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... Chapter 1 Setting Up the Printer Unpacking the Printer 1-2 Choosing a Place for the Printer 1-4 Positioning the continuous paper supply 1-5 Installing or Replacing the Ribbon Cartridge 1-6 Attaching the Paper Guide and Paper Separator 1-11 Plugging In the Printer 1-13 Connecting the Printer to Your Computer 1-14 Installing the Printer Driver on Your PC 1-15 For Windows 95 or NT 4.0 1-16...
... Chapter 1 Setting Up the Printer Unpacking the Printer 1-2 Choosing a Place for the Printer 1-4 Positioning the continuous paper supply 1-5 Installing or Replacing the Ribbon Cartridge 1-6 Attaching the Paper Guide and Paper Separator 1-11 Plugging In the Printer 1-13 Connecting the Printer to Your Computer 1-14 Installing the Printer Driver on Your PC 1-15 For Windows 95 or NT 4.0 1-16...
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... Control Panel . . . . 4-10 Printer driver settings overview 4-10 Using the Printer Driver With Windows NT 4.0 4-12 Accessing the printer driver from Windows applications . 4-12 Accessing the printer driver from the Start menu 4-14 Printer driver settings overview 4-14 Using the Printer Driver With Windows NT 3.5x 4-17 Accessing the printer driver from Windows applications . 4-17 Accessing the printer driver from the Control Panel . . . . 4-19 Printer driver settings overview 4-19 Using the EPSON Remote!
... Control Panel . . . . 4-10 Printer driver settings overview 4-10 Using the Printer Driver With Windows NT 4.0 4-12 Accessing the printer driver from Windows applications . 4-12 Accessing the printer driver from the Start menu 4-14 Printer driver settings overview 4-14 Using the Printer Driver With Windows NT 3.5x 4-17 Accessing the printer driver from Windows applications . 4-17 Accessing the printer driver from the Control Panel . . . . 4-19 Printer driver settings overview 4-19 Using the EPSON Remote!
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Getting to Know Your Printer 1 Getting to Know Your Printer Your EPSON® FX-2180 9-pin dot matrix printer provides high-quality printing and great performance in a compact design. Features include: q a variety of paper paths to suit your printing needs q the ...printing of up to help suit your printer quickly and easily, and other software. In addition, several options are available to 500 characters per second at 10 characters per inch Your printer also comes with printer driver software, the EPSON Status Monitor 2 utility for Microsoft® Windows® 95 that lets you check...
Getting to Know Your Printer 1 Getting to Know Your Printer Your EPSON® FX-2180 9-pin dot matrix printer provides high-quality printing and great performance in a compact design. Features include: q a variety of paper paths to suit your printing needs q the ...printing of up to help suit your printer quickly and easily, and other software. In addition, several options are available to 500 characters per second at 10 characters per inch Your printer also comes with printer driver software, the EPSON Status Monitor 2 utility for Microsoft® Windows® 95 that lets you check...
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Chapter 1 Setting Up the Printer 1 Unpacking the Printer 1-2 Choosing a Place for the Printer 1-4 Positioning the continuous paper supply 1-5 Installing or Replacing the Ribbon Cartridge 1-6 Attaching the Paper Guide and Paper Separator 1-11 Plugging In the Printer 1-13 Connecting the Printer to Your Computer 1-14 Installing the Printer Driver on Your PC 1-15 For Windows 95 or NT 4.0 1-16 For Windows 3.1 or NT 3.5x 1-19 For DOS programs 1-20 Setting Up the Printer 1-1
Chapter 1 Setting Up the Printer 1 Unpacking the Printer 1-2 Choosing a Place for the Printer 1-4 Positioning the continuous paper supply 1-5 Installing or Replacing the Ribbon Cartridge 1-6 Attaching the Paper Guide and Paper Separator 1-11 Plugging In the Printer 1-13 Connecting the Printer to Your Computer 1-14 Installing the Printer Driver on Your PC 1-15 For Windows 95 or NT 4.0 1-16 For Windows 3.1 or NT 3.5x 1-19 For DOS programs 1-20 Setting Up the Printer 1-1
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... software that come with your computer, install the printer driver software as shown below. 1 4. Note: Before you install the printer software, it is included in the EPSON printer software disks that allows your Windows software applications can take full advantage of the printer's capabilities. Plug the other end of the cable into the computer. (If the cable...
... software that come with your computer, install the printer driver software as shown below. 1 4. Note: Before you install the printer software, it is included in the EPSON printer software disks that allows your Windows software applications can take full advantage of the printer's capabilities. Plug the other end of the cable into the computer. (If the cable...
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... on installing and using the Status Monitor. 1-16 Setting Up the Printer See Chapter 6 for Windows 95, see page 1-17. Make sure Windows 95 or NT 4.0 is running and the printer is selected in the EPSON Printer Driver Setup dialog box shown below to install the printer driver for information on -screen instructions. Double-click the My Computer icon...
... on installing and using the Status Monitor. 1-16 Setting Up the Printer See Chapter 6 for Windows 95, see page 1-17. Make sure Windows 95 or NT 4.0 is running and the printer is selected in the EPSON Printer Driver Setup dialog box shown below to install the printer driver for information on -screen instructions. Double-click the My Computer icon...
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... select the Do not install a driver radio button and then click OK. Your computer starts loading Windows 95. 4. Click the Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer radio button. This screen will not appear again. Note: Windows 95 may damage the printer. 3. The New Hardware Found screen...if necessary. Note: You can install the printer driver using plug-and-play only if your printer and then turn on page 1-14. 2. Make sure the printer is connected to install the driver using plug-and-play , follow the instructions under "For Windows 95 or NT 4.0" on page 1-16....
... select the Do not install a driver radio button and then click OK. Your computer starts loading Windows 95. 4. Click the Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer radio button. This screen will not appear again. Note: Windows 95 may damage the printer. 3. The New Hardware Found screen...if necessary. Note: You can install the printer driver using plug-and-play only if your printer and then turn on page 1-14. 2. Make sure the printer is connected to install the driver using plug-and-play , follow the instructions under "For Windows 95 or NT 4.0" on page 1-16....
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... this is your printer driver software in a disk drive. 8. If this printer as shown. After you install the printer driver for the printer in a drive other than drive A, substitute the appropriate letter.) Then click OK. The Add Printer Wizard dialog box appears. 9. 6. Insert Disk 1 of your only printer or you can type a unique name for Windows 95, you want...
... this is your printer driver software in a disk drive. 8. If this printer as shown. After you install the printer driver for the printer in a drive other than drive A, substitute the appropriate letter.) Then click OK. The Add Printer Wizard dialog box appears. 9. 6. Insert Disk 1 of your only printer or you can type a unique name for Windows 95, you want...
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...EPSON Printer Driver Setup dialog box appears. 5. Insert Disk 1 of your printer is open. 2. Choose Run from the File menu. The following dialog box appears: 4. Follow the on-screen instructions. Note: Installing the printer driver for more information. 1. Type A:\SETUP. (If you inserted the disk in a disk drive. 3. Make sure your printer driver... Printer 1-19 Ask your network administrator for NT 3.5x may require network administration privileges. For Windows 3.1 or NT 3.5x Follow the steps below to install the printer driver for 1 Windows 3.1 or NT 3.5x. Make sure Windows ...
...EPSON Printer Driver Setup dialog box appears. 5. Insert Disk 1 of your printer is open. 2. Choose Run from the File menu. The following dialog box appears: 4. Follow the on-screen instructions. Note: Installing the printer driver for more information. 1. Type A:\SETUP. (If you inserted the disk in a disk drive. 3. Make sure your printer driver... Printer 1-19 Ask your network administrator for NT 3.5x may require network administration privileges. For Windows 3.1 or NT 3.5x Follow the steps below to install the printer driver for 1 Windows 3.1 or NT 3.5x. Make sure Windows ...
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... Panel 4-10 Printer driver settings overview 4-10 Using the Printer Driver With Windows NT 4.0 4-12 Accessing the printer driver from Windows applications . . . . 4-12 Accessing the printer driver from the Start menu 4-14 Printer driver settings overview 4-14 Using the Printer Driver With Windows NT 3.5x 4-17 Accessing the printer driver from Windows applications . . . . 4-17 Accessing the printer driver from the Control Panel 4-19 Printer driver settings overview 4-19 Using the EPSON Remote! Utility...
... Panel 4-10 Printer driver settings overview 4-10 Using the Printer Driver With Windows NT 4.0 4-12 Accessing the printer driver from Windows applications . . . . 4-12 Accessing the printer driver from the Start menu 4-14 Printer driver settings overview 4-14 Using the Printer Driver With Windows NT 3.5x 4-17 Accessing the printer driver from Windows applications . . . . 4-17 Accessing the printer driver from the Control Panel 4-19 Printer driver settings overview 4-19 Using the EPSON Remote! Utility...
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... the printer. Windows 95 4-3 Wndows 3.1 4-8 Windows NT 4.0 4-12 Windows NT 3.5x 4-17 4-2 Using the Printer Software It monitors the status of the printer's capabilities. To use the EPSON Remote! About Your Printer Software The EPSON printer software that comes with troubleshooting tips. The EPSON Status Monitor 2 utility program is a DOS-based printer setup utility that allows your printer includes the printer driver software, the EPSON Remote...
... the printer. Windows 95 4-3 Wndows 3.1 4-8 Windows NT 4.0 4-12 Windows NT 3.5x 4-17 4-2 Using the Printer Software It monitors the status of the printer's capabilities. To use the EPSON Remote! About Your Printer Software The EPSON printer software that comes with troubleshooting tips. The EPSON Status Monitor 2 utility program is a DOS-based printer setup utility that allows your printer includes the printer driver software, the EPSON Remote...
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... and change the printer driver settings, see "Accessing the printer driver from Windows applications" or "Accessing the printer driver from a Windows application, follow the steps below provide general guidelines on accessing the printer driver. See your application software. Using the Printer Software 4-3 How you access the printer driver may differ depending on page 4-5. 4 Accessing the printer driver from Windows applications When you access the printer driver from the...
... and change the printer driver settings, see "Accessing the printer driver from Windows applications" or "Accessing the printer driver from a Windows application, follow the steps below provide general guidelines on accessing the printer driver. See your application software. Using the Printer Software 4-3 How you access the printer driver may differ depending on page 4-5. 4 Accessing the printer driver from Windows applications When you access the printer driver from the...
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To view a menu, click the corresponding tab at the top of these buttons.) The Properties window appears, and you see the Paper, Graphics, and Device Options menus. Make sure that your printer is selected and then click Printer, Setup, Properties, or Options. (You may need to click a combination of the window. These menus contain the printer driver settings. 3. 2. See "Printer driver settings overview" on the next page for detailed information about the settings. 4-4 Using the Printer Software
To view a menu, click the corresponding tab at the top of these buttons.) The Properties window appears, and you see the Paper, Graphics, and Device Options menus. Make sure that your printer is selected and then click Printer, Setup, Properties, or Options. (You may need to click a combination of the window. These menus contain the printer driver settings. 3. 2. See "Printer driver settings overview" on the next page for detailed information about the settings. 4-4 Using the Printer Software
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... Options menus. To open these menus, see the previous sections on each of the window. Using the Printer Software 4-5 See the next section for detailed information about the printer driver settings. Accessing the printer driver from the Start menu When you access the printer driver from the Start menu, follow these menus are described below. Right-click your...
... Options menus. To open these menus, see the previous sections on each of the window. Using the Printer Software 4-5 See the next section for detailed information about the printer driver settings. Accessing the printer driver from the Start menu When you access the printer driver from the Start menu, follow these menus are described below. Right-click your...
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... in Chapter 3. To check and change the printer driver settings, see "Accessing the printer driver from Windows applications" or "Accessing the printer driver from the Print quality list. To access the printer driver, see "Printer driver settings overview" on the next page. 4-8 Using the Printer Software Once you are using. Using the Printer Driver With Windows 3.1 While many Windows applications override the settings made with single...
... in Chapter 3. To check and change the printer driver settings, see "Accessing the printer driver from Windows applications" or "Accessing the printer driver from the Print quality list. To access the printer driver, see "Printer driver settings overview" on the next page. 4-8 Using the Printer Software Once you are using. Using the Printer Driver With Windows 3.1 While many Windows applications override the settings made with single...
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.... See the next section for detailed information about the printer driver settings. Printer driver settings overview The printer driver settings are described below. Accessing the printer driver from the Control Panel When you access the printer driver from the Control Panel, the printer driver settings you select. 4-10 Using the Printer Software In the Main window, double-click the Control Panel icon. 2. When you...
.... See the next section for detailed information about the printer driver settings. Printer driver settings overview The printer driver settings are described below. Accessing the printer driver from the Control Panel When you access the printer driver from the Control Panel, the printer driver settings you select. 4-10 Using the Printer Software In the Main window, double-click the Control Panel icon. 2. When you...
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... application software. Using the Printer Driver With Windows NT 4.0 While many Windows applications override the settings made with the printer driver, some do not, so you are using. Accessing the printer driver from Windows applications When you access the printer driver from a Windows application, follow the steps below provide general guidelines on accessing the printer driver. To access the printer driver from a Windows application, any settings you...
... application software. Using the Printer Driver With Windows NT 4.0 While many Windows applications override the settings made with the printer driver, some do not, so you are using. Accessing the printer driver from Windows applications When you access the printer driver from a Windows application, follow the steps below provide general guidelines on accessing the printer driver. To access the printer driver from a Windows application, any settings you...
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2. Make sure that your printer is selected and then click Printer, Setup, Properties, or Options. (You may need to click a combination of the window. These menus contain the printer driver settings. 4 3. To view a menu, click the corresponding tab at the top of these buttons.) The Document Properties window appears, and you see the Page Setup and Advanced menus. Using the Printer Software 4-13 See "Printer driver settings overview" on the next page for detailed information about the settings.
2. Make sure that your printer is selected and then click Printer, Setup, Properties, or Options. (You may need to click a combination of the window. These menus contain the printer driver settings. 4 3. To view a menu, click the corresponding tab at the top of these buttons.) The Document Properties window appears, and you see the Page Setup and Advanced menus. Using the Printer Software 4-13 See "Printer driver settings overview" on the next page for detailed information about the settings.
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... the window. See the next section for detailed information about the printer driver settings. Click the Start button, and then point to cancel your changes. 4-14 Using the Printer Software Right-click your applications. To open these menus are described below. These menus provide the printer driver settings. 4. The printer driver settings on accessing the printer driver. Accessing the printer driver from...
... the window. See the next section for detailed information about the printer driver settings. Click the Start button, and then point to cancel your changes. 4-14 Using the Printer Software Right-click your applications. To open these menus are described below. These menus provide the printer driver settings. 4. The printer driver settings on accessing the printer driver. Accessing the printer driver from...
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... you purchased your communications software to log onto ftp.epson.com with the printer and their version number(s): For North American Users If you cannot solve the problem using the troubleshooting information in your printer driver.) Windows version (for assistance. Modem speed can call (800...) 848-8199 and ask for your country below. We will be up to reach the Epson America Forum. Members of your computer: Printer software version: (Click the About ...
... you purchased your communications software to log onto ftp.epson.com with the printer and their version number(s): For North American Users If you cannot solve the problem using the troubleshooting information in your printer driver.) Windows version (for assistance. Modem speed can call (800...) 848-8199 and ask for your country below. We will be up to reach the Epson America Forum. Members of your computer: Printer software version: (Click the About ...