Epson AcuLaser 2600N User Manual

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❏Hard Disk Drive (C12C824172)
This option expands the printer’s capacity by allowing you to 
print complex and large print jobs at high speed. This option 
also enables you to use the Reserve Job function. By using the 
Reserve Job function, you can store print jobs in the printer’s 
hard disk and print them later directly from the printer’s 
control panel.
❏P5C Emulation Kit (C12C832641)
The P5C emulation kit provides you with the ability to print 
documents in the PCL5c printing language with this printer. 
This optional kit includes the ROM module and printer 
driver.
❏Memory Module
This option expands the printer’s memory by allowing you to 
print complex and graphics-intensive documents. The 
memory can be installed up to 512 MB for your printer.
Note:
Make sure that the DIMM you purchase is compatible with EPSON 
products. For details, contact the store where you purchased this 
printer or an EPSON qualified service representative.
Consumable products
The life of the following consumable products is monitored by the 
printer. The printer lets you know when replacements are needed.
Product name Product code
5K: high capacity toner cartridge (Yellow) 0226
5K: high capacity toner cartridge (Magenta) 0227
5K: high capacity toner cartridge (Cyan) 0228
5K: high capacity toner cartridge (Black) 0229
2K: standard capacity toner cartridge (Yellow) 0230
 
						

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2K: standard capacity toner cartridge (Magenta) 0231
2K: standard capacity toner cartridge (Cyan) 0232
Photoconductor unit 1107
Fuser unit 120 (110 - 120V) 3019
Fuser unit 220 (220 - 240V) 3018
Waste toner collector 0223
 
						

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Chapter 2 
Printer Features and Various Printing 
Options
Printer Features
The printer comes with a full set of features that contributes to 
ease of use and consistent, high-quality output. The main features 
are described below.
High-quality printing
When using the driver provided, your printer does 2400RIT* 
printing at a speed of up to 30 pages per minute when printing 
on A4 paper in monochrome mode. You’ll appreciate the 
professional print quality produced by your printer and its quick 
processing speed.
* Epson AcuLaser Resolution Improvement Technology.
Pre-defined color settings in the printer driver
The printer driver offers many pre-defined settings for printing, 
allowing you to optimize print quality for various types of color 
documents.
For Windows, see  Making the print quality settings on page 68 
for more information.
For Macintosh, see  Making the print quality settings on page 
154 for more information.
 
						

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Color printing mode and monochrome printing 
mode
The printer can be used both for color and monochrome printing. 
The printer has three color modes: color printing mode, 
monochrome printing mode with one black toner cartridge, and 
monochrome printing mode with four black toner cartridges.
Toner save mode
To reduce the amount of toner used in printing documents, you 
can print rough drafts using the Toner Save mode.
Resolution Improvement Technology and 
Enhanced MicroGray technology
Resolution Improvement Technology (RITech) is an original 
Epson printer technology that works by smoothing out the jagged 
edges of diagonal and curved lines in both text and graphics. 
Enhanced MicroGray improves the halftone quality of graphics. 
With the driver provided, the printer’s resolution (dots per inch) 
is enhanced by RITech and Enhanced MicroGray technology.
Wide variety of fonts
The printer comes with a selection of 93 Laser-Jet-compatible 
scalable fonts, and 7 bitmap fonts in LJ4 emulation mode to 
provide you with the fonts you need to create 
professional-looking documents.
 
						

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Adobe PostScript 3 Mode
The printer’s Adobe PostScript 3 Mode provides you with the 
ability to print documents formatted for PostScript printers. 
Seventeen scalable fonts are included. IES (Intelligent Emulation 
Switch) and SPL (Shared Printer Language) support allow the 
printer to switch between the PostScript mode and other 
emulations as print data is received at the printer.
P5C Emulation Mode
The P5C Emulation mode provides you with the ability to print 
documents in the PCL5c printing language with this printer. 
Installing this optional memory modules into your printer, this 
printer driver allows your computer to control the P5C printer.
Various Printing Options
This printer provides you with a variety of different printing 
options. You can print in various formats, or can print using many 
different types of paper.
The following explains the procedure for each type of printing. 
Choose the appropriate one for your printing.
Double-sided printing
 Duplex Unit on page 293
 Duplex printing on page 93 (Windows)
 
						

							36Printer Features and Various Printing Options  Duplex printing on page 170 (Macintosh)
Lets you print on both sides of the paper.
Note:
You need an optional Duplex Unit installed on your printer in order to 
automatically print on both sides of the paper.
Fit to page printing
 Resizing printouts on page 75 (Windows)
 Resizing printouts on page 162 (Macintosh)
 
						

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This function is not available with Mac OS X.
Lets you automatically enlarge or reduce the size of your 
document to fit the paper size you selected.
Pages per sheet printing
 Modifying the print layout on page 78 (Windows)
 Modifying the print layout on page 163 (Macintosh)
Lets you print two or four pages on a single sheet.
Watermark printing
 Using a watermark on page 79 (Windows)
 
						

							38Printer Features and Various Printing Options  Using a watermark on page 165 (Macintosh)
Note:
This function is not available with Mac OS X.
Lets you print text or an image as a watermark on your printout. 
For example, you can put “Confidential” on an important 
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Overlay printing
 Using an overlay on page 83 (Windows)
Lets you prepare standard forms or template on your printout 
that you can use as overlays when printing other documents.
Note:
The Overlay printing function is not available in the PostScript 3 mode.
Using the Reserve Job function
 Hard Disk Drive on page 298
 Using the Reserve Job Function on page 100 (Windows)
 Using the Reserve Job Function on page 174 (Macintosh)
Lets you print jobs that you stored in the printer’s Hard Disk Drive 
later directly from the printer’s control panel.
 
						

							40Printer Features and Various Printing Options Note:
 You need an optional hard disk drive installed on your printer in order 
to use the Reserve Job function.
Using the HDD form overlay function
 Hard Disk Drive on page 298
 Using HDD form overlay on page 88 (Windows)