Table Of Contents - Epson ET-M1100 Series User Manual

User's Guide
Contents
About This Manual
Introduction to the Manuals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Using the Manual to Search for Information. . . . . . . 4
Marks and Symbols. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Descriptions Used in this Manual. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Operating System References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Important Instructions
Safety Instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Safety Instructions for Ink. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Printer Advisories and Warnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Advisories and Warnings for Setting Up the
Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Advisories and Warnings for Using the Printer. . . 8
Advisories and Warnings for Transporting or
Storing the Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Printer Basics
Part Names and Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Control Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Buttons and Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Lights and Printer Status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Preparing the Printer
Loading Papers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Available Paper and Capacities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Loading Paper in the Paper Cassette. . . . . . . . . . 16
Loading Envelopes and Precautions. . . . . . . . . . 19
List of Paper Type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Saving Power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Saving Power - Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Saving Power - Mac OS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Printing
Printing from the Printer Driver on Windows. . . . . 22
Accessing the Printer Driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Printing Basics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Printing on 2-Sides. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Printing Several Pages on One Sheet. . . . . . . . . . 25
Printing and Stacking in Page Order (Reverse
Order Printing). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Printing a Reduced or Enlarged Document. . . . . 26
Printing One Image on Multiple Sheets for
Enlargement (Creating a Poster). . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Contents
Printing with a Header and Footer. . . . . . . . . . . 32
Printing a Watermark. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Printing Multiple Files Together. . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Adjusting the Print Tone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Printing to Emphasize Thin Lines. . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Printing to Enhance Light Text and Lines. . . . . . 35
Printing Clear Bar Codes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Canceling Printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Menu Options for the Printer Driver. . . . . . . . . . 36
Printing from the Printer Driver on Mac OS. . . . . . 39
Printing Basics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Printing Several Pages on One Sheet. . . . . . . . . . 41
Printing and Stacking in Page Order (Reverse
Order Printing). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Printing a Reduced or Enlarged Document. . . . . 42
Canceling Printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Menu Options for the Printer Driver. . . . . . . . . . 43
Making Operation Settings for the Mac OS
Printer Driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Canceling Printing - Printer Button. . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Refilling Ink
Checking the Ink Level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Ink Bottle Codes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Ink Bottle Handling Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Refilling the Ink Tank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
Maintaining the Printer
Preventing the Print Head from Drying. . . . . . . . 53
Check if Nozzles are Clogged (Nozzle Check). . . . 53
Check if Nozzles are Clogged (Nozzle Check)
- Printer Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Check if Nozzles are Clogged (Nozzle Check)
- Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Check if Nozzles are Clogged (Nozzle Check)
- Mac OS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Cleaning the Print Head (Head Cleaning). . . . . . . . 56
Cleaning the Print Head - Printer Buttons. . . . . . 56
Cleaning the Print Head - Windows. . . . . . . . . . 56
Cleaning the Print Head - Mac OS. . . . . . . . . . . 57
Power Cleaning the Print Head (Power Cleaning). . 57
Running Power Cleaning - Windows. . . . . . . . . . 58
Running Power Cleaning - Mac OS. . . . . . . . . . . 58
Aligning the Print Head. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Aligning the Print Head - Windows. . . . . . . . . . .59
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