Epson XP-243 Series' XP-245 Series User Manual page 5

User's Guide
Checking the Ink Levels - Mac OS X. . . . . . . . . . 65
Ink Cartridge Codes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
Ink Cartridge Handling Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Replacing Ink Cartridges (When Ink Light is On
or Flashing). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Replacing Ink Cartridges (When Ink Light is Off). . 72
Temporarily Printing with Black Ink. . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Temporarily Printing with Black Ink - Windows. 77
Temporarily Printing with Black Ink -
Mac OS X. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Conserving Black Ink when the Black Ink Is
Low (for Windows Only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Maintaining the Printer
Checking and Cleaning the Print Head. . . . . . . . . . 80
Checking and Cleaning the Print Head -
Printer Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Checking and Cleaning the Print Head -
Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Checking and Cleaning the Print Head -
Mac OS X. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Aligning the Print Head. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Aligning the Print Head - Windows. . . . . . . . . . .82
Aligning the Print Head - Mac OS X. . . . . . . . . . 82
Cleaning the Paper Path. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Cleaning the Scanner Glass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
Saving Power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Saving Power - Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Saving Power - Mac OS X. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Network Service and Software
Information
Epson Connect Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85
Web Config. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Running Web Config on a Web Browser. . . . . . . 86
Running Web Config on Windows. . . . . . . . . . . 86
Running Web Config on Mac OS X. . . . . . . . . . . 86
Windows Printer Driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Guide to Windows Printer Driver. . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Making Operation Settings for the Windows
Printer Driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Mac OS X Printer Driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Guide to Mac OS X Printer Driver. . . . . . . . . . . 91
Making Operation Settings for the Mac OS X
Printer Driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Epson Scan 2 (Scanner Driver). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Epson Event Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
Contents
Epson Easy Photo Print. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
E-Web Print (for Windows Only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Easy Photo Scan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95
EPSON Software Updater. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95
Uninstalling Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Uninstalling Applications - Windows. . . . . . . . . 96
Uninstalling Applications - Mac OS X. . . . . . . . . 97
Installing Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Updating Applications and Firmware. . . . . . . . . . . 98
Solving Problems
Checking the Printer Status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Checking the Error Indicators on the Printer. . . . 99
Checking the Printer Status - Windows. . . . . . . 100
Checking Printer Status - Mac OS X. . . . . . . . . 101
Removing Jammed Paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Removing Jammed Paper from the Rear
Paper Feed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
Removing Jammed Paper from the Output Tray 102
Removing Jammed Paper from Inside the
Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
Paper Does Not Feed Correctly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Paper Jams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
Paper Feeds at a Slant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Several Sheets of Paper are Fed at a Time. . . . . . 105
No Paper Feeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Power and Control Panel Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Power Does Not Turn On. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Power Does Not Turn Off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Cannot Print from a Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
When You Cannot Make Network Settings. . . . . . 106
Cannot Connect from Devices Even Though
Network Settings are No Problem. . . . . . . . . . . 106
Checking the SSID Connected to the Printer. . . 108
Checking the SSID for the Computer. . . . . . . . .108
Suddenly the Printer Cannot Print over a
Network Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Suddenly the Printer Cannot Print Using a USB
Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Printout Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Printout is Scuffed or Color is Missing. . . . . . . .110
Banding or Unexpected Colors Appear. . . . . . . 110
Colored Banding Appears at Intervals of
Approximately 2.5 cm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111
Blurry Prints, Vertical Banding, or
Misalignment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111
Print Quality is Poor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Paper Is Smeared or Scuffed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
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