Epson EPL N2550 User Manual

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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 1200 RIT* 
printing at a speed of up to 30 ppm (pages per minute) when 
printing on A4 paper. You’ll appreciate the professional print 
quality produced by your printer and its quick processing speed.
* Resolution Improvement Technology
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 (RITech)
Resolution Improvement Technology (RITech) is an original 
Epson printer technology that improves the appearance of 
printed lines, text, and graphics.
 
						

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Wide variety of fonts
The printer comes with a selection of 95 Laser-Jet-compatible 
scalable fonts, and 5 bitmap fonts in LJ4 emulation mode to 
provide you with the fonts you need to create 
professional-looking documents.
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.
PCL6 Emulation Mode
The PCL6 Emulation mode provides you with the ability to print 
documents in the PCL6/5e printing language with this 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.
 
						

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Double-sided printing
Duplex Unit on page 198
Duplex printing on page 65
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.
 
						

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Fit to page printing
Resizing printouts on page 68 
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 71
Lets you print two or four pages on a single sheet.
 
						

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Watermark printing
Using a watermark on page 73
Lets you print text or an image as a watermark on your printout. 
For example, you can put “Confidential” on an important 
document.
 
						

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Overlay printing
Using an overlay on page 76
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.
Web-Page Printing
EPSON Web-To-Page lets you make Web pages fit to your paper 
size when printing. You can also see a preview before printing.
Note:
❏This software is for Windows only.
❏Install EPSON Web-To-Page from the printer software CD-ROM 
to use this function.
 
						

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Accessing EPSON Web-To-Page
After you install EPSON Web-To-Page, the menu bar is displayed 
on the Microsoft Internet Explorer Toolbar. If it does not appear, 
select Toolbars from the View menu of Internet Explorer, and 
then select EPSON Web-To-Page.
 
						

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Chapter 3 
Paper Handling
Paper Sources
This section describes the combinations of paper sources and 
paper types that you can use.
MP tray
Paper Type Paper Size Capacity
Plain paper
Weight: 60 to 90 
g/m²A3, A4, A5,
Letter (LT), B4, B5,
Half-Letter (HLT), Executive 
(EXE), Legal (LGL),
Government Letter (GLT), 
Government Legal (GLG), B 
(Ledger), F4
Custom-size paper:
76.2 × 98.4 mm minimum
304.8 × 508 mm maximumUp to 150 sheets (75 
g/m²)
Up to 200 sheets (64 
g/m²)
(Total thick stack:
up to 17.5 mm)
Envelopes Monarch (MON), C10, DL, 
C5, C6, IB5Up to 10 envelopes
(Total thick stack:
up to 17.5 mm)
Labels A4, Letter (LT) Up to 75 sheets
 
						

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Standard lower paper cassette
550-Sheet Universal Paper Cassette Unit
Selecting a paper source
You can specify a paper source manually, or set the printer to 
select the paper source automatically.
Thick 
paper/Extra 
thick paper
Weight: 91 to 216 
g/m²A3, A4, A5,
Letter (LT), B4, B5,
Half-Letter (HLT), Executive 
(EXE), Legal (LGL),
Government Letter (GLT),
Government Legal (GLG), B 
(Ledger), F4
Custom-size paper:
76.2 × 98.4 mm minimum
304.8 × 508 mm maximumUp to 17.5 mm thick 
stack
Transparencies A4, Letter (LT) Up to 100 sheets
Paper Type Paper Size Capacity
Plain paper
Weight: 60 to 90 
g/m²A3, A4, A5, B4, B5, 
Letter (LT), Legal (LGL)Up to 250 sheets
(Total thick stack:
 up to 27.6 mm)
Paper Type Paper Size Capacity
Plain paper
Weight: 60 to 90 
g/m²A3, A4, A5, B4, B5, 
Letter (LT), Legal (LGL)Up to 550 sheets
(Total thick stack:
 up to 59.4 mm)
 
						

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Manual selection
You can use the printer driver or the printer’s control panel to 
select a paper source manually.
To access the printer driver, see Accessing the printer driver on 
page 58.
And to use the printer’s control panel, see Using the Control 
Panel Menus on page 149.
Using the printer driver:
❏Access the printer driver, click the Basic Settings tab, and 
select the paper source that you want to use from the Paper 
Source list. Then click OK.
Using the printer’s control panel:
❏Access the control panel’s Setup Menu, then select 
Paper Source and specify the paper source you want to use.
Auto selection
You can use the printer driver or the printer’s control panel to 
select a paper source containing the appropriate size of paper 
automatically.
To access the printer driver, see Accessing the printer driver on 
page 58.
And to use the printer’s control panel, see Using the Control 
Panel Menus on page 149.
Using the printer driver:
❏Access the printer driver, click the Basic Settings tab, and 
select Auto Selection as the paper source. Then click OK.
Using the printer’s control panel:
❏Access the control panel’s Setup Menu, and select 
Paper Source, then select Auto.