Problems With Printing - Epson Stylus Color 980 Printer Basics Manual

Your printer icon doesn't appear in
the Chooser (Macintosh).
Your Macintosh has extension
conflicts. Disable QuickDraw
in the Extensions Manager. Make
sure EPSON Monitor3 and
SC 980 are enabled, and then
restart your Macintosh.
You may have too many items in
the Chooser. Delete any unused
items and check the Chooser again.
You can't install the USB Printer
Device Driver for Windows 98 or
2000.
Make sure Windows 98 or 2000
was preinstalled on your system.
The USB Printer Device Driver
may not install correctly if you've
upgraded your system from an
earlier version of Windows.
Make sure the Universal Serial Bus
Controller is working properly. See
your Windows online help system
for details. If it's not working,
contact your computer
manufacturer.
In Windows 2000, don't select
under
Block
System > Hardware > Driver
Signing
will not be completed. Select
or
Ignore
For Windows 2000, if you see a
Digital Signature Not Found screen,
click
Yes
installation. Otherwise your driver
installation won't be completed.
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Control Panel >
, or your driver installation
instead.
Warn
to continue with the
You're printing over a network.
See your electronic Reference Guide for
instructions on configuring your
®
GX printer for use on a network.

Problems with Printing

Only the Ppower light is on, but
nothing prints.
Make sure the interface cable
is connected securely and that
the cable meets the system
requirements on page 49 or
page 50.
Run a printer check as described
on page 35. If the check page
prints, make sure your printer and
application software are installed
correctly.
If you're printing on a network, you
need to set up your printer for
network printing, as described in
your electronic Reference Guide.
The printer sounds as though it is
printing, but nothing prints.
Make sure the print head nozzles are
not clogged. To clean the print head,
see page 21.
Your printer makes noise when you
turn it on or after it has been sitting
for awhile.
Your printer is performing routine
maintenance.