Epson XP-324 User Manual page 5

User's Guide
Replacing Ink Cartridges
Checking the Ink Levels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Checking the Ink Levels - Control Panel. . . . . . . 64
Checking the Ink Levels - Windows. . . . . . . . . . .64
Checking the Ink Levels - Mac OS X. . . . . . . . . . 64
Ink Cartridge Codes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
Ink Cartridge Handling Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Replacing Ink Cartridges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Temporarily Printing with Black Ink. . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Temporarily Printing with Black Ink - Windows. 71
Temporarily Printing with Black Ink - Mac
OS X. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Conserving Black Ink when the Black Ink Is
Low (for Windows Only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Improving Print and Scan Quality
Checking and Cleaning the Print Head. . . . . . . . . . 74
Checking and Cleaning the Print Head -
Control Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Checking and Cleaning the Print Head -
Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Checking and Cleaning the Print Head -
Mac OS X. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Aligning the Print Head. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Aligning the Print Head - Control Panel. . . . . . . 76
Aligning the Print Head - Windows. . . . . . . . . . .76
Aligning the Print Head - Mac OS X. . . . . . . . . . 77
Cleaning the Paper Path for Ink Smears. . . . . . . . . .77
Cleaning the Scanner Glass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
Applications and Network Service
Information
Epson Connect Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
Web Config. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Running Web Config on a Web Browser. . . . . . . 79
Running Web Config on Windows. . . . . . . . . . . 80
Running Web Config on Mac OS X. . . . . . . . . . . 80
Necessary Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81
Windows Printer Driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Mac OS X Printer Driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
EPSON Scan (Scanner Driver). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Epson Event Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87
Epson Easy Photo Print. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
E-Web Print (for Windows Only). . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Easy Photo Scan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
EPSON Software Updater. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89
Uninstalling Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Contents
Uninstalling Applications - Windows. . . . . . . . . 89
Uninstalling Applications - Mac OS X. . . . . . . . . 90
Installing Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Updating Applications and Firmware. . . . . . . . . . . 91
Solving Problems
Checking the Printer Status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Checking Error Codes on the LCD Screen. . . . . . 92
Checking the Printer Status - Windows. . . . . . . . 93
Checking Printer Status - Mac OS X. . . . . . . . . . 93
Removing Jammed Paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Removing Jammed Paper from the Rear
Paper Feed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94
Removing Jammed Paper from the Output Tray. 94
Removing Jammed Paper from Inside the
Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95
Paper Does Not Feed Correctly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96
Power and Control Panel Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Power Does Not Turn On. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Power Does Not Turn Off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
LCD Screen Gets Dark. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Printer Does Not Print. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Printout Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Print Quality Is Poor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Copy Quality Is Poor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
An Image of the Reverse Side of the Original
Appears in the Copied Image. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
The Position, Size, or Margins of the Printout
Are Incorrect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Paper Is Smeared or Scuffed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Printed Characters Are Incorrect or Garbled. . . 101
The Printed Image Is Inverted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
The Printout Problem Could Not be Cleared. . . 101
Printing Is Too Slow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Cannot Start Scanning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Cannot Start Scanning when Using the
Control Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
Scanned Image Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Scan Quality Is Poor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Characters Are Blurred. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
An Image of the Reverse Side of the Original
Appears in the Scanned Image. . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Moire (Cross-Hatch) Patterns Appear in the
Scanned Image. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
Scanning Area or Direction Is Not Correct. . . . 105
The Scanned Image Problem Could Not be
Cleared. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Other Scanning Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
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