Epson Stylus Pro 9880 User Manual
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All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduce d, 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 these Epson printers. Epson is not responsible for any use of this information as applied to other printers. Trademarks Epson , Epson Stylus, and MicroWeave are registered trademarks and Epson Exceed Your Vision is a trademark of Seiko Epson Corporation. UltraSmooth is a registered trademark; PhotoEnhance and Epson UltraChrome K3 are trademarks; and Epson Preferred is a service mark of Epson America, Inc. 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. The contents of this manual are subject to change without notice. The E NERGY STAR emblem does not represent EPA endorsement of any product or service. Legal Notices 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 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 Corporation’s 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. © 2007 Epson America, Inc. 9/07
FCC Compliance Statement For United States Users This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference, in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense. This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. WARNING The connection of a non-shielded equipment interface cable to this equipment will invalidate the FCC Certification of this device and may cause interference levels which exceed the limits established by the FCC for this equipment. It is the responsibility of the user to obtain and use a shielded equipment interface cable with this device. If this equipment has more than one interface connector, do not leave cables connected to unused interfaces. Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the manufacturer could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment. For Canadian Users This Class A digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003. Cet appareil numérique de la classe A est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada. WARNING This is a Class A product. In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference, in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures.
5 5 Introduction Warnings, Cautions, Notes, and Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Options and Accessories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Where To Get Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Macintosh System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Windows System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Important Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Ink Cartridge Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Printer Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 1 Setting Up the Printer Unpacking and Assembling the Epson Stylus Pro 7880 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Unpacking and Assembling the Stand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Unpacking the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Mounting the Printer on the Stand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Attaching the Paper Basket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Unpacking and Assembling the Epson Stylus Pro 9880 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Unpacking and Assembling the Stand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Unpacking the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Mounting the Printer on the Stand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Attaching the Paper Basket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Connecting the Power Cord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Installing Ink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Connecting to Your System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Updating Your Printer Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Checking the Current Firmware Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Downloading the Firmware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Updating the Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Configuring the Printer for Your Network. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Contents
6 Contents|6 2 Handling Paper and Other Media Selecting Media for Your Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Available Epson Special Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Guidelines for Using Epson Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Using Roll Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Roll Paper Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Loading the Paper onto the Spindle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Placing the Paper in the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Removing Paper from the Spindle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Switching Between 2-Inch and 3-Inch Roll Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Cutting Paper Manually with the Built-in Cutter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Printing Trim Lines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Using Cut Sheet Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Loading Cut Sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Loading Small Cut Sheets or Fine Art Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Printing on Posterboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Adjusting the Platen Gap for Thick or Thin Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Using the Paper Basket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Catching Printouts From the Epson Stylus Pro 7880 . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Catching Printouts in Front of the Epson Stylus Pro 9880 . . . . . . . . 71 Catching Printouts Under the Epson Stylus Pro 9880 . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Optimizing the Settings for Your Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Creating Paper Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Printing Your Paper Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Selecting Paper Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
7 Contents|7 3 Printing With Epson Drivers for Macintosh Sizing Images for Borderless Printing on Roll Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Choosing Page Setup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Choosing Basic Print Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Selecting the Correct Media Type Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Choosing Color Management Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Choosing Paper Configuration Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Choosing Roll Paper Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Controlling Borderless Image Expansion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Choosing Advanced Black and White Photo Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Creating a Custom Preset and Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Managing Print Jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 4 Printing With Epson Drivers for Windows Sizing Images for Borderless Printing on Roll Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Choosing Basic Print Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Selecting the Correct Media Type Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Choosing Color Management Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Choosing Roll Paper Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Choosing Cut Sheet Paper Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Choosing Page Layout Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Choosing Advanced Black and White Photo Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Choosing Paper Configuration Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Saving, Exporting, and Importing Custom Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Saving and Exporting a Custom Settings Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Importing a Custom Settings Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Loading a Pre-Defined Settings Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Editing Printer Driver Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Managing Print Jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Using the Progress Meter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Optimizing Print Speed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Setting Monitoring Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
8 Contents|8 5 Managing Color With Profiles Macintosh Printing With a Color Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Setting Up Photoshop and Assigning a Profile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Selecting Print Settings and Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Windows Printing With a Color Profile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Setting Up Photoshop and Assigning a Profile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Selecting Print Settings and Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 6 Maintaining and Transporting the Printer Checking Printer Status and Part Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Printing Status Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Viewing Status Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Checking Printer Status From the Printer Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Checking and Cleaning the Print Head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Running the Nozzle Check and Head Cleaning Utilities . . . . . . . . . 135 Checking and Cleaning the Print Head Using the Control Panel . . 136 Manually Checking and Cleaning the Print Head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Running a Power Cleaning Cycle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Aligning the Print Head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Manually Aligning the Print Head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Replacing Ink Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Switching Black Ink Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Draining the Old Ink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Installing the New Black Ink Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Updating the Printer Driver Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Changing the Date and Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Using Maintenance Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Replacing the Paper Cutter Blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Removing the Old Blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Installing the New Cutter Blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 Replacing the Maintenance Tank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Cleaning the Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Transporting or Storing the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Preparing the Printer for Shipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 Moving the Printer on the Stand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Setting Up the Printer After Transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
9 Contents|9 7 Solving Problems Diagnosing Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Checking Error Messages and Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Improving Print Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Solving Operational Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 Solving Miscellaneous Printing Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Solving Paper Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Fixing Paper Eject Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Clearing Paper Jams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Solving Problems With the Optional Auto Take-Up Reel . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Uninstalling and Reinstalling the Printer Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 A Specifications Environmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Electrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Dimensions and Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 Printer Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 Safety Approvals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 Roll Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 Cut Sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Printable Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 Ink Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 B Installing and Using Optional Equipment Installing the Manual Media Cutting System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 Removing the Manual Media Cutting System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Using the Auto Take-Up Reel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 Loading Roll Paper Onto the Take-Up Reel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Printing Using the Auto Take-Up Reel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 Adjusting the Auto Take-Up Reel Sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
10 Contents|10 C Control Panel Summary Control Panel Buttons and Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 LCD Display Messages and Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 Menu Setting Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211