Manuale d’uso / di manutenzione del prodotto 800N del fabbricante Epson
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Setup Guide Printed on recycled paper with at least 10% post-consumer content N ® Front.fm5 Page i Wednesday, October 15, 1997 3:53 PM.
ii All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduce d, stored in a retrieval syst em, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, record ing, or otherwise, without the pr ior written permission of SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION .
iii Contents Using Your Software and Manuals 1 Setting Up Your Printer 2 Getting the Printer Ready 2 Installing the Ink Cartridges 4 Loading the Paper 7 Testing the Printer 8 Connecting the Printer to.
1 Setup Guide Congratulations on purchasing your new EPSON Stylus ® COLOR 800N printer. This guide summarizes the process of setting up your printer and configuring it to work with your network. For more information, see the User’s Guides for your printer, the Ethernet card, and EPSON Status Monitor 2.
2 Setup Guide ◗ EPSON Type B Ethernet Interface Card Supplement Contains instructions for configuring and using the Ethernet card with a Macintosh network, initializing the card, using the card with NetWare on a WAN, and using TCP/IP with Windows 95.
3 Setup Guide You’ll find these items inside: 2. Place the printer flat on a stable desk near a grounded outlet. Leave plenty of roo m in back for the ca bles and enough room in front for opening the output tray.
4 Setup Guide 4. Before you plug in the printer, make sure the power is off. Check the P power button; it’s off when its surface is raised above the printer surface. 5. Plug the power cord into a properly grounded outlet. Installing the Ink Cartridges 1.
5 Setup Guide 3. Lift up the black ink cartridge clamp. 4. Open the black ink cartridge package. Remove only the yellow part of the tape. Do not remove the white part.
6 Setup Guide 6. Push down the clamp until it locks in place. 7. Press the X color cleaning button. The print heads move to the left again so you can install the color ink cartidge. 8. Follow steps 3 through 6 to install the color ink cartridge. 9. Press the E load eject button.
7 Setup Guide Loading the Paper 1. Slide the left edge guide all the way left and pull out the output tray extensions. 2. Fan a stack of plain paper and then even the edges. 3. Load a stack with the printable surface face up. Push the paper against the right edge guide.
8 Setup Guide Testing the Printer If you want, you can run a test on your printer to see how it’s working. Follow the steps in Chapter 6 of your printer User’s Guide.
9 Setup Guide You can now install the EPSON Net! utility software, which configures the Ethernet card. Installing EPSON Net! If you are using NetWare or TCP/IP, install EPSON Net! on a workstation in the same segment as the printer. If you are using AppleTalk, install EPSON Net! for Macintosh on a Macintosh computer on your network.
10 Setup Guide Installing in Macintosh 1. Create a folder for EPSON Net! on your hard drive. 2. Insert the EPSON Net! for Macintosh installation diskette. 3. Copy the program from the disk to the folder. After you install EPSON Net!, you use it to configure your printer for AppleTalk.
11 Setup Guide If you use NetWare 4.x, menus will differ slightly from the menus described in the following procedure, and you must select Bindery Emulation. Follow these steps: 1. At the DOS prompt, type PCONSOLE . 2. From the Avai lable Options menu, select Print Server Information.
12 Setup Guide Using EPSON Net! for NetWare Windows Follow these steps: 1. Start EPSON Net! for NetWare. After a few seconds, the following dialog box appears: 2. Highlight your EPSON Stylus COLOR 800N printer and click Open. The NetWare Status dialog box appears: QuikSet2.
13 Setup Guide 3. Click Edit to configure the printer. The NetWare Config dialog box appears: 4. Choose the operating mode you want to use: ◗ Print Server ◗ Remote Printer ◗ Auto PrintServer/Remote 5.
14 Setup Guide 6. Click Add at the bottom of the dialog box to assign a print queue to your print server. The Add Queue dialog box appears: 7. For Print Server mode, select the file server where the print queue will reside, then select a print queue from the list.
15 Setup Guide Configuring for TCP/IP You can configure the Ethernet card for TCP/IP if you are using a UNIX TCP/IP network, a Windows 95 peer-to-peer network, or Windows NT.
16 Setup Guide Assigning the IP Address For a Windows 95 peer-to-peer network you need to set the card’s IP address. Make sure the E thernet card and printer are on the same segment of the network as the computer you are using to configure the card.
17 Setup Guide If you receive 4 lines that say “Request Timed Out,” the card is not set up correctly. Check to make sure the card is on the same segment of the network as the workstation you are using to configure it and that you typed in the correct IP and hardware addresses.
18 Setup Guide 6. Follow the instructions on the screen, inserting the requested diskette or CD-ROM if necessary. When setup is complete, the Network Services tab or Network Settings dialog box reappears. 7. In Windows NT 4.x, make sure Microsoft TCP/IP Printing appears in the Network Services list, select it, and click Properties .
19 Setup Guide 3. Set the following options in the IP Config dialog box: ◗ IP address Determine and assign an IP address. Check with your network administrator or see the note below for information about assigning IP addresses. ◗ Subnet mask Assign the subnet mask.
20 Setup Guide Installing DLC in Windows NT Make sure Windows NT is running, and follow these steps to install DLC: 1. Open the Control Panel. 2. Double-click the Network icon. 3. In Windows NT 4.x, click the Protocols tab and then click Add . In Windows NT 3.
21 Setup Guide 6. Type a name for the port in the Name box. Make sure the name is not the same as an existing port, such as LPT1. 7. Select the target node address from the Card Address list. Make sure this address matches the one listed under Node Number on the status sheet.
22 Setup Guide 8. Click OK to exit the Create Printer dialog box. A dialog box from the selected model’s device driver appears. 9. Set any printer-specific options, and click OK. Configuring for AppleTalk To use your printer on an AppleTalk network, you need to configure the Ethernet card for AppleTalk.
23 Setup Guide 3. Click a zone to select it. To select multiple zones, press and hold the Shift key while clicking the zones, or click Select All . Then click OK . EPSON Net! sends a packet to the selected zones a nd detects the current printer’s status.
24 Setup Guide 7. Set the following options in the AppleTalk Configuration dialog bo x: ◗ Available Zone Select the network zone where you want the printer to appear. ◗ Printer name You can use your printer’s default nam e or change it. If you have more than one printer of the same type on your network, be sure to give them unique names.
25 Setup Guide In Windows NT 3.5x, choose Run from the File menu in the Program Manager. 3. Type A:SETUP and click OK . If you’re not using drive A, substitute the appropriate letter. 4. Read the on-screen instructions and click Next . 5. Click Next , or if you want to change the destination directory, click Browse and select your directory.
26 Setup Guide 10. Check the current settings and click Next . Follow the instructions on the screen. Select Yes and click Finish to restart Windows when you see the prompt. You now need to install the printer driver and set up your printer in Windows.
27 Setup Guide 3. If you inserted the CD-ROM and Windows starts the installation program automatically, go to step 4. If it doesn’t start automatically (or if you’re using Windows NT 3.5x), click Start , select Run , and type D:Setup (substitute the correct drive letter if necessary).
28 Setup Guide 5. Click Add Port . 6. In Windows 95, click Br owse and choose the ser ver or EPSON_TCPIP_Printer that your printer is set up on. Then click OK . In Windows NT 4.x, click LPR Port , then type in the printer’s IP address and the name you want to assign.
29 Setup Guide Making Macintosh Diskettes from the CD-ROM Before you follow these steps, name the formatted diskettes you’ll use Disk1 and Disk2 (using a capital “D” and no space before the number). If they’re not named correctly, the diskettes won’t work.
Un punto importante, dopo l’acquisto del dispositivo (o anche prima di acquisto) è quello di leggere il manuale. Dobbiamo farlo per diversi motivi semplici:
Se non hai ancora comprato il Epson 800N è un buon momento per familiarizzare con i dati di base del prodotto. Prime consultare le pagine iniziali del manuale d’uso, che si trova al di sopra. Dovresti trovare lì i dati tecnici più importanti del Epson 800N - in questo modo è possibile verificare se l’apparecchio soddisfa le tue esigenze. Esplorando le pagine segenti del manuali d’uso Epson 800N imparerai tutte le caratteristiche del prodotto e le informazioni sul suo funzionamento. Le informazioni sul Epson 800N ti aiuteranno sicuramente a prendere una decisione relativa all’acquisto.
In una situazione in cui hai già il Epson 800N, ma non hai ancora letto il manuale d’uso, dovresti farlo per le ragioni sopra descritte. Saprai quindi se hai correttamente usato le funzioni disponibili, e se hai commesso errori che possono ridurre la durata di vita del Epson 800N.
Tuttavia, uno dei ruoli più importanti per l’utente svolti dal manuale d’uso è quello di aiutare a risolvere i problemi con il Epson 800N. Quasi sempre, ci troverai Troubleshooting, cioè i guasti più frequenti e malfunzionamenti del dispositivo Epson 800N insieme con le istruzioni su come risolverli. Anche se non si riesci a risolvere il problema, il manuale d’uso ti mostrerà il percorso di ulteriori procedimenti – il contatto con il centro servizio clienti o il servizio più vicino.
