Table Of Contents - Epson SC-F6400 Series User Manual

SC-F6400 Series/SC-F6400H Series
Contents
Copyrights and Trademarks
Note for North American and Latin American Users 3
Introduction
Notes on Manuals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Meaning of Symbols. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Screenshots. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Illustrations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Manual Organization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Printer Parts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Front Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Inside. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Back. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Roll adapter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Control panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Understanding and Operating the Display. . . . . 17
Notes on Usage and Storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Installation space. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Notes when using the printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Notes when not using the printer. . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Notes on Handling Ink Supply Units. . . . . . . . . 25
Handling Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Software Supplied. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Software Supplied (Windows). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Software Supplied (Mac). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Using Epson Edge Print (Windows only). . . . . . . . 30
Starting Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Acquiring and Registering EMX Files. . . . . . . . . 30
Closing Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Using Epson Edge Dashboard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Starting Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Registering the Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Download the EMX File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Closing Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Using EPSON Software Updater (Windows). . . . . . 31
Checking Software Update Availability. . . . . . . . 31
Receiving Update Notifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Using Web Config. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Starting Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Closing Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Uninstalling Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Basic Operations
Workflow for Correct Printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
User's Guide
Contents
Registering Media Settings to the Printer. . . . . . . . 34
Notes When Handling Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Notes on Loading Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Loading Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Make settings for Loaded Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Using the Auto Take-up Reel Unit (An Optional
Item for the SC-F6400/SC-F6430/SC-F6440/
SC-F6460). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Important Points for Correct Take-up. . . . . . . . . 38
Loading into the Auto Take-up Reel Unit. . . . . . 38
Printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Removing Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Cutting Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Removing the Take-up Roll. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Removing Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Optimizing Media Settings (Print Head
Alignment and Media Feed Adjustment). . . . . . . . 44
Print Head Alignment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Media Feed Adjustment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Adjusting the Amount of Media Fed While
Printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Printable area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Maintenance
When to Perform Various Maintenance
Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Regular Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Refilling and Replacing Consumables. . . . . . . . . 52
What You'll Need. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Precautions Regarding Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Performing Regular Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Cleaning the Capping Station and Wiper. . . . . . 56
Cleaning the Platen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Cleaning the Vent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Shaking the Ink Supply Units Periodically. . . . . . . . 58
Precautions When Shaking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Shaking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Replacing Ink Supply Units. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Precautions When Replacing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Replacement Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Disposing of Waste Ink. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Precautions When Replacing the Waste Ink
Bottle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Replacing the Waste Ink Bottle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Print Head Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
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