Epson Stylus Pro 9890 User Manual
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FCC Compliance Statement For United States Users This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio or television reception. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause interference to radio and television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. 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 B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003. Cet appareil numérique de la classe B est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada.
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 Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 LCD Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 1 Setting Up the Printer Unpacking and Assembling the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Unpacking and Assembling the Stand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Unpacking the Printer and Mounting It on the Stand . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Attaching the Paper Basket (Epson Stylus Pro 7890) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Attaching the Paper Basket (Epson Stylus Pro 9890) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Completing Setup and Connecting the Power Cord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Installing Ink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Connecting to Your System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Installing the Software for Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Installing the Software for Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Updating Your Printer Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Checking the Current Firmware Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Downloading and Updating the Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Configuring the Printer’s Network Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 2 Handling Paper and Other Media Selecting Media for Your Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Available Epson Special Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Guidelines for Using Epson Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Contents
6 6| Using Roll Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Roll Paper Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Selecting the Paper Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Setting Up Automatic Media Tracking and Identification . . . . . . . . . 60 Placing the Paper in the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Loading the Paper for Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Cutting Paper Manually with the Built-in Cutter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Printing Trim Lines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Removing Paper from the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Using Cut Sheet Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Loading Cut Sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Loading Heavy Sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Adjusting the Platen Gap for Thick or Thin Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Using the Paper Basket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Catching Printouts in Front of the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Catching Printouts Under the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Storing the Paper Basket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Optimizing the Settings for Your Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Creating Paper Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Printing Your Paper Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Selecting Paper Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 3 Printing With Epson Drivers for Mac OS X Sizing Images for Borderless Printing on Roll Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Choosing Page Setup and Basic Print Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Choosing Color Management Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Choosing Advanced Media Control Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Choosing Roll Paper Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Controlling Borderless Image Expansion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Choosing Advanced Black and White Photo Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Creating a Custom Preset and Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Managing Print Jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Selecting the Correct Media Type Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
7 |7 4 Printing With Epson Drivers for Windows Sizing Images for Borderless Printing on Roll Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Choosing Basic Print Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Selecting the Correct Media Type Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Choosing Color Management Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Choosing Roll Paper Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Choosing Cut Sheet Paper Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Choosing Page Layout Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Choosing Advanced Black and White Photo Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Choosing Paper Configuration Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Saving, Exporting, and Importing Custom Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Saving and Exporting a Custom Settings Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Importing a Custom Settings Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Loading a Pre-Defined Settings Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Editing Printer Driver Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Managing Print Jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Using the Progress Meter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Optimizing Print Speed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Setting Monitoring Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 5 Managing Color With Profiles Mac OS X Printing With a Color Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Setting Up Photoshop and Assigning a Profile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Selecting Print Settings and Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Windows Printing With a Color Profile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Setting Up Photoshop and Assigning a Profile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Selecting Print Settings and Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
8 8| 6 Maintaining and Transporting the Printer Checking Printer Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Printing Status Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 Viewing Status Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 Checking Printer Status From the Printer Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Checking and Cleaning the Print Head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Running the Nozzle Check and Head Cleaning Utilities . . . . . . . . . 148 Checking and Cleaning the Print Head Using the Control Panel . . 150 Automatically Checking and Cleaning the Print Head . . . . . . . . . . 150 Running Cleaning Cycles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Aligning the Print Head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 Replacing Ink Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 Switching Black Ink Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Changing the Date and Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Using Maintenance Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 Replacing the Paper Cutter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Removing the Old Cutter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Installing the New Cutter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Replacing the Maintenance Tank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Cleaning the Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 Transporting or Storing the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Preparing the Printer for Shipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Moving the Printer on the Stand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 Setting Up the Printer After Transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 7 Solving Problems Diagnosing Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Checking Error Messages and Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 Auto Take-Up Reel Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Improving Print Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 Solving Operational Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Solving Miscellaneous Printing Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Solving Paper Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Fixing Paper Eject Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Clearing Paper Jams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 Solving Problems With the Optional Auto Take-Up Reel . . . . . . . . . . . 187
9 |9 Uninstalling and Reinstalling the Printer Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 Mac OS X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 A Specifications Clearing Stored Print Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 Environmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 Electrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 Dimensions and Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 Printer Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 Safety Approvals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Roll Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Cut Sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 Printable Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 Ink Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 B Using the Optional Auto Take-Up Reel Loading Roll Paper Onto the Take-Up Reel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 Winding Prints Forward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 Winding Prints Backward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Printing Using the Auto Take-Up Reel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 Reversing the Paper Stops for a 2-inch Paper Reel Core . . . . . . . . . 204 Installing a Take-Up Reel Core . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 C Control Panel Control Panel Buttons and Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 LCD Screen Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 Menu Setting Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Index