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Epson Stylus Color 680 Setup Manual

Epson Stylus Color 680 Setup Manual

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Printing Your
First Page
Installing
and
Checking
the Ink
Cartridges
Installing the
Printer Software
Package Contents
Plugging in and
Connecting
the Printer
Checking the
Attaching
Paper Support
Unpacking
the
Printer
the
4012692-01
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  • Page 1 Printing Your First Page Installing Checking the Ink Cartridges Installing the Printer Software Checking the Package Contents Plugging in and Connecting the Printer Unpacking Printer Attaching Paper Support 4012692-01...

  • Page 2: Checking The Package Contents

    Remove all tape and protective materials from the printer and lift the top corners of the output tray off of the knobs on the top of the printer to lower it. If the output tray is curled, bend both sides of the tray upwards at the seams.

  • Page 3: Attaching The Paper Support

    Attaching the Paper Support Insert the paper support into the slots at the rear of the printer and place the printer on a flat, stable surface. Plugging In and Connecting the Printer Your printer connects to your computer via the parallel or USB interface.

  • Page 4: Using A Usb Interface For Windows And Macintosh Users

    Connect the other end of the cable to the computer’s USB port. Installing the Printer Software After connecting the printer to your computer, you need to install the software included on the “Printer Software for EPSON Stylus COLOR 680” CD-ROM shipped with your printer.
  • Page 5 Check, Head Cleaning, and Print Head Alignment utilities help you keep your printer in top operating condition. EPSON Status Monitor 3 (for Windows 98, 95, 2000, and NT 4.0) or EPSON StatusMonitor (for Macintosh) notifies you of printer errors and displays printer status information such as the amount of ink remaining.
  • Page 6 The Problem Solver provides tips and instructions to help you solve most problems that you may encounter when printing. The Problem Solver can be accessed through the Epson folder, Status Monitor 3, or the printer driver. For details, see the “Troubleshooting” section of your Daily Use guide.
  • Page 7 When a message appears informing you that the installation is complete, click OK. Note: If an error message appears, either the printer driver or the EPSON USB printer device driver is not installed correctly. See "Troubleshooting" in the Daily Use guide for details.

  • Page 8: Installing In Windows

    Make sure that Windows 3.1 is running and that the Program Manager window is open. Insert the printer software CD that is shipped with your printer in the CD-ROM drive. (If you use the floppy disk version, insert it in the floppy-disk drive.)
  • Page 9 When background printing is on, you can use your Macintosh while it is preparing a document for printing. In order to use the EPSON Monitor3 utility to manage print jobs, background printing must be turned on. Close the Chooser.

  • Page 10: Installing And Checking The Ink Cartridges

    Be sure to use the ink cartridges packed with your printer the first time that you install ink cartridges.
  • Page 11 2 power light flashes and the error light comes on. Caution: Do not move the print head by hand. Doing so may damage the printer. Push back the release tabs and lift up the ink cartridge clamps. Open the ink cartridge packages.

  • Page 12: Checking The Printer

    Close the printer cover. Checking the printer Before printing your first page, you need to make sure that the printer is working correctly by loading paper, then printing a nozzle check page and, if necessary, cleaning the print head. Refer to the appropriate section below.
  • Page 13 Loading paper Follow the steps below to load plain paper in the printer. Lower the output tray and slide the left edge guide so that the distance between the edge guides is slightly wider than the width of your paper.

  • Page 14: Printing Your First Page

    Caution: Never turn off the printer while the 2 power light is flashing. Doing so may damage the printer. When the 2 power light stops flashing, print a nozzle check pattern to confirm that the head is clean and to reset the cleaning cycle.

  • Page 15: For Windows Users

    For Windows users Follow these steps to print the sample file. Make sure that A4 or Letter size EPSON Photo Quality Ink Jet Paper is loaded in the printer. Insert the printer driver CD in the CD-ROM drive. If the Installer dialog box appears, click Double-click the My Computer icon and then the CD-ROM icon.

  • Page 16: For Macintosh Users

    Media Type and Ink settings that you make. 12. Click Print to start printing. While printing is in progress, the EPSON Progress Meter is displayed, showing the printing progress and the status of your printer.

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