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...About This Manual This manual provides detailed information about your printer contains the printer driver for Microsoft® Windows® 98, Me, 2000, XP and NT 4.0, plus the EPSON Status Monitor 3 utility. This 9-pin dot matrix printer provides: ❏ A variety of paper paths to ... types, including continuous paper, multipart forms (with your printer: ❏ Chapter 1, "Paper Handling," explains how to load various types of up to possible problems. 6 Introduction Introduction Your Epson® LX-300+II printer provides high-quality printing and superior performance in a compact...
...About This Manual This manual provides detailed information about your printer contains the printer driver for Microsoft® Windows® 98, Me, 2000, XP and NT 4.0, plus the EPSON Status Monitor 3 utility. This 9-pin dot matrix printer provides: ❏ A variety of paper paths to ... types, including continuous paper, multipart forms (with your printer: ❏ Chapter 1, "Paper Handling," explains how to load various types of up to possible problems. 6 Introduction Introduction Your Epson® LX-300+II printer provides high-quality printing and superior performance in a compact...
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To view a menu, click the corresponding tab at the top of these buttons.) The Properties window appears: Windows 98 or Me Windows 2000, XP, or NT 4.0 4. Using the Printer Software 35 Make sure your application and you click depends on page 38 for more information. Click Printer, Setup, Properties, or Options. (The button you may need to click a combination of the window. See "Changing the Printer Driver Settings" on your printer is selected in the Name drop-down list: 3. 2.
To view a menu, click the corresponding tab at the top of these buttons.) The Properties window appears: Windows 98 or Me Windows 2000, XP, or NT 4.0 4. Using the Printer Software 35 Make sure your application and you click depends on page 38 for more information. Click Printer, Setup, Properties, or Options. (The button you may need to click a combination of the window. See "Changing the Printer Driver Settings" on your printer is selected in the Name drop-down list: 3. 2.
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For Windows XP Professional, click Start > Settings > Printers and Faxes. From the Start menu Follow these steps to access the printer driver from the Start menu: 1. In Windows 98 or Me, right-click your printer icon and click Properties. The screen displays the Properties window: . 36 Using the Printer Software For Windows 98, Me, 2000, or NT, click Start > Settings > Printers. For Windows XP Home Edition, click Start > Printers and Faxes. 2.
For Windows XP Professional, click Start > Settings > Printers and Faxes. From the Start menu Follow these steps to access the printer driver from the Start menu: 1. In Windows 98 or Me, right-click your printer icon and click Properties. The screen displays the Properties window: . 36 Using the Printer Software For Windows 98, Me, 2000, or NT, click Start > Settings > Printers. For Windows XP Home Edition, click Start > Printers and Faxes. 2.
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In Windows 2000 or XP, right-click your printer icon and click Printing Preferences. See "Changing the Printer Driver Settings" on page 38 for more information. You see the Document Properties window: In Windows 2000, XP, or NT, you can also click Properties to display the Properties window: 3. Using the Printer Software 37 To view a menu, click the corresponding tab at the top. In Windows NT, right-click the icon and select Document Defaults.
In Windows 2000 or XP, right-click your printer icon and click Printing Preferences. See "Changing the Printer Driver Settings" on page 38 for more information. You see the Document Properties window: In Windows 2000, XP, or NT, you can also click Properties to display the Properties window: 3. Using the Printer Software 37 To view a menu, click the corresponding tab at the top. In Windows NT, right-click the icon and select Document Defaults.
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Follow the instructions on page 49 to install the printer driver on the client computers by accessing the shared printer on a network. Setting up the clients This section describes how to set up the client computers so they can use spaces or hyphens for your ... or Me: see page 50. ❏ Windows 2000 or XP: see page 52. ❏ Windows NT 4.0: see page 55. Follow the instructions for the share name. Note: Do not use the printer on a network. Using the Printer Software 49 In Windows XP, select Share this printer, then type the name in the Share name box...
Follow the instructions on page 49 to install the printer driver on the client computers by accessing the shared printer on a network. Setting up the clients This section describes how to set up the client computers so they can use spaces or hyphens for your ... or Me: see page 50. ❏ Windows 2000 or XP: see page 52. ❏ Windows NT 4.0: see page 55. Follow the instructions for the share name. Note: Do not use the printer on a network. Using the Printer Software 49 In Windows XP, select Share this printer, then type the name in the Share name box...
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... For Windows XP, click Add a printer in Windows 2000 or XP. For Windows 2000, double-click the Add Printer icon, then click Next. Windows 2000 or XP Follow the steps below to set up clients in the Printer Tasks menu and click Next. 52 Using the Printer Software Note: You can install the driver of the ...shared printer if you have Power Users or more ...
... For Windows XP, click Add a printer in Windows 2000 or XP. For Windows 2000, double-click the Add Printer icon, then click Next. Windows 2000 or XP Follow the steps below to set up clients in the Printer Tasks menu and click Next. 52 Using the Printer Software Note: You can install the driver of the ...shared printer if you have Power Users or more ...
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... previously, you need to select either the new printer driver or the current printer driver when prompted. ❏ If the operating system on the printer server is Windows 2000 or XP, go to the next step. ❏ If the operating system on the printer server is connected to install the printer driver from the CD-ROM. 5. See page 57...
... previously, you need to select either the new printer driver or the current printer driver when prompted. ❏ If the operating system on the printer server is Windows 2000 or XP, go to the next step. ❏ If the operating system on the printer server is connected to install the printer driver from the CD-ROM. 5. See page 57...
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..., then click Finish. . For Windows XP, if another driver is already installed, select whether to set up Windows NT 4.0 clients. Windows NT 4.0 Follow the steps below to use the printer as the default printer, then click OK. 7. Select Network printer server, then click Next. Using the Printer Software 55 Click Start > Settings > Printers. 2. Note: You can install...
..., then click Finish. . For Windows XP, if another driver is already installed, select whether to set up Windows NT 4.0 clients. Windows NT 4.0 Follow the steps below to use the printer as the default printer, then click OK. 7. Select Network printer server, then click Next. Using the Printer Software 55 Click Start > Settings > Printers. 2. Note: You can install...
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... NT clients, you see the EPSON Installation Program screen, click Cancel. Insert the CD-ROM. Then type the appropriate drive and folder names in Windows 2000 or XP, "Digital Signature is located, and click OK. When installing drivers in which the printer driver for Windows XP) and continue installing. Installing the printer driver from the CD-ROM. 2. Access...
... NT clients, you see the EPSON Installation Program screen, click Cancel. Insert the CD-ROM. Then type the appropriate drive and folder names in Windows 2000 or XP, "Digital Signature is located, and click OK. When installing drivers in which the printer driver for Windows XP) and continue installing. Installing the printer driver from the CD-ROM. 2. Access...
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Uninstalling the Printer Software If you need to reinstall or upgrade the printer driver, first uninstall the current printer driver. Using the Printer Software 59 Quit all documents, select Purge Print Documents (Windows 98 or Me) or Cancel All Documents (Windows 2000, XP, or NT) on the Printer menu. Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon. Click Start > Control Panel or Start > Settings > Control Panel. 3. Uninstalling the printer driver and EPSON Status Monitor 3 1. To cancel printing of all applications. 2.
Uninstalling the Printer Software If you need to reinstall or upgrade the printer driver, first uninstall the current printer driver. Using the Printer Software 59 Quit all documents, select Purge Print Documents (Windows 98 or Me) or Cancel All Documents (Windows 2000, XP, or NT) on the Printer menu. Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon. Click Start > Control Panel or Start > Settings > Control Panel. 3. Uninstalling the printer driver and EPSON Status Monitor 3 1. To cancel printing of all applications. 2.
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...EPSON USB Printer Devices appears on the Device Manager menu (in this section. Right-click the My Computer icon on , and plug the USB cable into the printer and the computer. 2. Correcting USB Problems If you canceled the plug-and-play driver installation before the procedure was complete, either the USB device driver or the printer driver... may not be able to install or run the USB printer driver on a computer that is a Windows 98, Me, 2000, or XP pre-installed model ...
...EPSON USB Printer Devices appears on the Device Manager menu (in this section. Right-click the My Computer icon on , and plug the USB cable into the printer and the computer. 2. Correcting USB Problems If you canceled the plug-and-play driver installation before the procedure was complete, either the USB device driver or the printer driver... may not be able to install or run the USB printer driver on a computer that is a Windows 98, Me, 2000, or XP pre-installed model ...