Table Of Contents - Epson SC-F7100 Series User Manual

SC-F7200 Series/SC-F7100 Series/SC-F7000 Series User's Guide
Contents
Copyrights and Trademarks
Introduction
Important Safety Instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
When Choosing a Place for This Product. . . . . . . 5
When Setting Up This Product. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
When Using This Product. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
When Handling the Ink Packs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Notes on This Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Meaning of Symbols. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
The Symbols on the Product . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Illustrations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Operating System Versions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Printer Parts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Front (SC-F7200/SC-F7100 Series). . . . . . . . . . . 8
Front (SC-F7000 Series). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Slider. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
LAN Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Inside. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Back. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Control Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Understanding the Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Realizing High Productivity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Superior Ease of Use. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
High Print Quality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Notes on Usage and Storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Installation Space. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Notes When Using the Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Notes When Not Using the Printer. . . . . . . . . . 24
Notes on Handling Ink Packs and Ink Tanks
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Handling Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Using the Supplied Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Contents of the Software Disc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Uninstalling Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Using EPSON LFP Remote Panel 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Starting EPSON LFP Remote Panel 2. . . . . . . . . 28
Exiting EPSON LFP Remote Panel 2. . . . . . . . . 29
Basic Operations
Loading and Exchanging Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Notes on Loading Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Loading Media (SC-F7200/SC-F7100 Series)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Contents
Loading Media (SC-F7000 Series). . . . . . . . . . . 37
Viewing and Changing Media Settings. . . . . . . . 43
Exchanging Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Using the Auto Take-up Reel Unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Media Loading (SC-F7200/SC-F7100 Series)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Removing the Take-up Roll (SC-F7200/SC-
F7100 Series). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Media Loading (SC-F7000 Series). . . . . . . . . . . 54
Removing the Take-up Roll (SC-F7000 Series)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Before Printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Saving Optimal Settings for the Current Media
(Print Media Settings). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Parameters Stored in Media Setting Banks. . . . . 61
Saving Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Correcting Print Misalignment (Head
Alignment). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Feed Adjustment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Using a Test Pattern. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Changing Settings During Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Feed Adjustment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Heating & Drying. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Printable Area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Maintenance
When to Perform Various Maintenance
Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Cleaning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Replacing and Refilling Consumables. . . . . . . . . 75
Other Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Preparation and Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
What You'll Need. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Precautions Regarding Maintenance. . . . . . . . . 76
Moving the Print Head. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Using Ink Cleaner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Cleaning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Cleaning Around the Print Head. . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Cleaning Wiper and Attachment Point. . . . . . . . 80
Cleaning the Caps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Cleaning the Platen, Pressure Rollers, and
Media Holding Plates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Replacing and Refilling Consumables. . . . . . . . . . . 85
Chip Unit Replacement and Ink Refills. . . . . . . . 85
Disposing of Waste Ink. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Replacing the Wiper Cleaners and Wipers. . . . . 93
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