Table Of Contents - Epson ET-18100 Series User Manual

Contents
Guide to This Manual
Introduction to the Manuals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Important Safety Instructions (paper manual). . . . 6
Start Here (paper manual). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
User's Guide (digital manual). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Information on the Latest Manuals. . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Searching for Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Printing Only the Pages You Need. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
About This Manual. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Marks and Symbols. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Notes on Screenshots and Illustrations. . . . . . . . . 8
Operating System References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Trademarks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Copyright. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Important Instructions
Safety Instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Safety Instructions for Ink. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Printer Advisories and Warnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Advisories and Warnings for Setting Up the
Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Advisories and Warnings for Using the Printer. . 12
Advisories and Warnings for Connecting to
the Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Advisories and Warnings for Using the
Printer with a Wireless Connection. . . . . . . . . . .13
Advisories and Warnings for Transporting or
Storing the Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Notes on the Administrator Password. . . . . . . . . 13
Protecting Your Personal Information. . . . . . . . . . . 14
Part Names and Functions
Front. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Inside. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Rear. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Guide to the Control Panel
Buttons and Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Checking Lights and Printer Status. . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Loading Paper, Discs, and PVC ID
Cards
Loading Paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Paper Handling Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
List of Paper Type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Loading Paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Loading Various Paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Loading a Disc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Printable Discs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Disc Handling Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Loading and Removing a Disc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Loading PVC ID Cards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Printable PVC ID Cards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
PVC ID Card Handling Precautions. . . . . . . . . . 33
Loading and Removing PVC ID Card. . . . . . . . . 34
Printing
Printing Photos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Printing Photos from a Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Printing Photos from Smart Devices. . . . . . . . . . 38
Printing on Envelopes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Printing on Envelopes from a Computer
(Windows). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Printing on Envelopes from a Computer
(Mac OS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Printing Documents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Printing from a Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Printing Documents from Smart Devices. . . . . . 54
Printing onto a Disc Label. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Printing Photos onto a Disc Label Using
Epson Photo+. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Printing on PVC ID Cards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Printing on PVC ID Cards Using Epson Photo+. 55
Printing Web Pages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Printing Web Pages from a Computer. . . . . . . . . 56
Printing Web Pages from Smart Devices. . . . . . . 56
Printing Using a Cloud Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Maintaining the Printer
Checking the Status of Consumable. . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Cleaning the Paper Path for Paper Feeding
Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Improving Print Quality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Checking and Cleaning the Print Head. . . . . . . . 62
Running Power Cleaning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Preventing nozzle clogging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Aligning the Print Head. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
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