Default Setting Mode - Epson Stylus Color Stylus Color IIs User Manual

EPSON Stylus COLOR IIs
Buttons
This section describes the control panel button functions as
well as certain button combinations and power-on sequences.
When pressed for about five seconds, moves
Alt
the print head unit to the install position.
Press it again to move the print head back to
the home position.
Loads or ejects a sheet of paper. The printer
Load/Eject
normally loads and ejects paper automatically.
Stops printing temporarily. Press it again to
Pause
resume printing. To reset the printer, hold
down this button for about five seconds until
all the lights turn on. This clears the printer's
buffer and restores the factory default
settings.
Button combinations and power-on functions
The button combinations below let you perform additional
functions to control your printer.
Alt + Prints a demonstration page of the printer's
POWER
fonts and colors. (Paper must be loaded in the
switch
printer.) To exit demonstration mode, press
the Pause button and then turn off the printer.
Checks the paper length and performs a
Load/Eject +
POWER
printer self test at 360 dpi. To stop the self
switch
test, press the Pause button and then turn off
the printer.
Starts the print head cleaning cycle.
Alt + Pause
Pause + Enters the printer's Default setting mode. To
POWER
exit the Default setting mode, press the Pause
switch
button and turn off the printer.
Selects a combination of economy printing
Alt +
Load/Eject
and condensed printing modes, as shown
below. Hold down the buttons together to
enter the Economy/Condensed mode. Then
hold them down again until the Economy
and Condensed lights indicate the
appropriate selection.
Status
Economy and condensed printing off
Condensed printing on
Economy printing on
Economy and condensed printing on
Enables the non-smear printing feature,
Alt +
Load/Eject +
which reduces the chance of smeared pages
POWER
by decreasing the per-line printing speed.
switch
This mode is helpful when printing on coated
paper because it allows more time for the ink
to dry. To exit the non-smear mode, press the
Pause button and turn off the printer.
EPSON Stylus COLOR IIs-6
Economy Condensed
light light
Off Off
Off On
On Off
On On
Prints a page containing a hexadecimal
Load/Eject +
Pause +
representation (hex dump) of the data
POWER
received by the printer for troubleshooting
switch
purposes. To exit the hex dump mode, press
the Pause button and turn off the printer.

Default Setting Mode

Additional printer functions are available through the
Default setting mode. Because the printer's factory default
settings are designed to meet the needs of almost all users,
you rarely need to change the additional printer functions
listed below. If necessary, however, you can turn on the
Default setting mode and change the settings using the
control panel buttons.
Character table. Selects the set of characters and symbols
that can be printed. The default is the U.S.A. character
table. If you commonly use a language containing accents,
symbols, or other characters not available in the U.S.A.
character table, change to a different character table.
Network interface mode. If you're having trouble
printing when the printer is connected to multiple
computers, turn on network interface mode. By default,
network interface mode is off.
Print direction. Specifies how the print head moves across
the page. The options are Uni-D, Bi-D, and Auto (default).
When Uni-D is on, the print head prints in only one
direction to provide the most precise alignment for
graphics and text. In Bi-D printing, the print head prints
in both directions. Bi-D is faster, but the vertical alignment
may not be as precise as Uni-D. When Auto is selected,
the printer switches automatically between Uni-D and
Bi-D as necessary when it receives data.
Auto line feed. Specifies that a carriage return character
encountered in the print file be accompanied by a line
feed command. By default, auto line feed is off. If text
lines print on top of one another, turn on auto line feed.
Loading position. Determines the top margin by defining
how close to the paper edge the first line can print. The
loading position can be 3 mm or 8.5 mm (default).
Normally you should use your software to adjust your
top margin.
Font and Pitch. Selects the built-in printer font and
character pitch used as the default setting. The factory
default pitch is 10 cpi; the default font is Courier.
Generally you use your software to select the font and
pitch.
Thick paper. Select Envelope (default) if you print on
thick paper or envelopes.
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