Printer User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Copyright and Trademarks
- Operating System Versions
- Contents
- Safety Instructions
- Getting to Know Your Printer
- Printing Tasks
- Using the Control Panel
- Installing Options
- Replacing Consumable Products
- Cleaning and Transporting the Printer
- Troubleshooting
- Clearing Jammed Paper
- Printing a Configuration Status Sheet
- Operational Problems
- Printout Problems
- Print Quality Problems
- The background is dark or dirty
- White dots appear in the printout
- Print quality or tone is uneven
- Half-tone images print unevenly
- Toner smudges
- Areas are missing in the printed image
- Completely blank pages are output
- The printed image is light or faint
- The non-printed side of the page is dirty
- Print quality decreased
- Memory Problems
- Paper Handling Problems
- Problems Using Options
- Correcting USB Problems
- Status and Error Messages
- Canceling Printing
- Printing in the PostScript 3 Mode Problems
- The printer does not print correctly in the PostScript mode
- The printer does not print
- The printer or its driver does not appear in utilities in the printer configuration (Macintosh only)
- The font on the printout is different from that on the screen
- The printer fonts cannot be installed
- The edges of texts and/or images are not smooth
- The printer does not print normally via the USB interface
- The printer does not print normally via the network interface
- An undefined error occurs (Macintosh only)
- Printing in the PCL6/5 Mode Problems
- The printer does not print
- The printer does not print correctly in the PCL mode (only for Epson PCL6 printer driver)
- The printer does not start manual duplex printing (only for Epson PCL6 printer driver)
- The font on the printout is different from that on the screen
- The edges of texts and/or images are not smooth (only for Epson PCL6 printer driver)
- Cannot print from Citrix Presentation Server 4.5 (only for Epson PCL6 printer driver)
- About the Printer Software for Windows
- About the PostScript Printer Driver
- About the PCL Printer Driver
- Technical Specifications
- Where To Get Help
- Index
If On is selected as the Auto Cont setting on the control panel’s Setup Menu, printing continues
automatically after a certain period of time.
Face-down Full
The output paper at the face-down tray is full. Remove the paper that has been output and press the
Start/Stop button. Printing resumes.
Feed Roller C2 Needed Soon, Feed Roller C3 Needed Soon, Feed Roller C4 Needed Soon
This message indicates that the feed roller C2, C3, or C4 is near the end of its service life. You can
continue to print until the Replace Feed Roller C2, Replace Feed Roller C3, or
Replace Feed Roller C4 message appears.
To clear this warning message and continue printing, select Clear All Warnings from the control
panel’s Reset Menu. For instruction about accessing the control panel menus, see “How to access
the control panel menus” on page 64.
Form Data Canceled
Unable to store form overlay data on the optional CompactFlash memory. Either the CompactFlash
memory is not installed correctly, or the maximum number of form overlay files has been reached.
Confirm that the optional CompactFlash memory is installed correctly, or delete any form overlay
files you no longer need, and then try storing the new overlay again.
To clear this error, select Clear Warning from the control panel’s Reset Menu. For instruction
about accessing the control panel menus, see “How to access the control panel menus” on page 64.
Form Feed
The printer is ejecting paper due to a user request. This message appears when pressing the Start/
Stop button once to make the printer offline, then holding down the Start/Stop button for more
than 2 seconds in order not to receive form feed command.
Format Error ROM A
An unformatted ROM module has been inserted.
To clear this error, either press the Start/Stop button or turn off the printer and remove the ROM
module, then reinstall the ROM module. If that fails to clear the error, contact your dealer.
Format Required
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