Epson AcuLaser C2800DTN User Manual
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AcuLaser C2800 Series Users Guide Using the Printer Software with Macintosh131 Setting Up the USB Connection Note: If you are connecting the USB cable to your Macintosh through a USB hub, be sure to connect using the first hub in the chain. The USB interface may be unstable depending on the hub used. If you experience problems with this type of setup, connect the USB cable directly to your computer’s USB connector. For Mac OS X users 1. Open the Applications folder on your hard drive, then open the Utilities folder and double-click the Printer Setup Utility (for Mac OS X 10.3 and 10.4) or Print Center (for Mac OS X 10.2) icon. 2. Click Add Printer in the Printer List dialog box. 3. Select EPSON USB or USB from the pop-up menu. Select your printer icon in the Product list, then click Add. 4. Close Printer Setup Utility (for Mac OS X 10.3 and 10.4) or Print Center (for Mac OS X 10.2). e.OK button: Click this button to save the settings and to exit the dialog box. f.Cancel button: Click this button to exit the dialog box without saving the settings. g.Save button: Saves new changes and closes the dialog box.
AcuLaser C2800 Series Users Guide Using the Printer Software with Macintosh132 Canceling Printing If the printouts are not what you expected and display incorrect or garbled characters or images, you may need to cancel printing. When a print job continues on the computer, follow the instruction below to cancel printing. For Mac OS X users Open Printer Setup Utility (for Mac OS X 10.3 and 10.4) or Print Center (for Mac OS X 10.2) and double-click your printer from the print queue. Then, select Delete Job from the jobs menu. Uninstalling the Printer Software For Mac OS X users 1. Quit all applications on the computer. 2. Insert the EPSON printer software CD-ROM in your Macintosh. 3. Double-click the Printer Driver folder. 4. Double-click your printer’s icon. Note: If the Authorization dialog box appears, enter the Password or phrase, then click OK. 5. When the software license agreement screen appears, read the statement, then click Accept. 6. Select Uninstall from the menu at the upper left, then click Uninstall. Follow the on-screen instructions.
AcuLaser C2800 Series Users Guide Using the Printer Software with Macintosh133 Sharing the Printer on a Network Sharing the printer This section describes how to share the printer on an AppleTalk network. The computers on the network can share the printer that is directly connected to one of them. The computer that is directly connected to the printer is the print server, and the other computers are the clients which need permission to share the printer with the print server. The clients share the printer via the print server. For Mac OS X users Use the Printer Sharing setting, which is a standard feature of Mac OS X 10.2 or later. See your operating system’s documentation for details.
AcuLaser C2800 Series Users Guide Using the PostScript Printer Driver134 Chapter 6 Using the PostScript Printer Driver About the PostScript 3 Mode Hardware requirements Your printer must meet the following hardware requirements to be able to use the PostScript 3 printer driver. Memory requirements for using the PostScript 3 printer driver are shown below. Install optional memory modules into your printer if the amount of memory currently installed does not meet your printing needs. System requirements Your computer must meet the following system requirements to be able to use the Adobe PostScript 3 printer driver. For Windows To use the Adobe PostScript 3 printer driver, your computer must be running Microsoft Windows Vista, Vista x64, XP, XP x64, or 2000. For Macintosh Any Macintosh computer to which the printer is connected must be running Mac OS X ver. 10.2.8 or later. See the following table for details. Note: To use the PostScript 3 printer driver with a USB interface, your computer must be Macintosh OSX 10.3.9 or later. Recommended memory 640 MB (for duplex printing of image data in full color at Maximum)
AcuLaser C2800 Series Users Guide Using the PostScript Printer Driver135 Mac OS X Note: To use binary data, Epson recommends that you use AppleTalk for the printer’s network connection. If you use a protocol other than AppleTalk for the network connection, you need to set Binary to On in the PS3 Menu on the control panel. If you use the printer with a local connection, you cannot use binary data. Using the PostScript Printer Driver with Windows To print in the PostScript mode, you will have to install the printer driver. See the appropriate sections below for installation instructions according to the interface that you are using to print. Installing the PostScript printer driver for the USB interface Follow the steps below to install the PostScript printer driver for the USB interface. c Caution: Never use EPSON Status Monitor and PostScript 3 driver at the same time when the printer is connected via a parallel port. It may damage the system. Note: ❏Installing the printer software for Windows Vista, Vista x64, XP, XP x64, or 2000 may require administrator privileges. If you have problems, ask your administrator for more information. ❏Turn off all virus protection programs before installing the printer software. 1. Make sure that the printer is turned off. Insert the printer software CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. 2. Connect your computer to the printer with a USB cable, then turn on the printer. Note for Windows Vista: Without the Windows driver or the Adobe PS driver, the display shows Found New Hardware. In this case, click Ask me again later. Minimum Recommended ComputerPower Mac G3, G4, G5, iMac, eMac, PowerBook G3, G4, or iBook Hard Disk— Memory128 MB
AcuLaser C2800 Series Users Guide Using the PostScript Printer Driver136 3. For Windows 2000, click Start, point to Settings, and click Printers. Then double-click the Add Printer icon. For Windows Vista, Vista x64, XP, or XP x64, click Start, point to Printer and Faxes, and click Add a printer in the Printer Tasks menu. 4. The Add Printer Wizard appears. Then click Next. 5. Select Local printer, then click Next. Note: Do not select the Automatically detect and install my Plug and Play printer check box. 6. Select USB as the port the printer is connected to, then click Next. 7. Click Have Disk and specify the following path for the CD-ROM. If your CD-ROM drive is D:, the path will be D:\ADOBEPS\ENGLISH\PS_SETUP Then click OK. Note: Change the drive letter as needed for your system. 8. Select the printer, then click Next. 9. Follow the on-screen instructions for the rest of the installation. 10. When installation is done, click Finish.
AcuLaser C2800 Series Users Guide Using the PostScript Printer Driver137 Installing the PostScript printer driver for the network interface See the appropriate sections below according to your operating system, and follow the instructions to install the PostScript printer driver for the network interface. Note: ❏Set the network settings before installing the printer driver. Refer to the Network Guide that comes with your printer for details. ❏Turn off all virus protection programs before installing the printer software. For Windows Vista, Vista x64, XP, XP x64, or 2000 users 1. Make sure that the printer is turned on. Insert the printer software CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. 2. For Windows Vista, Vista x64, XP, or XP x64, click Start, point to Printer and Faxes, and click Add a printer in the Printer Tasks menu. For Windows 2000, click Start, point to Settings, and click Printers. Then double-click the Add Printer icon. 3. The Add Printer Wizard appears. Then click Next. 4. Select Local printer, then click Next. Note: Do not select the Automatically detect and install my Plug and Play printer check box. 5. Select the Create a new port check box and select Standard TCP/IP Port from the drop-down list. Click Next. 6. Click Next to continue. 7. Specify the IP address and port name, then click Next. 8. Click Finish. 9. Click Have Disk in the Add Printer Wizard and specify the following path for the CD-ROM. If your CD-ROM drive is D:, the path will be D:\ADOBEPS\ENGLISH\WIN2K_XP\PS_SETUP. Then click OK. Note: Change the drive letter as needed for your system. 10. Select the printer and click Next.
AcuLaser C2800 Series Users Guide Using the PostScript Printer Driver138 11. Follow the on-screen instructions for the rest of the installation. 12. When installation is done, click Finish. Accessing the PostScript printer driver You can access the PostScript printer driver directly from any application programs, from your Windows operating system. The printer settings made from many Windows applications override the setting made when the printer driver is accessed from the operating system, so you should access the printer driver from your application to make sure that you get the result you want. From the application To access the printer driver, click the Print or Page Setup from the File menu. You also need to click Setup, Options, Properties, or a combination of these buttons. For Windows Vista or Vista x64 users To access the printer driver, click Start, click Control Panel, then double-click Printers. For Windows XP or XP x64 users To access the printer driver, click Start, click Printers and Faxes, then click Printers. Right-click your printer icon, then click Printing Preferences. For Windows 2000 users To access the printer driver, click Start, point to Settings, then click Printers. Right-click your printer icon, then click Printing Preferences.
AcuLaser C2800 Series Users Guide Using the PostScript Printer Driver139 Making changes to PostScript printer settings You can change the PostScript printer settings in the PostScript printer driver. Online help is available to help you with the printer driver settings. Using online help If you want help on a particular item, click the “?” icon on the top-right corner of the dialog box’s title bar, then click the name of the setting that you want more information on. An explanation of the setting and its options will be displayed. Using AppleTalk under Windows 2000 Use the following settings if your machine is running Windows 2000, and the printer is connected through an network interface using the AppleTalk protocol: ❏Use SelecType to set the Emulation Mode-Network item to PS3. Using the default Auto setting will cause an extra, unneeded page to be printed. ❏On the Device Settings sheet of the printer’s Properties dialog box, make sure that SEND CTRL-D Before Each Job and SEND CTRL-D After Each Job are set to No. ❏TBCP (Tagged binary communications protocol) cannot be used as the Output Protocol setting. ❏On the Job Settings sheet of the printer’s Properties dialog box, make sure to clear the Job Management On check box.
AcuLaser C2800 Series Users Guide Using the PostScript Printer Driver140 Using the PostScript Printer Driver with Macintosh Installing the PostScript printer driver Follow the steps below to install the PostScript printer driver. Note: Make sure that no applications are running on your Macintosh before installing the printer driver. For Mac OS X users Note: Make sure that Printer Setup Utility (for Mac OS X 10.3 and 10.4) or Print Center (for Mac OS X 10.2) is not open. 1. Insert the printer software CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. 2. Double-click the CD-ROM icon. 3. Double-click Mac OS X, then double-click PS Installer. Note: For Mac OS X 10.2, if the Authenticate window appears, enter the user name and password for an administrator. 4. The Install EPSON PostScript Software screen appears, click Continue, then follow the on-screen instructions. 5. Easy Install is displayed on the screen. Click Install. Note: For Mac OS X 10.3 and 10.4, if the Authenticate window appears, enter the user name and password for an administrator. 6. When installation is done, click Close. Selecting the printer After installing the PostScript 3 printer driver, you need to select the printer.