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...; Chapter 3, "Using the Control Panel," provides information about the control panel functions, including how to change the printer's default settings. ❏ Chapter 4, "Maintenance and Troubleshooting," includes basic maintenance procedures and solutions to handle a ...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 up to 300 cps (characters per second) at 10 cpi (characters per inch). Introduction Your Epson® LX-300+II printer...
...; Chapter 3, "Using the Control Panel," provides information about the control panel functions, including how to change the printer's default settings. ❏ Chapter 4, "Maintenance and Troubleshooting," includes basic maintenance procedures and solutions to handle a ...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 up to 300 cps (characters per second) at 10 cpi (characters per inch). Introduction Your Epson® LX-300+II printer...
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See "Changing the Printer Driver Settings" on your printer is selected in the Name drop-down list: 3. 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. 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 2.
See "Changing the Printer Driver Settings" on your printer is selected in the Name drop-down list: 3. 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. 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 2.
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In Windows 98 or Me, right-click your printer icon and click Properties. For Windows XP Home Edition, click Start > Printers and Faxes. 2. The screen displays the Properties window: . 36 Using the Printer Software From the Start menu Follow these steps to access the printer driver from the Start menu: 1. For Windows XP Professional, click Start > Settings > Printers and Faxes. For Windows 98, Me, 2000, or NT, click Start > Settings > Printers.
In Windows 98 or Me, right-click your printer icon and click Properties. For Windows XP Home Edition, click Start > Printers and Faxes. 2. The screen displays the Properties window: . 36 Using the Printer Software From the Start menu Follow these steps to access the printer driver from the Start menu: 1. For Windows XP Professional, click Start > Settings > Printers and Faxes. For Windows 98, Me, 2000, or NT, click Start > Settings > Printers.
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Using the Printer Software 37 You see the Document Properties window: In Windows 2000, XP, or NT, you can also click Properties to display the Properties window: 3. See "Changing the Printer Driver Settings" on page 38 for more information. 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.
Using the Printer Software 37 You see the Document Properties window: In Windows 2000, XP, or NT, you can also click Properties to display the Properties window: 3. See "Changing the Printer Driver Settings" on page 38 for more information. 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.
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...page 49 to set up the clients This section describes how to install the printer driver on the client computers by accessing the shared printer on a network. Follow the instructions for the share name. Note: Do not use the printer on a network. Setting up the client computers so they can use spaces or... hyphens for your operating system: ❏ Windows 98 or Me: see page 50. ❏ Windows 2000 or XP: see page 52. ❏ Windows NT 4.0: see page 55. Using the Printer Software 49 In Windows XP, select Share this printer, then type the name in the Share name box and click OK.
...page 49 to set up the clients This section describes how to install the printer driver on the client computers by accessing the shared printer on a network. Follow the instructions for the share name. Note: Do not use the printer on a network. Setting up the client computers so they can use spaces or... hyphens for your operating system: ❏ Windows 98 or Me: see page 50. ❏ Windows 2000 or XP: see page 52. ❏ Windows NT 4.0: see page 55. Using the Printer Software 49 In Windows XP, select Share this printer, then type the name in the Share name box and click OK.
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Note: You can install the 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 XP, click Add a printer in Windows 2000 or XP. Note: You can change the shared printer's name so that it appears only ...on the client computer. For Windows XP Home Edition clients, click Start > Printers and Faxes. 2. For Windows 2000 clients, click Start...
Note: You can install the 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 XP, click Add a printer in Windows 2000 or XP. Note: You can change the shared printer's name so that it appears only ...on the client computer. For Windows XP Home Edition clients, click Start > Printers and Faxes. 2. For Windows 2000 clients, click Start...
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...or server that is Windows 98, Me, or NT, 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 client previously, you ...'ll need to the shared printer. Then click Next. See page 57. 54 Using the Printer Software To check the name of the shared printer, ask the network administrator. ❏ If the printer driver was ...
...or server that is Windows 98, Me, or NT, 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 client previously, you ...'ll need to the shared printer. Then click Next. See page 57. 54 Using the Printer Software To check the name of the shared printer, ask the network administrator. ❏ If the printer driver was ...
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..., even if you are not the Administrator. 1. Double-click the Add Printer icon. 3. For Windows 2000, select whether to use the printer as the default printer, then click OK. Select Network printer server, then click Next. Click Start > Settings > Printers. 2. For Windows XP, if another driver is already installed, select whether to set up Windows NT 4.0 clients...
..., even if you are not the Administrator. 1. Double-click the Add Printer icon. 3. For Windows 2000, select whether to use the printer as the default printer, then click OK. Select Network printer server, then click Next. Click Start > Settings > Printers. 2. For Windows XP, if another driver is already installed, select whether to set up Windows NT 4.0 clients...
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...folder names in Windows 2000 or XP, "Digital Signature is located, and click OK. When you see the prompt, click OK, and follow the on Windows 2000, XP, or NT clients, you see the EPSON Installation Program screen, click Cancel. Installing the printer driver from the CD-ROM This ...section describes how to install the printer driver on the clients when the server and clients use different operating ...
...folder names in Windows 2000 or XP, "Digital Signature is located, and click OK. When you see the prompt, click OK, and follow the on Windows 2000, XP, or NT clients, you see the EPSON Installation Program screen, click Cancel. Installing the printer driver from the CD-ROM This ...section describes how to install the printer driver on the clients when the server and clients use different operating ...
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Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon. Uninstalling the printer driver and EPSON Status Monitor 3 1. 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. 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. Click Start > Control Panel or Start > Settings > Control Panel. 3.
Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon. Uninstalling the printer driver and EPSON Status Monitor 3 1. 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. 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. Click Start > Control Panel or Start > Settings > Control Panel. 3.
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...Windows 98, Me, 2000, or XP. 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 , and plug the USB cable... upgraded from Windows 95 to check the installation and reinstall the drivers: 1. Make sure that your desktop, then click Properties. 3. Click the Device Manager tab. 90 Maintenance and Troubleshooting Make sure that EPSON USB Printer Devices appears on your computer is not equipped with a USB connection...
...Windows 98, Me, 2000, or XP. 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 , and plug the USB cable... upgraded from Windows 95 to check the installation and reinstall the drivers: 1. Make sure that your desktop, then click Properties. 3. Click the Device Manager tab. 90 Maintenance and Troubleshooting Make sure that EPSON USB Printer Devices appears on your computer is not equipped with a USB connection...