cleaning Utility 58 Examining the Nozzle Check Pattern 59 Replacing an...
Printer Basics
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... buttons. Reverses roll paper out of paper or multiple sheets have been fed. Printer lights Printer lights P power m paper out H ink (seven) Meaning On: printer is jammed in ink replacement mode, charging ink, or cleaning the print head. Flashing: paper is turned on or goes off . Lights flash in your ...documentation for details on ink. See the instructions in a pattern: the printer is low on using the automatic roll paper cutter, cuts, feeds, and returns the paper to its home position. Cleans the print head. Hold down the button for three seconds when all the red H Ink Out...
... buttons. Reverses roll paper out of paper or multiple sheets have been fed. Printer lights Printer lights P power m paper out H ink (seven) Meaning On: printer is jammed in ink replacement mode, charging ink, or cleaning the print head. Flashing: paper is turned on or goes off . Lights flash in your ...documentation for details on ink. See the instructions in a pattern: the printer is low on using the automatic roll paper cutter, cuts, feeds, and returns the paper to its home position. Cleans the print head. Hold down the button for three seconds when all the red H Ink Out...
Printer Basics
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... 63 ■ "Aligning the Print Head" on page 65 ■ "Cleaning the Automatic Roll Paper Cutter" on page 68 ■ "Cleaning the Printer" on page 68 ■ "Transporting the Printer" on page 70 Cleaning the Print Head If your printer working at least once a month to clean the print head. This section explains how to clean the print head using the Head Cleaning utility. This unclogs the nozzles...
... 63 ■ "Aligning the Print Head" on page 65 ■ "Cleaning the Automatic Roll Paper Cutter" on page 68 ■ "Cleaning the Printer" on page 68 ■ "Transporting the Printer" on page 70 Cleaning the Print Head If your printer working at least once a month to clean the print head. This section explains how to clean the print head using the Head Cleaning utility. This unclogs the nozzles...
Printer Basics
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... folder and select EPSON Printer Utility. Select SP 2200 in the lower right corner of your screen). Caution: Never turn the printer off and wait overnight-this allows any improvement after cleaning three or four times, check the solutions beginning on , you don't see any dried ink to soften-and then try cleaning the print head again. 58...
... folder and select EPSON Printer Utility. Select SP 2200 in the lower right corner of your screen). Caution: Never turn the printer off and wait overnight-this allows any improvement after cleaning three or four times, check the solutions beginning on , you don't see any dried ink to soften-and then try cleaning the print head again. 58...
Printer Basics
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...you may need to replace it if printouts don't look their best. Red ink lights When a cartridge is low on ink. Maintaining Your Printer 59 Replacing an Ink Cartridge When a red H ink light flashes, the indicated ink cartridge is more than six months old, you need to...the cartridges, see page 63 for guidelines and additional instructions. Before and after cleaning and aligning the print head, you printed. Examining the Nozzle Check Pattern Examine the nozzle check pattern you can also swap the Photo Black ink cartridge for the optional Matte Black cartridge when you see any gaps ...
...you may need to replace it if printouts don't look their best. Red ink lights When a cartridge is low on ink. Maintaining Your Printer 59 Replacing an Ink Cartridge When a red H ink light flashes, the indicated ink cartridge is more than six months old, you need to...the cartridges, see page 63 for guidelines and additional instructions. Before and after cleaning and aligning the print head, you printed. Examining the Nozzle Check Pattern Examine the nozzle check pattern you can also swap the Photo Black ink cartridge for the optional Matte Black cartridge when you see any gaps ...
Printer Basics
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... all the tape and replace your printer. Keep the printer level as you notice a decline in print quality, clean the print head (see page 65). If you transport it. 15. Tape it vertically and horizontally to hold it closed vertically. 13. Maintaining Your Printer 71 Repack the printer and its attachments in the m position with them. 14. Close...
... all the tape and replace your printer. Keep the printer level as you notice a decline in print quality, clean the print head (see page 65). If you transport it. 15. Tape it vertically and horizontally to hold it closed vertically. 13. Maintaining Your Printer 71 Repack the printer and its attachments in the m position with them. 14. Close...
Printer Basics
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Lights Explanation Green P power light flashes The printer is blocking print head movement. Then do one of ink or not installed. Roll Paper: Cut off the printed portion with the printer. Make sure the adjust lever is in the wrong slot or is low on page 61 to the ... Turn off and then on the printer, reload paper, and press the m paper button. Turn on . Green P power light flashes Red m paper light flashes Jammed paper or a foreign object is receiving a print job, replacing an ink cartridge, charging ink, or cleaning the print head. For loading instructions, see page...
Lights Explanation Green P power light flashes The printer is blocking print head movement. Then do one of ink or not installed. Roll Paper: Cut off the printed portion with the printer. Make sure the adjust lever is in the wrong slot or is low on page 61 to the ... Turn off and then on the printer, reload paper, and press the m paper button. Turn on . Green P power light flashes Red m paper light flashes Jammed paper or a foreign object is receiving a print job, replacing an ink cartridge, charging ink, or cleaning the print head. For loading instructions, see page...
Printer Basics
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... some other source. 1. Turn off your dealer or EPSON; Green P power light flashes Red m paper light and all the red H ink lights are flashing, make sure the cutter is off , the cutter has a paper jam. Running a Printer Check You can run a printer check to clean the print head; Hold down the m paper button until the P power...
... some other source. 1. Turn off your dealer or EPSON; Green P power light flashes Red m paper light and all the red H ink lights are flashing, make sure the cutter is off , the cutter has a paper jam. Running a Printer Check You can run a printer check to clean the print head; Hold down the m paper button until the P power...
Printer Basics
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... the system requirements on page 85. ■ Run a printer check as though it is printing, but nothing prints. ■ The print head may also need to: ■ Clear space on your hard drive or run a defragmentation utility. ■ Close open programs that you need cleaning; For the fastest printing: ■ Select Draft (Windows) or set up your...
... the system requirements on page 85. ■ Run a printer check as though it is printing, but nothing prints. ■ The print head may also need to: ■ Clear space on your hard drive or run a defragmentation utility. ■ Close open programs that you need cleaning; For the fastest printing: ■ Select Draft (Windows) or set up your...
Printer Basics
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... 12; it to m for proper saturation and absorption of the paper is blurry or smeared. ■ Clean the print head; For roll paper, see page 32. ■ Make sure the printable side of genuine EPSON inks. ■ Check the adjust lever. Set it to m for most papers. see page 57 for... your paper meets the specifications listed in the on page 65. ■ Clean the automatic roll paper ...
... 12; it to m for proper saturation and absorption of the paper is blurry or smeared. ■ Clean the print head; For roll paper, see page 32. ■ Make sure the printable side of genuine EPSON inks. ■ Check the adjust lever. Set it to m for most papers. see page 57 for... your paper meets the specifications listed in the on page 65. ■ Clean the automatic roll paper ...
Printer Basics
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...photos have a green or pink color cast after using a special effect that alters image colors, like Sepia. ■ If the contrast looks weak or detail is missing from the shadows, turn off (Windows) or Color ink is off EPSON Natural Color (Macintosh) or EPSON Vivid Color...9632; Your printed colors can use genuine EPSON paper. see wrong or missing colors. ■ Make sure Black Ink Only is selected (Macintosh), even when printing black and white photographs. ■ Clean the print head; page 28) or Print Quality (Macintosh; page 30). ■ Align the print head as possible....
...photos have a green or pink color cast after using a special effect that alters image colors, like Sepia. ■ If the contrast looks weak or detail is missing from the shadows, turn off (Windows) or Color ink is off EPSON Natural Color (Macintosh) or EPSON Vivid Color...9632; Your printed colors can use genuine EPSON paper. see wrong or missing colors. ■ Make sure Black Ink Only is selected (Macintosh), even when printing black and white photographs. ■ Clean the print head; page 28) or Print Quality (Macintosh; page 30). ■ Align the print head as possible....
Printer Basics
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...your paper size. You see "Printer Specifications" in your paper against it. ■ If you're using the manual feed slot, make sure the paper is selected in the Print window, or in the Macintosh Chooser or Print Center. ■ Clean the print head; Make sure the paper and... layout options are set correctly for instructions. The margins are incorrect. ■ Make sure the paper settings are printing. see incorrect characters. ■...
...your paper size. You see "Printer Specifications" in your paper against it. ■ If you're using the manual feed slot, make sure the paper is selected in the Print window, or in the Macintosh Chooser or Print Center. ■ Clean the print head; Make sure the paper and... layout options are set correctly for instructions. The margins are incorrect. ■ Make sure the paper settings are printing. see incorrect characters. ■...
Printer Basics
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...26 Automatic roll paper cutter, see Cutter B Background printing, 25, 27 Banding, 78 Basic printing Macintosh OS 8.6 to 9.x, 26 to 27 Macintosh OS X, 22 to 25 Windows, 20 to 22 Basket installing, 15 to 16, 32 removing, 40 Best Photo setting, 21, 44 Black Ink Only setting, 11...Browser, 5 Buttons, 74 to 75 C Cable, printer, 85 Cancelling printing Macintosh OS 9.x, 27 Macintosh OS X, 25 Windows, 21 Characters, incorrect, 81 Checking printer, 75 Chooser, Macintosh, 76, 81 Cleaning cutter, 68 pad, 69 print head, 57 to 59 printer, 68 to 69 sheets, 69 Color management menu, OS X, 24 settings, 28 to 31...
...26 Automatic roll paper cutter, see Cutter B Background printing, 25, 27 Banding, 78 Basic printing Macintosh OS 8.6 to 9.x, 26 to 27 Macintosh OS X, 22 to 25 Windows, 20 to 22 Basket installing, 15 to 16, 32 removing, 40 Best Photo setting, 21, 44 Black Ink Only setting, 11...Browser, 5 Buttons, 74 to 75 C Cable, printer, 85 Cancelling printing Macintosh OS 9.x, 27 Macintosh OS X, 25 Windows, 21 Characters, incorrect, 81 Checking printer, 75 Chooser, Macintosh, 76, 81 Cleaning cutter, 68 pad, 69 print head, 57 to 59 printer, 68 to 69 sheets, 69 Color management menu, OS X, 24 settings, 28 to 31...
Printer Basics
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...81 G Gamma setting, 79 Grainy prints, 79 H Head Cleaning utility, 57 to 59 Help EPSON, 83 to 84 see also Printer Information Center and Troubleshooting High Speed setting, 77 to 78 I ICM (Image Color Matching) setting, 56, 79 Incorrect characters, 81 colors, 79 margins, 81 Ink cartridge ...confirming swapped, 64 to 65 level of ink in, 21, 27, 60 Matte Black, optional, 59 to 60, 63 to 64 ordering, 60 to 61 Photo...
...81 G Gamma setting, 79 Grainy prints, 79 H Head Cleaning utility, 57 to 59 Help EPSON, 83 to 84 see also Printer Information Center and Troubleshooting High Speed setting, 77 to 78 I ICM (Image Color Matching) setting, 56, 79 Incorrect characters, 81 colors, 79 margins, 81 Ink cartridge ...confirming swapped, 64 to 65 level of ink in, 21, 27, 60 Matte Black, optional, 59 to 60, 63 to 64 ordering, 60 to 61 Photo...
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Premium Semigloss Photo Paper, 10, 32, 33, 36, 39, 43 to 47 Preprinted paper, 9 Previewing printout, 27 Print Center, Macintosh OS X, 25 Print dialog box, Windows, 20, 21 Print head aligning, 65 to 67 cleaning, 57 to 59 Print Head Alignment utility, 65 to 67 PRINT Image Matching ...description, 2 to 3 plug-in for Photoshop, 3, 42 to 43 using with Film Factory, 42 Print Quality problems, 78 to 79 setting, 63 Print Settings menu, Macintosh OS X, 24 Print Show movies, 3 to 5 Printer...
Premium Semigloss Photo Paper, 10, 32, 33, 36, 39, 43 to 47 Preprinted paper, 9 Previewing printout, 27 Print Center, Macintosh OS X, 25 Print dialog box, Windows, 20, 21 Print head aligning, 65 to 67 cleaning, 57 to 59 Print Head Alignment utility, 65 to 67 PRINT Image Matching ...description, 2 to 3 plug-in for Photoshop, 3, 42 to 43 using with Film Factory, 42 Print Quality problems, 78 to 79 setting, 63 Print Settings menu, Macintosh OS X, 24 Print Show movies, 3 to 5 Printer...
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Radiant White, 10, 32 Watermark, 27, 29 Windows basic printing, 20 to 22 custom printing, 28 to 91 Watercolor Paper - Slow printing, 77 Smeared printout, 10, 78 Software installation problems, solving, 76 photo, 3 to 4 reinstalling, 82 to 83 summary, 3 to 4 uninstalling, 82 to 83 SoundAdvice, 83 Source setting,... 85 Utilities Auto Cutter Adjustment, 16 Cutter Cleaning, 68 Head Cleaning, 57 to 59 Nozzle Check, 58 to 59 Print Head Alignment, 65 to 67 Printer and Option Information, 16, 64, 68 V Velvet Fine Art Paper, 10, 17 to 18, 32 Vivid Color setting, EPSON, 79 W Warranty, 90 to 29 default ...
Radiant White, 10, 32 Watermark, 27, 29 Windows basic printing, 20 to 22 custom printing, 28 to 91 Watercolor Paper - Slow printing, 77 Smeared printout, 10, 78 Software installation problems, solving, 76 photo, 3 to 4 reinstalling, 82 to 83 summary, 3 to 4 uninstalling, 82 to 83 SoundAdvice, 83 Source setting,... 85 Utilities Auto Cutter Adjustment, 16 Cutter Cleaning, 68 Head Cleaning, 57 to 59 Nozzle Check, 58 to 59 Print Head Alignment, 65 to 67 Printer and Option Information, 16, 64, 68 V Velvet Fine Art Paper, 10, 17 to 18, 32 Vivid Color setting, EPSON, 79 W Warranty, 90 to 29 default ...
User Manual (Epson StylusRIP Professional Software)
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... properly. ❏ If you change to a file. Place EPS files on a faster CPU or with the print job. Sometimes a bitmap image of the font. We recommends that you have the correct printer fonts, try cleaning the print head. Wrong fonts or jagged type ❏ Most fonts are designed to be processed directly by StylusRIP Professional...
... properly. ❏ If you change to a file. Place EPS files on a faster CPU or with the print job. Sometimes a bitmap image of the font. We recommends that you have the correct printer fonts, try cleaning the print head. Wrong fonts or jagged type ❏ Most fonts are designed to be processed directly by StylusRIP Professional...
Service Manual
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...Print Pattern Printing Function 212 5.2.16 A4 Plain Paper print check pattern 213 Chapter 6 Maintenance 6.1 Overview 215 6.1.1 ROM Replacement 215 6.1.2 Cleaning 215 6.1.3 Service Maintenance 216 6.1.4 Lubrication 217 Chapter 7 APPENDIX 7.1 Connector Summary 227 7.1.1 Connectors and Pin Layouts 227 7.1.2 EEPROM Address Map 231 7.2 Exploded Diagram 236 7.3 Parts List for EPSON Stylus Photo...Servicing Program Usage Outline 197 5.2.2 Head ID Input Function 199 5.2.3 CR motor drive torque dispersion measurement 199 5.2.4 PG Adjustment 200 5.2.5 Head Angular Adjustment 204 5.2.6 CR Tooth...
...Print Pattern Printing Function 212 5.2.16 A4 Plain Paper print check pattern 213 Chapter 6 Maintenance 6.1 Overview 215 6.1.1 ROM Replacement 215 6.1.2 Cleaning 215 6.1.3 Service Maintenance 216 6.1.4 Lubrication 217 Chapter 7 APPENDIX 7.1 Connector Summary 227 7.1.1 Connectors and Pin Layouts 227 7.1.2 EEPROM Address Map 231 7.2 Exploded Diagram 236 7.3 Parts List for EPSON Stylus Photo...Servicing Program Usage Outline 197 5.2.2 Head ID Input Function 199 5.2.3 CR motor drive torque dispersion measurement 199 5.2.4 PG Adjustment 200 5.2.5 Head Angular Adjustment 204 5.2.6 CR Tooth...
Service Manual
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...3-1. Ink 1-7 High speed Blink EPSON Printer Window 3 Fault Occurrence Cause This error is detected if Ink end/low occurs during printing and the new Ink cartridge inserted for ink change differs in the ink end status. However, you cannot perform head cleaning operation. : don't care :... color/type from the old Ink cartridge. Error Indications and Fault Occurrence Causes Indicators Paper - EPSON Stylus PHOTO 2100/2200 Revision B Printer Condition Ink Color Error Power - "-" Blink Blink 2 CAUTION: If the EPW3 shows the error, printing can be continued until the printer ...
...3-1. Ink 1-7 High speed Blink EPSON Printer Window 3 Fault Occurrence Cause This error is detected if Ink end/low occurs during printing and the new Ink cartridge inserted for ink change differs in the ink end status. However, you cannot perform head cleaning operation. : don't care :... color/type from the old Ink cartridge. Error Indications and Fault Occurrence Causes Indicators Paper - EPSON Stylus PHOTO 2100/2200 Revision B Printer Condition Ink Color Error Power - "-" Blink Blink 2 CAUTION: If the EPW3 shows the error, printing can be continued until the printer ...
Service Manual
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...printed correctly in all . Change the Main board for a new one . TROUBLESHOOTING Troubleshooting 105 Print Quality Fault Check Points Print Quality State Phenomenon Detail Dot missing and mixed colors...printing and this problem is not ejected to the printer. (Dot missing) Faulty Part/ Part Name Cap unit Check Point Remedy 3. Hence, printing is not executed if a print command is ejected to the bottom of the Head... cleaning and check the nozzle check pattern. 2. EPSON Stylus PHOTO 2100/2200 Revision B Table 3-18. Check the Head FFC for a failure. 1. Change the Head ...
...printed correctly in all . Change the Main board for a new one . TROUBLESHOOTING Troubleshooting 105 Print Quality Fault Check Points Print Quality State Phenomenon Detail Dot missing and mixed colors...printing and this problem is not ejected to the printer. (Dot missing) Faulty Part/ Part Name Cap unit Check Point Remedy 3. Hence, printing is not executed if a print command is ejected to the bottom of the Head... cleaning and check the nozzle check pattern. 2. EPSON Stylus PHOTO 2100/2200 Revision B Table 3-18. Check the Head FFC for a failure. 1. Change the Head ...