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EPSON Stylus Photo 780
Printer Basics
Printed on recycled paper.
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Copyright Notice All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION. The information contained herein is designed only for use with this EPSON printer. EPSON is not responsible for any use of this information as applied to other printers. Neither SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION nor its
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Contents Welcome! 1 About Your Software 1 About Your Documentation 2 Warnings, Cautions, Notes, and Tips 2 Viewing Your Electronic Reference Guide 3 Watching Printer Movies 5 Printing from Start to Finish 7 Printing with Windows 7 Loading Paper 7 Opening the Printer Software 8 Selecting Printer Software Settings 9 Controlling Printing 10 Printing on a Macintosh 12 Loading Paper 12 Opening the Printer Software 13 Selecting Printer Software Settings 14 Controlling Printing 15 Using PhotoEnhance, C
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Maintaining Your Printer 35 Cleaning the Print Head 35 Examining the Nozzle Check Pattern 37 Replacing an Ink Cartridge 37 Ink Cartridge Precautions 38 Determining Which Cartridge to Replace 38 Removing and Installing Ink Cartridges 39 Aligning the Print Head 41 Cleaning the Printer 42 Transporting the Printer 42 Problem Solving 45 Identifying Printer Parts 45 Diagnosing Printer Problems 46 Checking the Control Panel Lights 46 Running a Printer Check 47 Problems and Solutions 48 Setup and S
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Requirements and Notices 57 Windows System Requirements 57 Macintosh System Requirements 58 ENERGY STAR Compliance 58 Important Safety Instructions 59 Ink Cartridge Safety Instructions 60 FCC Compliance Statement 61 Declaration of Conformity 61 Epson America, Inc. Limited Warranty 62 Index 63 v
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Welcome! ® Your EPSON Stylus Photo 780 printer is the smart choice for your home or home office. Print beautiful, borderless, 6-color photo-quality prints with resolutions of up to 2880 by 720 dpi. Your printer outputs perfect photos for framing, albums, scrapbooks, school reports, and more. About Your Software Your printer includes the following useful photo software applications: TM TM EPSON Software Film Factory Organize, beautify, and print your photos in a flash. With Film Factory, you
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About Your Documentation To set up your printer and install its software, see the Start Here poster. This Printer Basics book contains instructions on: Viewing your electronic Reference Guide and printer movies ® ® Printing with Windows or on a Macintosh Maintaining the printer Solving basic problems For system requirements, important safety information, and your printer warranty, see page 57. For detailed information on using your printer and its software, see your electronic Referen
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Viewing Your Electronic Reference Guide Your printer software CD-ROM includes an electronic Reference Guide for your ® printer. The manual is in HTML format, so you need a browser—such as Microsoft ® Internet Explorer 3.0 or later or Netscape Navigator 3.0 or later—to view it. If you are using a different browser, the pages may not display correctly. A browser is not included on the printer software CD-ROM. You can view your electronic Reference Guide from the CD-ROM or copy it to your hard
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When you first open the Reference Guide, you see this screen: Click here to expand the table of contents Click a topic on the left to expand the table of contents. After expanding the table of contents, you can click on the topic you want to view. If there’s a right arrow , click it to view subtopics, then click on a topic to go to it. Click the down arrow to close a subtopic list. Closed list, click to expand Click to go to topic If you see an icon in place of a graphic when viewing your
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Watching Printer Movies Need help loading plain or special paper, replacing ink cartridges, or cleaning the SM print head? Your printer software CD-ROM includes helpful Fix-it Flix movies that explain these common tasks. Follow these steps to watch your printer movies: 1. Insert your printer software CD-ROM. 2. Windows: Double-click My Computer, double-click your CD-ROM drive icon, then double-click the EPSON icon. Macintosh: Double-click the EPSON CD-ROM icon, then double-click the EPSON ic
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Printing from Start to Finish Here’s what to do to print a basic document—such as a photograph or newsletter —from loading the paper to selecting print settings to controlling the print job. Follow the instructions in these sections: “Printing with Windows” below “Printing on a Macintosh” on page 12 If you’re already familiar with EPSON ink jet printing, you can skip ahead to these sections: “Using PhotoEnhance, Custom, and Advanced Settings” on page 16 “BorderFree Printing” on page 2
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Follow these guidelines when loading paper: Load the printable side face up. It’s usually whiter or brighter than the other side. Load letterhead or preprinted paper into the printer top edge first. Don’t load paper above the arrow on the left edge guide. Always load paper short edge first, even when printing in landscape mode. If you’re printing on envelopes, see page 32 for loading instructions. Opening the Printer Software After you open your application program and create your docume
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If you click the print icon on your application’s tool bar instead of selecting Print from the File menu, you may not get the option to change the printer software settings before printing. Selecting Printer Software Settings Once you click Properties, you see your printer software Properties dialog box. The most important thing to remember is to set the correct Media Type for the paper you’re using. If necessary, click the tab to display the settings shown below: Main Select the type of pap
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Click OK to return to your application’s Print dialog box. For more information about printer settings, click the Help button. Or you can right-click any item on the screen and then click What’s This?. Selecting the Settings You Use Most Often The printer settings you make apply only to the application you’re currently using. If you usually print one type of document in different applications—for example, legal-sized documents with black ink—you can change the default printer settings for
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After a moment, the Progress Meter appears and shows the progress of your print job. You can use the buttons to cancel, pause, or restart printing. You can also see how much ink you have left. Click to cancel printing Click to pause or resume printing Does not appear if you are printing over a network For more advanced printer settings, see page 16. For more information on printing— for example, previewing your printout, changing the paper size, or adding a watermark—see your electronic R
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Printing on a Macintosh This section describes the basic steps for printing on a Macintosh. (To print with Windows, see page 7.) Loading Paper Make sure your printer and Load paper only Place paper up to this arrow computer are turned on. against the right edge Place your paper against the right edge of the sheet feeder and slide the left edge guide against the paper. (Don’t Slide left push the paper deeper into edge guide the feeder.) against paper Follow these guidelines when loadin
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Opening the Printer Software After you open your application program and create your document, you’re ready to select your page setup and other printer software settings. From the File menu, click . You see your application’s page setup dialog Page Setup box (your dialog box may look slightly different): Select your Paper Size, Orientation, Verify your printer model here and Printable Area settings Click OK Make the following selections on the page setup dialog box: Make sure SP 780 is sel
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Selecting Printer Software Settings Now open the File menu and click Print. You see the main printer settings dialog box for your application (your dialog box may look slightly different): Select the type of paper you loaded Select the Ink color Select Automatic mode The most important thing to remember is to set the correct Media Type for the paper you’re using. Make the following settings on the dialog box: Choose the paper you’re printing on (click the arrow to scroll through the Med
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Controlling Printing Once you’ve clicked Print, your document begins printing. If you turned on background printing, you can select EPSON Monitor3 from the Application menu at the right side of the menu bar to check the progress of your print job. You see the EPSON Monitor3 dialog box: Click to restart your print job Click to cancel printing Click to pause printing Click on the current print job. . . or a waiting print job . . . Then click here to view the details below and control print
