Epson M2050 Series User Manual page 3

Setting Up a WSD Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Scanning Originals to a Smart Device. . . . . . . . . . . 64
Maintaining the Printer
Checking the Ink Level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
Improving Print, Copy, and Scan Quality. . . . . . . . .66
Checking and Cleaning the Print Head. . . . . . . . 66
Running Power Cleaning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Running Power Ink Flushing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Preventing nozzle clogging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Aligning the Print Head. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Cleaning the Paper Path for Ink Smears. . . . . . . .71
Cleaning the Scanner Glass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71
Cleaning the ADF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Cleaning the Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
Cleaning Spilled ink. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
In These Situations
When Replacing a Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Saving Power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Disabling your Wi-Fi Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Checking the Total Number of Pages Fed
Through the Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Installing the Applications Separately. . . . . . . . . . . 78
Checking if a genuine Epson printer driver is
installed - Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Checking if a genuine Epson printer driver is
installed - Mac OS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Re-Setting the Network Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Making Settings for Connecting to the
Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Making Settings for Connecting to the Smart
Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
Making Wi-Fi Settings from the Control Panel. . 82
Checking the Printer's Network Connection
Status (Network Connection Report). . . . . . . . . 85
Messages and Solutions on the Network
Connection Report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Connecting a Smart Device and Printer Directly
(Wi-Fi Direct). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
About Wi-Fi Direct. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Connecting to Devices using Wi-Fi Direct. . . . . .92
Disconnecting Wi-Fi Direct (Simple AP)
Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Changing the Wi-Fi Direct (Simple AP)
Settings Such as the SSID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Adding or Changing the Printer's Connection. . . . . 95
To Set Up a Printer on Multiple Computers. . . . . 95
Changing the Connection from Wi-Fi to USB. . . 96
Changing the Network Connection from Wi-
Fi to Ethernet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97
Setting a Static IP Address for the Printer. . . . . . 97
Transporting and Storing the Printer. . . . . . . . . . . .99
Solving Problems
Cannot Print or Scan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Problem Solving. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
The Application or Printer Driver do not
Work Properly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
The Printer Cannot Connect to the Network. . . 109
Paper Does Not Feed Properly. . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Printing, Copying, and Scanning Quality is Poor. . 116
Print Quality is Poor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Copy Quality is Poor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Scanned Image Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Cannot Select Paper Type or Paper Source in
Printer Driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
A genuine Epson printer driver has not been
installed.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
An Error Code is Displayed on the LCD Screen. . . 131
Paper Gets Jammed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Removing Jammed Paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Removing Jammed Paper from the ADF. . . . . . 137
Preventing Paper Jams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
It is Time to Refill the Ink. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Ink Bottle Handling Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Refilling the Ink Tanks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
It is Time to Replace the Maintenance Box. . . . . . .145
Maintenance Box Handling Precautions. . . . . . 145
Replacing a Maintenance Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Cannot Operate the Printer as Expected. . . . . . . . 149
The Printer Does Not Turn On or Off. . . . . . . . 149
Operations are Slow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
LCD Screen Gets Dark. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Operation Sounds Are Loud. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
The Root Certificate Needs to be Updated. . . . . 152
Cannot Perform Manual 2-sided Printing
(Windows). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152
The Print Settings Menu is Not Displayed
(Mac OS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
A Message Prompting You to Reset the Ink
Level is Displayed Even After Refilling the Ink. . 153
The Ink Level Display does not Change Even
After Refilling the Ink. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153
Cannot Solve Problem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Cannot Solve Printing or Copying Problems. . . 153
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