Table Of Contents - Epson CW-C4000 Series User Manual

CW-C4000 Series User's Guide
Contents
Before use
Manuals for This Product. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Downloading the Latest Version. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Symbols Used in This Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
About Models of this Product. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Gloss Black Ink/Matte Black Ink. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Software Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Product and Driver Versions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
How to Check the Product Version. . . . . . . . . . . 7
How to Check the Printer Driver Version. . . . . . . 7
Screens in This Manual. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Safety Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Cautions on Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Cautions on Handling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Cautions on Power Supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Cautions on Ink Cartridges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Cautions on the Maintenance Box. . . . . . . . . . . 13
Caution Label. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Supported Paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Paper Shape/Form/Size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Paper Types. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Paper That Cannot Be Used. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Part Names and Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Front. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Inside. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Rear. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Operation Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Basic Operation
Turning On or Off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Turning the Power On. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Turning the Power Off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Checking the Printer Status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Checking the Paper Information. . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Checking the Status of Consumables. . . . . . . . . 27
Printing Nozzle Check Patterns. . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Printing Status Sheet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Checking Network Connection and Settings. . . . 28
Replacing the Ink Cartridges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Checking Amount of Ink Remaining. . . . . . . . . 29
How to Replace the Ink Cartridges. . . . . . . . . . . 29
Replacing the Maintenance Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Contents
Checking the Amount of Empty Space in the
Maintenance Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
How to Replace the Maintenance Box. . . . . . . . . 32
Printer Driver Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Media Definition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Media Name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Width. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Length. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Gap Between Labels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Media Form. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Media Saving. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Media Coating Type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Print Quality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Color Correction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Spot Color Setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Settings For Paper Handling After Print. . . . . . . 38
Notification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Pause. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Media Detection.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Loading and Replacing Paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Loading Roll Paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Loading Fanfold Paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Adjusting the Shutters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
How to Remove Paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Maintenance
Cleaning the Exterior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Cleaning the Platen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Cleaning the Auto Cutter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Cleaning the Print Head. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Printing Nozzle Check Patterns. . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Head Cleaning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Troubleshooting
A Message is Displayed on the Operation Panel. . . 62
Problems with Print Quality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Horizontal White Banding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
White or Black Banding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
White or Black Banding near the Edges. . . . . . . 66
Printed Colors Are Wrong. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Printed Characters Look Blurred. . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Print Position Shifts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Paper is Smeared or Smudged with Ink. . . . . . . . 67
Paper is Fed and Ejected, and an Error Occurs. . 67
Margins are Generated on Printed Labels. . . . . . 68
Margins of Label Are Large. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
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