Specifications

EPSON Stylus COLOR 200
Ink Jet Printers 6/96 EPSON Stylus COLOR 200-13
3. Plug the 25-pin end of the cable into the computer's parallel
interface. (See your computer manual, if necessary.)
4. Turn on the printer by pressing the POWER switch and then
turn on your computer.
Calibrating the Printer
The printer has been calibrated at the factory so that vertical
lines in your text and graphics are properly aligned. If you notice
misaligned images in printouts, however, you can calibrate the
printer with the Bi-D Calibration Utility. You may need to do
this after moving the printer to a new location, for example.
Calibrating the Printer from Windows
To calibrate your printer from Windows, follow these steps:
1. In Windows, double-click
EPSON Printer Calibration
in the
EPSON program group or folder.
2. At the first screen, click
OK
.
3. Make sure
Stylus COLOR 200
is selected in the drop-down
menu.
4. Click the
Black
or
Color
button to select the type of print
head installed in the printer. Then click Next.
5. At the next screen, select the port to which you connected
your printer and click
Next
.
6. Make sure the printer is loaded with several sheets of letter-
size paper. Then click
Next
.
7. The printer prints the Current Alignment Sheets. Examine
the printout for misaligned vertical lines.
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Aligned Not aligned
If none are misaligned, click
Next
and go to step 11.
If one or more patterns are misaligned, click the appropriate
checkboxes and click
Next
.
8. Click
Next
.
9. For each pattern you selected, the printer prints a Test
Alignment Sheet containing multiple samples of vertical
lines, each of which is assigned a number. On each sheet,
look for the sample that is most closely aligned. Then enter
the number of the aligned sample or select
Not-aligned
if
none of the samples are aligned. Click
Next
.
10. Repeat steps 8 and 9 until all patterns are aligned.
11. Click the
Print Current Alignment Sheet
checkbox to print
a final test sheet or click
Finish
to exit the Calibration Utility.
Calibrating the Printer from DOS
Before you calibrate the printer from DOS for the first time, you
must copy the EPSON Printer Calibration Utility to your
computer’s hard disk.
Copying the calibration utility
1. Insert the EPSON Setup disk 1 into your diskette drive.
2. At the DOS prompt, type
A:SETUP
(or
B:SETUP
if you
inserted the diskette in drive B) and press
Enter
.
3. When you see the Printer Utility Setup screen, highlight
Epson Stylus COLOR 200
and press
Enter
.
4. At the next screen, select the directory in which you want to
install the calibration utility. To choose the default directory
(C:\CALIBRAT), press
Enter
; to change the directory, erase
the default, type in another, and press
Enter
.
5. Follow the prompts on the screen to install the software.
6. At the installation completion prompt, press
Enter
.
Running the calibration utility in DOS
To run the calibration utility, take the following steps:
1. Log onto the directory to which you copied the calibration
utility.
2. At the DOS prompt, type
ECALIB
and press
Enter
to run the
calibration utility. You see the EPSON Printer Calibration
Utility screen.
3. Make sure
Stylus COLOR 200
is selected in the drop-down
menu. If not, press the up or down arrows to highlight it.
4. Press
Tab
to move to the Calibration item box and select the
print head you have installed in the printer: color or black
(monochrome).
5. Press
Tab
twice to highlight the
Next
button and press
Enter
.
6. At the next screen, select the port to which you connected
the printer and select
Next
.
7. Select
Next
at the next screen if you've already loaded paper.
8. The printer prints the Current Alignment Sheet. Examine
the printout for misaligned vertical lines.
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Aligned Not aligned
If none are misaligned, press
Tab
twice to highlight
Next
and press
Enter
. Go to step 12.
If one or more patterns are misaligned, select the
appropriate checkboxes; then select
Next
.
9. Select
Next
.