Epson AcuLaser C2600N User Manual
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Glossary461 memory The part of the printer’s electronic system that is used to store information. Some information is fixed and is used to control how the printer operates. Information that is sent to the printer from the computer (such as downloaded fonts) is stored in memory temporarily. See also RAM on page 462 and ROM on page 462. orientation Refers to the direction in which characters are printed on a page. This direction is either portrait, where the length of the page is longer than its width, or landscape, where the width is longer than its length. outline font A font whose outline is described mathematically, allowing it to be rendered (printed or drawn) smoothly at any size. PCL The command language built into the Hewlett-Packard® LaserJet® series printers. photoconductor unit A component of the printer that contains a photosensitive print drum. pitch A measure of the number of characters per inch (cpi) for fixed-width fonts. point size The height of a particular font as measured from the top of the tallest character to the bottom of the lowest. A point is a typographic unit of measure equivalent to 1/72 of an inch. portrait Printing that is oriented upright on the page (as opposed to landscape, in which printing is oriented sideways on the page). This is the standard orientation for printing letters or documents. ppm (pages per minute) The number of pages can be printed in one minute. printer driver Software that sends instructions to the printer to tell it what to do. For example, your printer driver accepts print data from your word processor application and sends instructions to the printer on how to print this data.
462Glossary printer emulation A set of operating commands that determines how data sent from the computer is interpreted and acted upon. Printer emulations replicate existing printers, such as the HP LaserJet 4. proportional font A font whose characters have varying amounts of horizontal space depending on the width of the character. Thus the uppercase M takes up more horizontal space than the lowercase l. RAM Random Access Memory. The portion of the printer’s memory used as a buffer and for storing user-defined characters. All data stored in RAM is lost when the printer is turned off. reset To refresh the printer’s memory and erase the current print jobs. resident font A font that is stored permanently in the printer’s memory. resolution A measure of the fineness and clarity of images produced by the printer or monitor. Printer resolution is measured in dots per inch. Monitor resolution is measured in pixels. RITech Resolution Improvement Technology. A feature that smooths the jagged edges of printed lines or shapes. ROM Read Only Memory. A portion of memory that can only be read and cannot be used for data storage. ROM retains its contents when you turn off the printer. sans serif font A font lacking serifs. scalable font See outline font on page 461. serif The small decorative strokes that come off the main lines of a character. sRGB A standard default red green blue (RGB) color space that is device independent.
Glossary463 status sheet A report that lists the printer settings and other printer information. symbol set A collection of symbols and special characters. Symbols are assigned to specific codes in a character table. toner The colored powder contained in the toner cartridges that is used to print images on the paper. TrueType An outline font format that was developed jointly by Apple® Computer and Microsoft Corporation. TrueType fonts are outline fonts that can be easily resized for screen display or for printing.
464Index A Available Fonts 1239X mode, 441 ESC/P2 and FX modes, 441 LJ4/GL2 mode, 438 P5C mode, 442 Printing font samples, 444 PS 3 mode, 442 C Canceling printing from printer driver (Macintosh), 194 from printer driver (Windows), 128 Cleaning Cleaning the exposure window (knob b), 339 Cleaning the output tray, 336 Cleaning the photoconductor wire (knob a), 338 Cleaning the pickup roller, 337 Cleaning the Printer, 335 Contacting EPSON, 401 Control panel Canceling Printing, 282 Printing and Deleting Reserve Job Data, 278 Printing a Status Sheet, 281 Status and Error Messages, 262 Using the Confidential Job Menu, 279 Using the Control Panel Menus, 223 Using the Quick Print Job Menu, 278 Control panel menus 1239X menu, 256 AUX menu, 244 Confidential Job menu, 241 Emulation menu, 230 ESCP2 menu, 250 FX menu, 253 GL2 menu, 247 how to access the control panel menus, 223 Information menu, 225 LJ4 menu, 244 Mode Config. Menu, 238 Index
Index465 Network menu, 244 Parallel menu, 241 Printer Adjust Menu, 260 Printing menu, 230 PS3 menu, 250 Quick Print Job menu, 240 Reset menu, 239 Setup menu, 233 Support menu, 259 Tray menu, 229 USB menu, 242 When to make control panel settings, 223 Customer support, 401 Custom paper size printer settings, 64 D Duplex Unit Installing the Duplex Unit, 293 Removing the Duplex Unit, 298 Specifications, 414 E Envelopes printer settings, 58 EPSON BarCode Font BarCode Font specifications, 427 Installing EPSON BarCode Fonts, 419 Printing with EPSON BarCode Fonts, 422 System requirements, 418 Epson Color Laser Paper printer settings, 56 Epson Color Laser Paper Transparencies printer settings, 57 EPSON Font Manager Installing EPSON Font Manager, 446 System requirements, 446 EPSON Status Monitor 3 Accessing EPSON Status Monitor 3 (Macintosh), 184 Accessing EPSON Status Monitor 3 (Windows), 112 Connections supporting the Job Management function (Windows), 120 Getting printer status details (Macintosh), 186 Getting printer status details (Windows), 114
466Index Installing EPSON Status Monitor 3(Windows), 109 Job Management function (Windows), 120 Monitored Printers settings (Windows), 125 Monitoring Your Printer Using EPSON Status Monitor 3 (Macintosh), 184 Monitoring Your Printer Using EPSON Status Monitor 3 (Windows), 108 Order online, 116 Re-printing your print job (Windows), 123 Setting Monitoring Preferences (Macintosh), 188 Setting Monitoring Preferences (Windows), 118 Setting to notify when printing is completed (Windows), 124 Status Alert window (Macintosh), 189 Status Alert window (Windows), 120 Stopping monitoring (Windows), 125 Using the Job Information menu, 122 Using the Job Management function (Macintosh), 190 F Features Adobe PostScript 3 Mode, 35 Color printing mode and monochrome printing mode, 34 High-quality printing, 33 P5C Emulation Mode, 35 Pre-defined color settings in printer driver, 33 Resolution Improvement Technology and Enhanced MicroGray technology, 34 Toner save mode, 34 Wide variety of fonts, 34 Fonts adding fonts, 445 downloading fonts, 445 selecting fonts, 445 Fonts information Available Fonts, 438 EPSON BarCode Fonts (Windows), 417 EPSON Font Manager (Windows), 446 Symbol Sets, 449 Fuser Unit Specifications, 416 G Guides Network Guide, 25 Online Help, 25 Paper Jam Guide, 25
Index467 Setup Guide, 25 Users Guide, 25 H Hard Disk Drive Installing the Hard Disk Drive, 298 Removing the Hard Disk Drive, 302 Specifications, 415 HDD from overlay how to delete (Windows), 92 how to print (Windows), 90 how to register (Windows), 89 how to use (Windows), 88 I Installing options Duplex Unit, 293 Hard Disk Drive, 298 Installing a memory module, 303 Installing an interface card, 307 installing the duplex unit, 293 Installing the Hard Disk Drive, 298 Installing the optional paper cassette unit, 290 Installing the P5C ROM module, 309 Interface Card, 307 Memory Module, 303 Optional Paper Cassette Unit, 289 P5C Emulation Kit, 309 Removing a memory module, 307 Removing an interface card, 309 Removing the Duplex Unit, 298 Removing the Hard Disk Drive, 302 Removing the optional paper cassette unit, 293 Removing the P5C ROM module, 312 Installing the PostScript printer driver for the network interface (Windows), 208 Installing the PostScript printer driver for the parallel interface (Windows), 204 Installing the PostScript printer driver for the USB interface (Windows), 206 Interface card Installing an interface card, 307 Removing an interface card, 309 Interfaces Ethernet interface, 412 Parallel interface, 411
468Index USB interface, 411 L Labels printer settings, 62 Loading paper MP tray, 45 optional paper cassette unit, 49 standard lower paper cassette, 49 M Maintenance Cleaning the exposure window (knob b), 339 Cleaning the output tray, 336 Cleaning the photoconductor wire (knob a), 338 Cleaning the pickup roller, 337 Cleaning the Printer, 335 Finding a place for the printer, 343 Fuser Unit, 326 Photoconductor Unit, 319 Replacement Messages, 313 Toner Cartridge, 315 Transporting the Printer for Long Distances, 340 Transporting the Printer for Short Distances, 341 Waste Toner Collector, 331 Memory module Installing a memory module, 303 Removing a memory module, 307 Specifications, 414 MP tray available paper, 42 loading paper, 45 O Optional paper cassette unit available paper, 43 Installing the optional paper cassette unit, 290 loading paper, 49 Removing the optional paper cassette unit, 293 Specifications, 413 Output tray, 55 Overlay
Index469 different printer settings (Windows), 88 how to create (Windows), 83 how to print (Windows), 87 how to use (Windows), 83 P P5C Emulation Kit Installing the P5C ROM module, 309 Removing the P5C ROM module, 312 Paper Available paper types, 403 custom size paper, 64 envelopes, 58 Epson Color Laser Paper, 56 Epson Color Laser Paper Transparencies, 57 labels, 62 Paper that should not be used, 404 Printable area, 405 thick paper, 63 Paper sources MP tray, 42 optional paper cassette unit, 43 selecting a paper source (automatically), 44 selecting a paper source (manually), 43 standard lower paper cassette, 42 Photoconductor Unit Specifications, 415 PostScript printer driver About the PostScript 3 Printer Driver, 201 Accessing the PostScript printer driver (Macintosh), 220 Accessing the PostScript printer driver (Windows), 211 hardware requirements, 201 Installing the PostScript printer driver for Mac OS 9 users, 215 Installing the PostScript printer driver for Mac OS X users, 214 Selecting a printer in a network environment for Mac OS 9 users, 219 Selecting a printer in a network environment for Mac OS X users, 217 Selecting the printer when it connected via a USB connection for Mac OS 9 users, 216 system requirements (Macintosh), 203 system requirements (Windows), 202 PostScript printer driver settings Making changes to PostScript printer settings (Macintosh), 221 Making changes to PostScript printer settings (Windows), 212 Using AppleTalk under Windows 2000 or NT, 213
470Index Using the Reserve Job function (Windows), 212 Predefined print settings Using the predefined settings (Macintosh), 156 Using the predefined settings (Windows), 70 Printer consumable products, 31 Control panel, 29 Electrical, 409 Environmental, 407 General, 406 Mechanical, 408 optional products, 30 parts (front view), 26 parts (inside), 28 parts (rear view), 27 Standard and approvals, 409 Printer driver About the Printer Software (Macintosh), 153 About the Printer Software (Windows), 66 Accessing the printer driver (Macintosh), 153 Accessing the printer driver (Windows), 66 Uninstalling the printer driver (Windows), 129 Uninstalling the Printer Software (Macintosh), 195 Uninstall the USB device driver (Windows), 131 Printer driver settings automatically resizing printout (Windows), 75 Canceling Printing (Macintosh), 194 Canceling Printing (Windows), 128 Confidential Job (Macintosh), 181 Confidential job (Windows), 106 Creating an overlay (Windows), 83 customizing print settings (Macintosh), 159 customizing print settings (Windows), 73 Delete the form overlay data on the Hard Disk Drive (Windows), 92 different printer settings overlay data (Windows), 88 Duplex printing (Macintosh), 170 Duplex printing (Windows), 93 Making a new watermark (Macintosh), 166 Making a new watermark (Windows), 81 Making Extended Settings (Macintosh), 172 Making Extended settings (Windows), 95 Making Optional settings (Windows), 98 Printing with an overlay (Windows), 87 printing with HDD form overlay (Windows), 90 Printing with the Duplex Unit (Macintosh), 171