Check The Printer; Connect The Printer To Your Computer; Connecting To A Pc - Epson Stylus Color 800 Quick Setup Manual

Note:
The printer is assigned to
parallel port LPT1; if you
want to use a different
port, see your Windows
documentation for
instructions.

Check the Printer

1. Turn off the printer.
2. Press the
press the
until the
Pages showing a nozzle check pattern and samples of
fonts and colors begin to print.
3. Turn off the printer to end the test. If you have any
problems with the test, see Chapter 6 in your User's Guide
for more information.

Connect the Printer to Your Computer

You can connect your EPSON Stylus
IBM ® -compatible PC or an Apple
shielded, twisted-pair parallel cable to connect to a PC or an
Apple System Peripheral-8 cable to connect to a Macintosh.
For a complete list of system requirements, see the Introduc-
tion of your printer User's Guide.

Connecting to a PC

1. Turn off the printer and your computer.
2. Connect the cable to the printer's parallel interface; then
squeeze the wire clips together until they lock in place. (If
your cable has a ground wire, connect it now.)
ground
wire
3. Connect the other end of the cable to your computer's
parallel port and secure it as necessary.
load/eject button and hold it down while you
power button. Continue to hold the buttons
power light starts to flash.
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® Macintosh
COLOR 800 to either an
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