Epson Stylus Pro 9450 User Manual
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The Control Panel171 SERVICE LIFE You can see the service life of each consumable. EDM STATUS You can see if the EDM is enabled or disabled. If the EDM is enabled, the time that the EDM status was last uploaded is displayed. CUTTER You can see the cutter life. Note: Values displayed on the LCD panel are rough indications. CR MOTOR For maintenance service person only PF MOTOR For maintenance service person only PRESSURE MOTORFor maintenance service person only HEAD UNIT For maintenance service person only CLEANING UNIT For maintenance service person only
The Control Panel172 CUSTOM PAPER This menu contains the following items. To make the paper setting, see “Making the paper settings” on page 188. PAPER NUMBER When you select STANDARD, the printer determines the paper thickness automatically. You can also select No. X (X can be any number between 1 to 10) to register or recall the following settings you have made. Note: If you select STANDARD, the printer prints data according to the driver settings. If you select No. X, the control panel settings override the driver settings. PLATEN GAP You can adjust the distance between the print head and paper. Normally, leave this set to STANDARD. If you find that printed images are smeared, select WIDE. Select NARROW for printing on thin paper, or WIDER for printing on thick paper. ❏Platen gap ❏Thickness pattern ❏Thickness number ❏Cut method ❏Paper feed adjustment ❏Drying time ❏Paper suction ❏MicroWeave adjustment
The Control Panel173 THICKNESS PATTERN You can print the paper thickness detection pattern. If you select STANDARD in PAPER NUMBER, the pattern is not printed. THICKNESS NUMBER Check the paper thickness detection pattern, and then enter the number for the print pattern with the smallest gap. CUT METHOD You can specify a cutting method: STANDARD, THIN PAPER, THICK PAPER, FAST, or THICK PAPER, SLOW. PAPER FEED ADJUST You can set the paper feed amount. The range is -0.70 to 0.70%. DRYING TIME You can set the ink drying time for each print head pass. The range is 0 to 10 seconds. PAPER SUCTION You can set the suction pressure used to feed the printed-paper. Select STANDARD, -1, -2, -3, or -4. M/W ADJUSTMENT You can adjust the MicroWeave mode. The setting range is STANDARD, 1 and 2. Increase the value to give priority to the print speed, or decrease it to give priority to the print quality.
The Control Panel174 MAINTENANCE This menu contains the following items. CUTTER REPLACEMENT You can see the procedure used to replace the paper cutter. Follow the instructions on the LCD panel. BK INK CHANGE (for EPSON Stylus Pro 9880/9880C/7880/7880C only) You can change the black ink according to your purpose. You can choose either Matte Black or Photo Black. See “Converting the Black Ink Cartridges” on page 250 for details. POWER CLEANING You can use this function to clean the print head more effectively than normal head cleaning. CLOCK SETTING You can set year, month, date, hour, and minute. CONTRAST ADJUSTMENT You can adjust the contrast of the LCD panel. HEAD ALIGNMENT This menu contains the following items. PAPER THICKNESS You can adjust the thickness of the paper to use. If you use Epson special media and its paper thickness is 0.2 mm or 1.2 mm, select STANDARD. If you use non-Epson special media, enter the paper thickness in the range of 0.1 to 1.5 mm.
The Control Panel175 ALIGNMENT You can correct any head misalignment to obtain optimum printing results. For details, see “Aligning the print head” on page 178. NETWORK SETUP This menu contains the following items. For detailed information about network settings, see the Administrator’s Guide. NETWORK SETUP You can configure the network setting of the printer. The following items appear only when ENABLE is selected. IP ADDRESS SETTING You can select the method to set the IP address to the printer. When AUTO is selected, IP, SM, DG SETTING is not displayed. Select PANEL to set these addresses using the printer’s control panel. Choose PANEL when setting the IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway using the printers control panel. Choose AUTO when getting the IP address from a DHCP server. The IP address is automatically obtained from the DHCP server whenever the printer is reset or turned on. IP, SM, DG SETTING You can set the IP address, Subnet Mask, and Default Gateway to the printer. BONJOUR You can set the Bonjour settings of the printer.
The Control Panel176 INIT NETWORK SETTING You can return the network settings of the printer to the factory default value. Checking the print head nozzles To find out if the nozzles are delivering ink properly, you can print a nozzle check pattern. If the nozzles are not delivering ink properly, missing dots will be evident in the print pattern. To print a nozzle check pattern, follow the steps below. Note: ❏If you want to perform an auto nozzle check before printing for each print job, select ON for AUTO CLEANING and then select ON for AUTO NOZZLE CHECK. ❏Before you start printing your data, make sure that nozzle check pattern printing is complete; otherwise, the print quality may decline. 1. Make sure that paper is loaded in the printer. 2. Press the Menu r button to enter Menu mode. 3. Press the Paper Feed d button or Paper Feed u button to display TEST PRINT, and then press the Menu r button. 4. Press the Paper Feed d button or Paper Feed u button to display NOZZLE CHECK. 5. Press the Menu r button to display PRINT. 6. Press the Enter button again to start printing a nozzle check pattern. After a nozzle check pattern is printed, the printer exits Menu mode and returns to the READY state.
The Control Panel177 Nozzle check pattern examples: If you find that any dots are missing from the test lines in the pattern, you need to clean the print heads. Press the Menu r button for more than 3 seconds or access the Head Cleaning utility software. For Windows, see “Using the Printer Utilities” on page 31. For Mac OS X, see “Using Printer Utilities” on page 53. good head cleaning necessary
The Control Panel178 Aligning the print head To prevent deterioration of print quality caused by misalignment of the print head, align the print head before you start printing your data. You can align the print head either manually or automatically. Try the automatic print head alignment first. If the print head is still misaligned, try to perform the print head alignment manually. Aligning the print head automatically 1. Make sure that paper is loaded in the printer. Note: For best results in printing the head alignment pattern, use the same media that you normally use to print your data. 2. Press the Menu r button to enter Menu mode. 3. Press the Paper Feed d button or Paper Feed u button to display HEAD ALIGNMENT, and then press the Menu r button. 4. When PAPER THICKNESS appears, press the Menu r button. 5. Press the Paper Feed d button or Paper Feed u button to select STANDARD or a paper thickness value between 0.1 mm and 1.5 mm. When the paper thickness value is 0.2 mm or 1.2 mm, select STANDARD; otherwise, select the actual paper thickness value. 6. Press the Enter button to register your value. 7. Press the Paper Source l button, and then press the Paper Feed d button. 8. When ALIGNMENT appears on the lower row on the LCD panel, press the Menu r button.
The Control Panel179 9. Select AUTO and press the Menu r button. Then, press the Paper Feed d button or Paper Feed u button to select BI-D 2-COLOR. 10. Press the Enter button, and the printer starts printing. After printing is complete, the head alignment starts automatically. If you are not satisfied with the result of the BI-D 2-COLOR alignment, press the Paper Source l button to return to the previous level, and then select BI-D ALL. If you are not satisfied with the result of the BI-D ALL alignment, try UNI-D. You can also align the print head individually by selecting BI-D #1, BI-D #2, or BI-D #3. Select an ink dot size from BI-D #1 to BI-D #3 depending on the media you use and the print mode you want to try. The table in “Ink dot size” on page 180 illustrates which parameter is available for the media type and print quality. For Print Quality, refer to the printer driver. 11. Press the Pause button to return to the READY state.
The Control Panel180 Ink dot size EPSON Stylus Pro 9450/7450 for Windows: * Print Quality A: Speed, B: Production, C: QualityMedia Type Print Quality A B C Quality Options (LEVEL) 12345 Photo Quality Ink Jet Paper Singleweight Matte Paper Doubleweight Matte Paper Enhanced Matte Paper Archival Matte Paper#1 #2 #2 #1 #2 #2 #3 #3 Premium Glossy Photo Paper (170) Premium Semigloss Photo Paper (170) Enhanced Matte Poster Board#2 #2 #3 - #2 #2 #3 #3 Enhanced Synthetic Paper Enhanced Adhensive Synthetic Paper#1 - #2 #1 #2 #2 - - Plain Paper #1 - #2 #1 #1 #2 #2 #2 Plain Paper (line drawing)#1 - #2 - #1 #2 #2 - Singleweight Matte Paper (line drawing)#1 - #2 #1 #2 - #3 - Tracing Paper #1 - #2 - #1 - #2 -