Epson EPL N3000 User Manual

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Antique Olive Medium, Bold, Italic Antique Olive
Garamond Antiqua, Halbfett, Kursiv, Kursiv 
HalbfettGaramond
Marigold - Marigold
Albertus Medium, Extra Bold Albertus
Ryadh Medium, Bold Ryadh
Malka Medium, Bold, Italic Miryam
Dorit Medium, Bold David
Naamit Medium, Bold Narkis
Arial Medium, Bold, Italic, Bold Italic Arial
Times New Medium, Bold, Italic, Bold Italic Times New
Helvetica Medium, Bold, Oblique, Bold 
ObliqueHelvetica
Helvetica Narrow Medium, Bold, Oblique, Bold 
ObliqueHelvetica 
Narrow
Palatino Roman, Bold, Italic, Bold Italic Palatino
ITC Avant Garde Book, Demi, Book Oblique, Demi 
ObliqueITC Avant Garde 
Gothic
ITC Bookman Light, Demi, Light Italic, Demi 
ItalicITC Bookman
New Century 
SchoolbookRoman, Bold, Italic, Bold Italic New Century 
Schoolbook
Times Roman, Bold, Italic, Bold Italic Times
ITC Zapf Chancery 
Italic-ITC Zapf 
Chancery 
Medium Italic
Symbol - Symbol
SymbolPS - SymbolPS
Wingdings - Wingdings Font Name Family HP Equivalent
 
						

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When selecting fonts in your application software, choose the font 
name listed in the HP Equivalent column.
Note:
Depending on the print density, or on the quality or color of the paper, 
OCR A, OCR B, Code39, and EAN/UPC fonts may not be readable. 
Print a sample and make sure the fonts can be read before printing large 
quantities.
ESC/P 2 and FX modes
Letter Gothic Medium, Bold, Italic Letter Gothic
Naskh Medium, Bold Naskh
Koufi Medium, Bold Koufi
CourierPS Medium, Bold, Oblique, Bold 
ObliqueCourierPS
Line Printer - Line Printer
OCR A - -
OCR B - -
Code39 9.37cpi, 4.68cpi -
EAN/UPC Medium, Bold -
Font Name Family
Courier Medium, Bold
EPSON Prestige -
EPSON Roman -
EPSON Sans serif -
Arial Medium, Bold Font Name Family HP Equivalent
 
						

							380Working with Fonts Note:
Depending on the print density, or on the quality or color of the paper, 
OCR A and OCR B fonts may not be readable. Print a sample and make 
sure the fonts can be read before printing large quantities. 
I239X mode
Note:
Depending on the print density, or on the quality or color of the paper, 
the OCR B font may not be readable. Print a sample and make sure the 
font can be read before printing large quantities. 
Letter Gothic Medium, Bold
Times New Roman Medium, Bold
EPSON Script -
OCR A -
OCR B -
Font Name Family
Courier Medium, Bold
EPSON Prestige -
EPSON Gothic -
EPSON Orator -
EPSON Script -
EPSON Presentor -
EPSON Sans serif -
OCR B -
 
						

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PS 3 mode
The EPL-N3000 comes with 17 PostScript fonts. The fonts include: 
Courier, Courier Oblique, Courier Bold, Courier Bold Oblique, 
Helvetica, Helvetica Oblique, Helvetica Bold, Helvetica Bold 
Oblique, Helvetica Narrow, Helvetica Narrow Oblique, 
Helvetica Narrow Bold, Helvetica Narrow Bold Oblique, Times 
Roman, Times Italic, Times Bold, Times Bold Italic, and Symbol.
Refer to “PostScript Font Samples” on page 415 to see what these 
fonts actually look like.
Printing font samples
You can print samples of the fonts available in each mode by using 
the control panel’s Information Menu. Follow these steps to print 
font samples.
1. Make sure that paper is loaded.
2. Make sure the LCD panel displays Ready or Standby, then 
press the  Enter button.
3. Press the  Down button to select the font sample for the 
appropriate mode.
4. Press the  Enter button to print the selected font sample 
sheet. 
Adding More Fonts
You can install more fonts into your Windows operating system. 
Most font packages include an installer or font management 
utility for this purpose.
 
						

							382Working with Fonts Take note of the following regarding fonts and the Windows 
operating system:
❏TrueType fonts work with all versions of the Windows 
operating system.
❏You can install a maximum of approximately 800 TrueType 
fonts in Windows ME, 98, or 95. 
❏To use PostScript Type 1 fonts in Windows Me/98/95 or 
Windows NT, you need to use Adobe Type Manager (ATM), 
ATM Deluxe, or ATM Light. You can download Adobe’s 
freely distributable ATM Light for Windows from Adobe’s 
Web site. If you are running Windows XP or Windows 2000, 
you do not need to install ATM since it is part of the operating 
system already. 
You can also install fonts from within the Fonts window. To access 
this window, open the Control Panel and double-click the Fonts 
icon. Once installed, the fonts are available in all your Windows 
applications.
Selecting Fonts
Whenever possible select fonts in your application. See your 
software documentation for instructions.
If you are sending unformatted text to the printer directly from 
DOS or if you are using a simple software package that does not 
include font selection, you can select fonts using the printer’s 
control panel menus when in the LJ4, ESC/P 2, FX, or I239X 
emulation mode.
 
						

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Downloading Fonts
Fonts that reside on your computer’s hard disk can be 
downloaded, or transferred, to the printer so they can be printed. 
Downloaded fonts, also called soft fonts, remain in printer 
memory until you turn off the printer or otherwise reset it. If you 
plan on downloading many fonts, make sure your printer has 
sufficient memory.
Most font packages make it easy to manage fonts by providing 
their own installer. The installer gives you the option of having 
the fonts automatically downloaded whenever you start your 
computer or having fonts downloaded only when you need to 
print a particular font.
Installing PostScript Screen Fonts
You need to install the PostScript screen fonts using Adobe Type 
Manager so that the fonts in the printout will be identical to the 
fonts that you see on the screen. The PostScript screen fonts are 
located in the PS3_fnts folder on the CD-ROM that shipped with 
your printer. You can print PostScript files even if the screen fonts 
are not installed. However, the fonts in the printout will not be 
exactly the same as the fonts on the screen.
For instructions on installing screen fonts using Adobe Type 
Manager, see Adobe Type Manager’s online help.
Note:
To install the PostScript screen fonts, make sure that your hard disk has 
at least 6 MB of free space.
 
						

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EPSON Font Manager
EPSON Font Manager provides you with 131 software fonts.
System requirements
To use EPSON Font Manager, your computer system should meet 
the following requirements:
Installing EPSON Font Manager
Follow these steps to install EPSON Font Manager.
1. Insert the printer software CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive.
Note:
❏If the language selection window appears, select your country.
❏If the EPSON Installation Program screen does not appear 
automatically, double-click the My Computer icon, right-click 
the CD-ROM icon, and click OPEN in the menu that 
appears.Then double-click Epsetup.exe.
2. Click Continue. When the software license agreement screen 
appears, read the statement and then click Agree. Computer: IBM PC series or IBM compatible with an 
486 or higher CPU
Operating system: Microsoft Windows Me, 98, 95, XP, 2000, 
or NT 4.0
Internet Explorer 4.0 or higher
Hard disk: At least 9 MB of free space
 
						

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3. In the dialog box that appears, click Install Software.
4. Click Custom. 
5. Select the EPSON Font Manager check box and click Install. 
Then follow the on-screen instructions.
6. When installation is complete, click OK.
EPSON Font Manager is now installed on your computer.
 
						

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EPSON BarCode Fonts
EPSON BarCode Fonts let you easily create and print many types 
of bar codes.
Normally, bar code creation is a laborious process requiring you 
to specify various command codes, such as Start bar, Stop bar and 
OCR-B, in addition to the bar code characters themselves. 
However, EPSON BarCode Fonts are designed to add such codes 
automatically, allowing you to easily print bar codes that conform 
to a variety of bar code standards.
EPSON BarCode Fonts support the following types of bar codes.
Bar code 
StandardEPSON 
BarCodeOCR-B Check 
DigitComments
EAN EPSON 
EAN-8Yes Yes Creates EAN 
(abbreviated 
version) 
bar codes.
EPSON 
EAN-13Yes Yes Creates EAN 
(standard 
version) 
bar codes.
UPC-A EPSON 
UPC-AYes Yes Creates UPC-A 
bar codes.
UPC-E EPSON 
UPC-EYes Yes Creates UPC-E 
bar codes.
Code39 EPSON 
Code39No No Printing of 
OCR-B and 
check digits can 
be specified with 
the font name. EPSON 
Code39 CDNo Yes
EPSON 
Code39 CD 
NumYes Yes
EPSON 
Code39 NumYes No
 
						

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System requirements
To use EPSON BarCode Fonts, your computer system should 
meet the following requirements:
Code128 EPSON 
Code128No Yes Creates 
Code128 
bar codes.
Interleaved 2 
of 5 (ITF)EPSON ITF No No Printing of 
OCR-B and 
check digits can 
be specified with 
the font name. EPSON ITF 
CDNo Yes
EPSON ITF 
CD NumYes Yes
EPSON ITF 
NumYes No
Codabar EPSON 
CodabarNo No Printing of 
OCR-B and 
check digits can 
be specified with 
the font name. EPSON 
Codabar CDNo Yes
EPSON 
Codabar CD 
NumYes Yes
EPSON 
Codabar 
NumYes No
Computer: IBM PC series or IBM compatible with an 
i386SX or higher CPU
Operating system: Microsoft Windows Me, 98, 95, Windows XP, 
2000, NT 4.0
Hard disk: 15 to 30 KB free space, depending on the font.
Bar code 
StandardEPSON 
BarCodeOCR-B Check 
DigitComments