Epson Aculaser M1200 User Manual

							2. Select the Zoom Options check box.
3. Select the desired paper size from the Output Paper drop-down list. The page will be printed to
fit on the paper you have selected.
4. Select Upper Left for Location to print the enlarged or reduced page image at the upper left
corner of the paper. Select Center to print the enlarged or reduced page image with centering.
5. Click OK to accept the settings.
To resize pages by a specified percentage
1. Click the Layout tab.
2. Select the Zoom Options check box.
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							3. Select the Zoom To check box.
4. Specify the magnification percentage in the box, then click OK. The percentage can be set
between 50% and 200% in 1% increments.
If necessary, select the paper size to be printed from the Output Paper drop-down list.
Modifying the print layout
“Layout printing” prints either 2 or 4 pages onto a single page and specifies the printing order,
automatically resizing each page to fit the specified paper size. You can also choose to print
documents surrounded by a frame.
1. Click the Layout tab.
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							2. Select the Print Layout check box, and click Print Layout Settings. The Print Layout
Settings dialog box appears.
3. Select the number of pages you want to print on one sheet of paper.
4. Select the Page Order in which the pages are printed on each sheet.
Note:
The Page Order choices depend on the Pages selected above, and the paper orientation (Portrait
or Landscape) selected on the Basic Settings menu.
5. Click OK to close the Print Layout Settings dialog box.
6. Click OK on the Layout menu to accept the settings.
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							Using watermarks
Follow the steps to use a watermark on your document. In the Watermark dialog box, you can
select from a list of predefined watermarks, or you can select a bitmap (.BMP) or text (.TXT) file as
your own custom watermark. The Watermark dialog box also allows you to make a variety of
detailed watermark settings. For example, you can select the size, intensity, and position of your
watermark.
1. Click the Special tab.
2. Select the Watermark check box.
3. Click Watermark Settings. The Watermark dialog box appears.
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							4. Select a watermark from the Watermark Name drop-down list.
5. Select the location on the page where you want to print the watermark from the Location list box.
6. Adjust the horizontal or vertical Offset position.
7. Adjust the image intensity of the watermark with the Intensity slider bar.
8. Adjust the size of the watermark with the Size slider bar.
9. Select Front (to print the watermark on the face of the document) or Back (to print the
watermark on the backside of the document) for the Position setting.
10. Click OK to accept the settings.
Making a new watermark
You can make a new watermark as follows:
1. Click the Special tab.
2. Select the Watermark check box.
3. Click Watermark Settings. The Watermark dialog box appears.
4. Click New/Delete. The User Defined Watermarks dialog box appears.
5. Select Text or BMP and type a name for the new watermark in the Name box.
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							6. If you select Text, type the watermark text in the Text box. If you select BMP, click Browse,
and select the BMP file you want to use, then click OK.
Note:
Before making a custom watermark, you should prepare a bitmap (.bmp) file.
7. Click Save to close the User Defined Watermarks dialog box. Your watermark will appear in
the list box.
8. Click OK to register the new watermark settings.
Note:
You can register up to 10 watermarks.
Resetting the photoconductor counter
After replacing a photoconductor unit, reset the photoconductor counter by using the printer
driver. When you are finished installing a new a photoconductor unit, see “Resetting the
photoconductor counter” on page 36.
Resetting the photoconductor counter
1. Click the Optional Settings tab, and then click Printer Settings. The Printer Settings dialog
box appears.
2. Click Reset OPC Level. The photoconductor clear dialog box appears.
AcuLaser M1200/EPL-6200L
3. Click OK to reset the OPC level counter.
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							Avoiding Insufficient Memory Error (AcuLaser M1200/EPL-6200L)
When you print graphics or a large amount of data, the printer may stop due to insufficient
memory. Follow the steps below to avoid memory errors and continue printing.
Note:
Print quality will decrease when you use this function.
1. Click the Optional Settings tab.
2. Click Extended Settings. The following dialog box appears.
3. Select the Avoid Insufficient Memory Error check box.
4. Click OK to accept the settings.
Monitoring Your Printer with EPSON Status Monitor 3
About EPSON Status Monitor 3
EPSON Status Monitor 3 is a utility program that monitors your printer and gives you
information about its current status. For example, you can find out the remaining service life of
the developer cartridge through this utility. If a print error occurs, the utility provides you with a
message describing the error. EPSON Status Monitor 3 is accessed from within the printer driver.
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							Accessing the EPSON Status Monitor 3
You can access the EPSON Status Monitor 3 from any application program, or from your
Windows operating system.
❏The EPSON Status Monitor 3 appears automatically when an error occurs.
❏To access the EPSON Status Monitor 3 from your application, click the Print or Page Setup
command on the File menu, click Properties and then click the Utility tab, and click the
EPSON Status Monitor 3 icon to start the EPSON Status Monitor 3.
❏To access the printer driver from Windows, click Start, and click Control Panel (Windows
Vista) or Printers and Faxes (Windows XP). Next, right-click your printer’s icon. And then
click Select Printing Preferences (Windows Vista) or Printing Preferences (Windows XP
or 2000).
Then click the Utility tab, and click the EPSON Status Monitor 3 icon to start the EPSON
Status Monitor 3.
Note:
This is an EPL-6200 screen. The AcuLaser M1200 and EPL-6200L have slightly different screens.
Note: (EPL-6200 only)
Do not clear the Monitor the printing status check box. If you clear the check box, the Status
Alert window no longer comes up to notify you when an error occurs and your printer may not
recover from some errors.
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							Getting printer status details
You can monitor printer status and obtain information on consumable products using the EPSON
Status Monitor 3 dialog box.
AcuLaser M1200
1 Icon/Message Shows the printer status.
2 Printer image The image at the upper left shows the printer status graphically.
3 Text box The text box next to the printer image displays the current status of the
printer. When a problem occurs, the most probable solution is displayed.
4
Close buttonCloses the dialog box.
5 Paper Displays the paper size.
6Toner
Indicates the remaining service life of the developer cartridge. The toner
icon flashes if the developer cartridge has some error or neared the end
of its service life.
7 Photoconductor unit Indicates the remaining service life of the photoconductor unit.
8
Order Online buttonClicking this button enables you to order consumables online. See “Order
Online” on page 41 for details.
Setting monitoring preferences
To make specific monitoring settings, click Monitoring Preferences in the Utility menu of the
printer driver. The Monitoring Preferences dialog box appears.
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							AcuLaser M1200/EPL-6200L
The following settings and buttons appear in the dialog box:
1 Select Notification Use the check boxes in this area to select the types of error that you wish
to be notified about.
Note: 
You can choose Once a day for consumable.
Once a day: When a notification occurs, it is displayed once a day until it
is resolved.
2
Default buttonRestores default settings.
3 Select Shortcut Icon
To use the shortcut icon, select the Shortcut Icon check box and choose
an icon. The icon you select appears on the right side of the task bar.
Once the shortcut icon is in the task bar, you can double-click it to open
the Status Monitor 3 dialog box. Alternatively, you can right-click the
shortcut icon and select Monitoring Preferences to open the
Monitoring Preferences dialog box, and EPSON AL-M1200 Advanced/
EPSON EPL-6200L Advanced to open the EPSON Status Monitor 3
dialog box.
4
Allow monitoring of
shared printers check boxTo monitor a shared printer, select this box. You need to make this
setting on the server.
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