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EPSON Stylus COLOR 800
Character mode
Printing speed
edge guides
paper support extension
(characters per second)
Character pitch Printable
(characters per inch) columns Draft Normal (LQ)
control
paper support
10 80 533 400
panel
12 96 640 480
printer
cover 15 120 800 600
17 (10 condensed) 137 912 684
output
tray
20 (12 condensed) 160 1067 800
output tray
extensions
Raster graphics mode (Printable area is 8.27 inches)
Print quality Available dots CR speed (inches per second)
180 dpi × 180
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EPSON Stylus COLOR 800 The printer always uses the fonts you select with your software application. You need to use the printer’s internal fonts only if your application doesn’t allow you to select Paper fonts. Paper Type Size Paper Types Thickness Weight 2 Single Sheets Letter (8.5 × 11 inches) Plain paper and special ink 0.003 to 0.004 inch 17 to 24 lb (64 to 90 g/m ); 2 A4 (210 × 297 mm) jet papers distributed by (0.08 to 0.11 mm) use 24 lb (90 g/m ) paper under A5 (148 × 210 mm) EPSON n
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EPSON Stylus COLOR 800 Printable area A A B-L B-R B-L B-R C C Envelope Single sheet A The minimum top margin is 0.12 inch (3.0 mm). Note: When printing multiple sheets of glossy media, the minimum Always load paper into the sheet feeder short edge first except top margin is 1.2 inches (30 mm). envelopes. Load envelopes long edge first. BL The minimum left margin is 0.12 inch (3.0 mm). BR The minimum right margin is: 0.35 inch (9.0 mm) for Letter and Legal 0.12 inch (3.0 mm) for all other paper
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EPSON Stylus COLOR 800 Mechanical Safety Approvals Paper feed Safety standards UL 1950 with D3, CSA 22.2 950 method Friction with auto sheet feeder, rear with D3 entry EMC FCC part 15 subpart B class B Sheet feeder CSA C108.8 class B capacity Maximum 100 sheets of 17 lb 2 DOS Support (64 g/m ) paper Dimensions Storage If driver support for the EPSON Stylus COLOR 800 is not available from your software manufacturer, you can use one Width: 18.7 inches (475 mm) of the other EPSON ESC/P 2 print
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EPSON Stylus COLOR 800 The four lights on your printer’s control panel show the Using Hex Dump Mode printer’s status and alert you to problems like paper jams. You can use the printer’s hex dump mode to identify When the paper light flashes, paper is S problems if you know how to interpret hex code. Or, you jammed in the printer. Turn off the can fax the hex printout to a technical support printer and gently pull out all jammed representative. Follow these steps to use hex dump mode: pape
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EPSON Stylus COLOR 800 3. Press the X color cleaning button to print a list of current 3. Click the Main tab if necessary and make sure the Mode settings and additional instructions. option is set to Automatic. This is the easiest way to get good printing results for all kinds of documents, on all 4. After you make the changes you want, turn the printer off to save the settings. The settings remain in effect until types of paper. you change them again. 4. Choose the Media Type you want to pr
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EPSON Stylus COLOR 800 Setting Default Options in Windows 3.1 6. Choose the Media Type you want to print on. See page 14 for guidelines on choosing paper. Follow these steps: Note: 1. Double-click the Control Panel icon in the Main group. For printing at the highest resolution (SuperFine quality at 1440 dpi), you need to use one of the photo quality 2. Double-click the Printers icon. media. 3. Select EPSON Stylus COLOR 800 from the list of printers and click Setup. 7. Choose Color or B
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EPSON Stylus COLOR 800 Deleting a Stalled Print Job ❏ To open the Spool Manager at any time, double-click the Spool Manager4 icon in the EPSON program group or If you’re having trouble printing, it may be because of a folder. stalled print job. Follow these steps to delete it so you can continue printing: You see the Spool Manager window: 1. Open the Spool Manager as described above. menus 2. Click on any print jobs marked Held, then open the Document menu and click Delete. 3. Exit Spool M
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EPSON Stylus COLOR 800 2. Right-click the EPSON Stylus COLOR 800 icon. The Status Monitor at the bottom of the dialog box shows how much ink is left in your printer, along with these status 3. Select Properties. Then click the Details tab. icons: 4. Click Spool Settings. The Status Monitor is checking printer status. 5. Make sure Enable bi-directional support for this printer is turned on. Then click OK. An error has occured. Check your printer. Using the Despooler While your document is p
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EPSON Stylus COLOR 800 5. Set the Memory Requirements to 2000 or 3000, depending 4. If you want to change printer messages and warnings, on your system’s available RAM. click the Configuration button. You see the following dialog box: 6. While you’re printing, click the EPSON Monitor2 icon on the Application menu at the right end of the menu bar. Printing stops You see a dialog box like the following: when these messages appear. Job currently printing Printing continues Jobs queued when
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EPSON Stylus COLOR 800 4. In the Spool Manager window, double-click the queue you Network Printing on a Macintosh want to use for network printing. The Queue Setup dialog box appears. ™ If you want to use your printer on an AppleTalk network, 5. Click the Remote Despool tab and then click the Printing you need to install one of the optional interface boards: from remote queues option. ™ ™ either the LocalTalk board or the Ethernet board. See 6. Click the Browse button and select the remote
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EPSON Stylus COLOR 800 3. Press the Y black or X color cleaning button and hold it for Replacing an Ink Cartridge three seconds. Caution: When a B black or A color ink out light flashes, the If you press the cleaning button when no ink out light is indicated cartridge is low on ink. This is a good time to flashing or on, the printer cleans the print heads, as make sure you have a new cartridge. When the light stays described on page 16. If you need to replace an ink cartridge before the l
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EPSON Stylus COLOR 800 Caution: Installing the New Cartridge Don’t turn off the printer while the P power light is flashing, unless the printer has not moved or made noise for Once you have removed the empty cartridge, you’re ready more than 5 minutes. to install the new one. Follow these steps: 1. Remove the new ink cartridge from its packaging. Replacing an Outdated Ink Cartridge 2. Remove the yellow tape seal as shown: If an ink cartridge is more than six months old, you may need to repl
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EPSON Stylus COLOR 800 2. Fan a stack of plain paper and then even the edges. EPSON ink jet media and their settings 3. Load the stack with the printable surface face up. Push the Media Type Media name Size Part number setting paper against the right edge guide. EPSON Photo Quality A4 S041071 Photo Quality Glossy Film Letter S041072 Glossy Film arrow mark EPSON High Quality Letter S041072 Glossy Paper EPSON Iron-On Letter S041001, Transfer Paper S041002 EPSON Ink Jet A4 S041063 Ink Jet Trans
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EPSON Stylus COLOR 800 EPSON 360 dpi High Quality and Photo Quality Ink Jet Envelopes Paper You can load up to 10 envelopes as shown below: Caution: Don’t use the cleaning sheets that may be included with your special media; they may damage the printer. You can load paper up to the arrow mark on the left edge guide. If you use legal-size ink jet paper, don’t load it more than half way to the arrow mark. EPSON Photo Quality Glossy Paper, Film, and Transparencies Before you load glossy media o
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EPSON Stylus COLOR 800 EPSON Iron-On Transfer Paper 6. Make sure paper is loaded in the printer and click Print nozzle check pattern (Windows) or Confirmation Note: (Macintosh. For iron-on transfers, make sure you reverse your image before you print it, especially if it includes text. Then the If your print quality has not improved, repeat the steps text will read correctly when it’s transferred. You can above. use the Flip Horizontal option in your printer software. Using the Control Pane
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EPSON Stylus COLOR 800 Caution: Aligning the Print Heads Don’t touch the gears inside the printer. If your printouts contain misaligned vertical lines, you may Never use alcohol or thinner for cleaning; they can damage need to align the print heads. You can align the print heads the printer components and case. in either of the following two ways: Don’t use a hard or abrasive brush. Don’t get water on the printer components. ❏ With the Print Head Alignment utility in your printer Don’t spra
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EPSON Stylus COLOR 800 Using the PC Serial Interface Board 5. Slide the interface board along the slots on both sides of the compartment. Push it in firmly to fully insert the Before you install the serial interface board in your printer, board’s connector into the printer’s internal socket. follow the instructions that come with the board for setting baud rate and parity. Refer to your computer documentation for information about matching the board’s settings to your computer system. You
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EPSON Stylus COLOR 800 Related Documentation TM-STYCLR800 EPSON Stylus COLOR 800 Service Manual PL-STYCLR800 EPSON Stylus COLOR 800 Parts Price List 4006678 EPSON Stylus COLOR 800 User’s Guide 4006677 EPSON Stylus COLOR 800 Quick Setup CPD4457 Installing Your Software 1/97 EPSON Stylus COLOR 800 - 19
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