Epson L1300 User Manual page 4

User's Guide
Quieter Printer Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
For Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
For Mac OS X. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Checking the Number of Sheets of Paper Fed. . . . . 51
Cleaning the Product. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Cleaning the exterior of the product. . . . . . . . . . 51
Cleaning the interior of the product. . . . . . . . . . 51
Transporting the Product. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Checking and Installing Your Software. . . . . . . . . 54
Checking the software installed on your
computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Installing the software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Uninstalling Your Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
For Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
For Mac OS X. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Error Indicators
Troubleshooting for Printing
Diagnosing the Problem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Checking product status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Paper Jams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Removing jammed paper from inside the
product. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Preventing paper jams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Print Quality Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Horizontal banding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Vertical banding or misalignment. . . . . . . . . . . 66
Incorrect or missing colors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Blurry or smeared print. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Miscellaneous Printout Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Incorrect or garbled characters. . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Incorrect margins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Printout has a slight slant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Inverted image. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Blank pages print. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Printed side is smeared or scuffed. . . . . . . . . . . 69
Printing is too slow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Paper Does Not Feed Correctly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Paper does not feed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Multiple pages feed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Paper is improperly loaded. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Paper is not ejected fully or is wrinkled. . . . . . . . 71
The Product Does Not Print. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
All lights are off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Lights came on and then went out. . . . . . . . . . . 71
Only the power light is on. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Contents
Product Information
System Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
For Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
For Mac OS X. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Technical Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Printer specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Mechanical. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Electrical. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Environmental. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Standards and approvals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Where To Get Help
Technical Support Web Site. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Contacting Epson Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Before Contacting Epson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Help for Users in Europe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Help for Users in Taiwan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Help for Users in Singapore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Help for Users in Thailand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Help for Users in Vietnam. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Help for Users in Indonesia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Help for Users in Hong Kong. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Help for Users in Malaysia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Help for Users in India. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Help for Users in the Philippines. . . . . . . . . . . . 83
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