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Epson Stylus NX300/305 Series
Quick Guide
Basic Printing, Copying, Scanning, and Faxing
Maintaining Your All-in-One
Solving Problems
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Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Loading Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Using Special Papers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Placing Originals for Copying, Scanning, or Faxing . . . . . . . . 8 Using the Scanner Glass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Using the Auto
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Maintaining Your Product . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Checking the Print Head Nozzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Cleaning the Print Head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Checking the Ink Cartridge Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Purchasing Epson Ink Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Replacing Ink Cartridge
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Introduction ® After you have set up your Epson Stylus NX300/305 Series as described on the Start Here sheet, turn here to: ■ Load paper ■ Make a copy of a document or photo ■ Fax a document or photo ■ Get the basic steps for printing from your computer ■ Scan multiple pages ■ Perform routine maintenance ■ Solve simple problems This book tells you how to do most of these things without ever turning on your computer! Of course, your NX300/305 Series can do a lot more when you ® ® connect it to
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Loading Paper You can print documents and photos on a variety of paper types and sizes. For details, see page 6. 1. Open the paper support and pull up the extensions. Then open the output tray, pull out the extension, and raise the paper stopper. 2. Pinch the edge guide and slide it to the left. 3. Insert paper, glossy or printable side up, against the right side and behind the tab. (Load letterhead or pre-printed paper top edge first.) 8½ × 11 4 × 6 Always load paper short edge first, even
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You can load up to 100 sheets of plain paper, or 20 sheets of photo paper. Load other special papers one sheet at a time. Note: The type of paper you choose affects the way your printout looks. If you are just making a copy or printing a rough draft, plain paper is fine. However, for the best results, you’ll want to use one of Epson’s special ink jet papers designed for your printer (see “Using Special Papers” for more information). 4. Slide the edge guide against the paper, but not too tigh
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Part Sheet Paper name Size number count Epson Premium Presentation Letter (8.5 × 11 inches) S041568 50 Paper Matte Double-sided Epson Premium Photo Paper Borderless 4 × 6 inches S041808 40 Glossy S041727 100 Borderless 5 × 7 inches S041464 20 Borderless 8 × 10 inches S041465 20 Letter (8.5 × 11 inches) S042183 25 S041667 50 Epson Ultra Premium Photo Borderless 4 × 6 inches S042181 60 Paper Glossy S042174 100 Borderless 5 × 7 inches S041945 20 Borderless 8 × 10 inches S041946 20 Letter (8.5 × 11
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Placing Originals for Copying, Scanning, or Faxing Before you copy, scan, or fax, place your documents or photos on the scanner glass (below) or in the Automatic Document Feeder (see page 9). Using the Scanner Glass You can place two photos or a document up to letter-size (or A4) on the scanner glass to make color or black-and-white copies. 1. Open the document cover and place your original face-down on the scanner glass, with the top against the back left corner. If you’re scanning 3 × 5-
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Using the Automatic Document Feeder You can place up to 30 letter-size sheets or 10 legal-size sheets in the Automatic Document Feeder. 1. Tap the originals on a flat surface to even the edges. 2. Open the ADF paper support. 3. Slide the edge guide to the side. 4. Insert the originals face-up. Using the Automatic Document Feeder 9
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5. Slide the edge guide against the originals. Once they’re loaded, you can copy, scan, or fax. Note: When you use the Copy function, letter-size paper is automatically selected for your printed copies. If you copy a legal-size document, the image will be cropped to fit letter- size paper. 10 Placing Originals for Copying, Scanning, or Faxing
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Copying a Document or Photo Follow the instructions in this section to make color or black-and-white copies. Note: To turn off the “beep” heard when you press a button, press Copy/Fax, press Menu, press u or d to select Maintenance and press OK, press u or d to select Sound and press OK, and select Off. Copying a Document You can copy documents onto letter-size (or A4) plain paper, Epson Bright White Paper, or Epson Presentation Paper Matte, just like you would on a copy machine. If you use
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■ Select Paper Type and make sure Plain Paper is selected for copying documents. ■ To change the copy quality, select Quality and choose Standard Quality, Best, or Draft (for plain paper only). ■ To adjust the darkness or lightness of the copy, select Copy Density and choose a higher (darker) or lower (lighter) setting. Note: Not all Paper Type, Paper Size, Layout, and Quality settings may be available depending on the options you choose. 7. After you finish selecting your settings, press O
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7. Select Paper Size and choose the size of paper you loaded. 8. Select Paper Type and choose the type of photo paper you loaded: Paper type Paper Type setting Epson Photo Quality Self-adhesive Sheets Plain Paper Epson Iron-on Cool Peel Transfer paper Epson Premium Presentation Paper Matte Matte Epson Premium Presentation Paper Matte Double-sided Epson Ultra Premium Presentation Paper Matte Epson Premium Photo Paper Glossy Prem. Glossy Epson Premium Photo Paper Semi-gloss Epson Ultra Premium Pho
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Faxing a Document or Photo Your NX300/305 Series lets you send faxes by entering fax numbers, selecting entries from a speed dial list, or using the one-touch dial buttons. Using the Automatic Document Feeder, you can fax up to 30 pages at a time. Note: For more information on faxing and fax settings, see the online User’s Guide. Connecting a Phone or Answering Machine 1. Connect the phone cable from the wall jack to the LINE port on the back of the NX300/305 Series. Note: If you’re connecti
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2. To use a telephone or answering machine, you need a second phone cable. Connect one end of the cable to the telephone or answering machine, and connect the other end to the EXT. port on the back of the NX300/305 Series. Note: Remove the cap from the EXT. port, if you haven’t already done so, before connecting a phone or answering machine. Telephone wall jack If your answering machine is set to pick up on the fourth ring, you should set the NX300/305 Series to pick up on the fifth ring or
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Setting Up Fax Features Before sending or receiving faxes, create a fax header and select your fax preferences. Note: To change other settings or print fax reports, see the online User’s Guide. Entering Fax Header Information You should enter your name and phone number in the fax header before sending faxes so that recipients can identify the origin of the fax. Note: If you leave the NX300/305 Series unplugged for a long period of time, the date and time settings may get lost. See the online
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Using the Keypad to Enter Numbers and Characters When entering phone numbers and text in Fax mode, follow these guidelines: ■ To move the cursor, add a space, or delete a character: Button Function l or r Moves the cursor to the left or right. Auto Answer/Space Inserts a space and moves the cursor one character to the right. Speed Dial/Group Dial/ Deletes a character and moves the cursor one Backspace space to the left. ■ To enter a fax number, use the numeric keypad. Use the # button to type
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Select Scan and Print Settings Use these settings to adjust the image quality of incoming and outgoing faxes, select the paper size loaded in your NX300/305 Series, select the size at which faxes are printed, and choose the printed reports you want. 1. Press the Copy/Fax button to select Fax mode, then press Menu. 2. Press u or d to select Fax Setting, then press OK. 3. Press u or d to select Scan & Print Setup, then press OK. 4. Adjust any of the following settings: Setting and options Desc
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Setting Up a Speed Dial and Group Dial List You can create a speed dial list of fax numbers so you can quickly select them for faxing. You can also set up a group dial list to automatically send the same fax message to multiple speed dial numbers. You can create up to 60 combined speed dial and group dial entries, add names to identify the recipients, and print a list for easy reference (see page 20). You can quickly access the first five entries using the one-touch dial buttons (see page 23
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5. Select or type the number of the entry you want to add, then press OK. 6. Use the numeric keypad to enter a name to identify the group dial entry (see page 17), then press OK. 7. Select or type the number of a speed dial entry to add and press * to add the entry to the group dial list. Up to 30 speed dial entries may be added to each group dial list. Note: Press * again to cancel adding the speed dial entry that you selected. 8. Repeat the steps above to add additional speed dial entries t
