Epson Stylus Pro 9450 User Manual
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Copyrights and Trademarks2 Copyrights and Trademarks No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of Seiko Epson Corporation. The information contained herein is designed only for use with this Epson printer. Epson is not responsible for any use of this information as applied to other printers. Neither Seiko Epson Corporation nor its affiliates shall be liable to the purchaser of this product or third parties for damages, losses, costs, or expenses incurred by the purchaser or third parties as a result of accident, misuse, or abuse of this product or unauthorized modifications, repairs, or alterations to this product, or (excluding the U.S.) failure to strictly comply with Seiko Epson Corporations operating and maintenance instructions. Seiko Epson Corporation shall not be liable for any damages or problems arising from the use of any options or any consumable products other than those designated as Original Epson Products or Epson Approved Products by Seiko Epson Corporation. Seiko Epson Corporation shall not be held liable for any damage resulting from electromagnetic interference that occurs from the use of any interface cables other than those designated as Epson Approved Products by Seiko Epson Corporation. EPSON ® is a registered trademark, and EPSON STYLUS™ and Exceed Your Vision are trademarks of Seiko Epson Corporation. Microsoft ® and Windows® are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Apple® and Macintosh® are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. Adobe®, Photoshop® and Adobe® RGB are registered trade marks of Adobe Systems Incorporated. General Notice: Other product names used herein are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective owners. Epson disclaims any and all rights in those marks. Copyright © 2007 Seiko Epson Corporation. All rights reserved.
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Contents4 Contents Copyrights and Trademarks Safety Instructions Important Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Warning, Cautions, and Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 When choosing a place for this product . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 When setting up this product . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 When using this product . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 When handling the ink cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 When transporting this product . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Chapter 1 Using the Printer Software (Windows) Printer Software Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Printer driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 EPSON Status Monitor 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 EPSON LFP Remote Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Accessing the Printer Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 From Windows applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 From the Printer icon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Getting Information Through Online Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Basic Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Setting the printer driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Checking the printer status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Canceling printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 When problem occurs during printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Using the Printer Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Using EPSON Status Monitor 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Uninstalling the Printer Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Uninstalling the printer driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Uninstalling EPSON LFP Remote Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Contents5 Chapter 2 Using the Printer Software (Mac OS X) Printer Software Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Printer driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 EPSON Printer Utility2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 EPSON StatusMonitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 EPSON LFP Remote Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Accessing the Printer Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Accessing the Page Setup dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Accessing the Print dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Getting Information Through Online Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Basic Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Setting the printer driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Checking the printer status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Canceling printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 When problem occurs during printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Using Printer Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Accessing EPSON Printer Utility2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Using EPSON StatusMonitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Uninstalling the Printer Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Uninstalling the printer driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Uninstalling EPSON LFP Remote Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Chapter 3 Variety of Printings Using Color Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Color management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Color adjustment by the printer driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Black-and-White Photo Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Borderless Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Supported media type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Application settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Printer driver settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Roll paper cut for borderless printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Enlarge or Reduce Size Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Fit to Page (Windows only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Fit to Roll Paper Width (Windows only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Custom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Pages Per Sheet Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 For Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Contents6 For Mac OS X. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Poster Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Joining the sheets together along the guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Printing on Custom Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 For Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 For Mac OS X. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Banner Printing on Roll Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Application settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Printer driver settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Printing with Non-Epson Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Customize the Items of the Printer Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Saving the printer driver settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Menu arrangement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Exporting or Importing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Chapter 4 The Control Panel Buttons, Lights, Messages, and Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Combination of buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 Menu Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 When to use Menu mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Menu list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Basic Menu setting procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Details of Menu mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Checking the print head nozzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Aligning the print head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Making the paper settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 Printing a status sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 Setting the alert value of the paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 Maintenance Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Maintenance mode setting procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Maintenance mode list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Details of maintenance mode items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Contents7 Chapter 5 Paper Handling Notes on Epson Special Media and Other Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 Using Epson special media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 Using paper other than Epson special media. . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 Using Roll Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 Attaching the roll paper to the spindle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 Removing the roll paper from the spindle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 Attaching and removing the spindle from the printer . . . . . 204 Loading roll paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 Using the roll paper belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 Cutting the roll paper or printing page lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 Using the Auto Take-up Reel Unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Using Cut Sheet Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 Loading cut sheet media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 Printing on thick paper (0.5 to 1.5 mm). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234 Setting the Paper Basket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 For EPSON Stylus Pro 9880/9880C/9450 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 For EPSON Stylus Pro 7880/7880C/7450 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242 Chapter 6 Maintenance and Transportation Replacing Ink Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 Converting the Black Ink Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 Updating the printer driver information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259 Replacing the Maintenance Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260 Replacing the Paper Cutter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261 Attaching the Manual Cutter Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266 Removing the Manual Cutter Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268 Cleaning the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269 If you have not used your printer for a long time . . . . . . . . . 273 Transporting the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274 Over a long distance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274 Over a short distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277 Setting up the printer after transporting it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Contents8 Chapter 7 Problem Solver Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284 Printer stops printing unexpectedly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284 The printer does not turn on or stay on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294 The printer prints nothing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295 Printouts are not what you expected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297 Print quality could be better . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 Color documents print in black only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305 Printing could be faster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305 Roll paper cannot be cut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306 Paper feed or paper jam problems occur frequently . . . . . . . 307 Roll paper does not eject properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308 When feeding paper forward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309 When feeding paper backward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310 Clearing paper jams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312 Troubleshooting on the Optional Auto Take-up Reel Unit . 315 Contacting Customer Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316 Paper Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326 Roll paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328 Cut sheets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338 Technical Support Web Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345 Chapter 8 Product Information Printer Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346 Printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346 Printable area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349 Mechanical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350 Electrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351 Environmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352 Standards and Approvals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353 Paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353 Ink cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356 System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358 To use your printer with Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358 To use your printer with Mac OS X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359 Interface Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360 USB interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360 Ethernet interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Contents9 Chapter 9 Options and Consumable Products Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361 Roll paper spindle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361 Auto Take-Up Reel Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362 Manual Cutter Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362 Consumable Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363 Paper cutter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363 Maintenance Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363 Ink cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363 Epson Special Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365 Glossary Index
Safety Instructions10 Safety Instructions Important Safety Instructions Read all of these instructions before using this product. Also be sure to follow all warnings and instructions marked on the printer. Warning, Cautions, and Notes w Warnings must be followed carefully to avoid bodily injury. c Cautions must be observed to avoid damage to your equipment. Notes contain important information and useful tips on the operation of this printer. When choosing a place for this product ❏Place this product on a flat, stable surface that is larger than this product. This product will not operate properly if it is tilted or at an angle. ❏Avoid places subject to rapid changes in temperature and humidity. Also keep it away from direct sunlight, strong light, or heat sources. ❏Avoid places subject to shocks and vibrations. ❏Keep this product away from dusty areas.