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Epson Stylus Color 800N Setup Manual

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  • Page 1: Setup Guide

    ® Setup Guide Printed on recycled paper with at least 10% post-consumer content...
  • Page 2 SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION General Notice: Other product names used herein are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective owners. disclaims any and all rights in those marks. EPSON Copyright © 1997 by Epson America, Inc. CPD 5698 10/97...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Installing DLC in Windows NT Configuring the Ethernet Card in Windows NT 4.x Configuring the Ethernet Card in Windows NT 3.5x Configuring for AppleTalk Installing the EPSON Status Monitor 2 Utility Installing the Printer Driver Installing on a PC Installing on a Macintosh...

  • Page 4: Using Your Software And Manuals

    For more information, see the User’s Guides for your printer, the Ethernet card, and EPSON Status Monitor 2. Using Your Software and Manuals Your printer comes with the following:...

  • Page 5: Setting Up Your Printer

    Setup Guide EPSON Type B Ethernet Interface Card Supplement Contains instructions for configuring and using the Ethernet card with a Macintosh network, initializing the card, using the card with NetWare on a WAN, and using TCP/IP with Windows 95. EPSON Status Monitor 2 for Windows...
  • Page 6 User’s Guide. You’ll find these items inside: 2. Place the printer flat on a stable desk near a grounded outlet. Leave plenty of room in back for the cables and enough room in front for opening the output tray.

  • Page 7: Installing The Ink Cartridges

    4. Before you plug in the printer, make sure the power is off. Check the Ppower button; it’s off when its surface is raised above the printer surface. 5. Plug the power cord into a properly grounded outlet.
  • Page 8 5. Lower the ink cartridge into the holder with the label face up and the arrow pointing toward the back of the printer. Setup Guide color ink cartridge...
  • Page 9 8. Follow steps 3 through 6 to install the color ink cartridge. 9. Press the E load eject button. The printer moves the print heads and begins charging the ink delivery system. The P power light flashes, and the printer makes various sounds.

  • Page 10: Loading The Paper

    Loading the Paper 1. Slide the left edge guide all the way left and pull out the 2. Fan a stack of plain paper and then even the edges. 3. Load a stack with the printable surface face up. Push the Note: Don’t load paper above the arrow mark inside...

  • Page 11: Testing The Printer

    Setup Guide Testing the Printer If you want, you can run a test on your printer to see how it’s working. Follow the steps in Chapter 6 of your printer User’s Guide. Turn off the printer to stop test printing.

  • Page 12: Installing Epson Net

    Ethernet card. Installing EPSON Net! If you are using NetWare or TCP/IP, install EPSON Net! on a workstation in the same segment as the printer. If you are using AppleTalk, install EPSON Net! for Macintosh on a Macintosh computer on your network.

  • Page 13: Installing In Macintosh

    Directory Services. Defining Your Printer on a Print Server If you want to use your EPSON Stylus COLOR 800N as a remote printer, you must use PCONSOLE to define it on a NetWare print server. You then use EPSON Net! for NetWare to configure the operating mode and make other configuration changes.
  • Page 14 4. From the Print Server Information list, select Configuration. 5. Select Printer Configuration 6. Select a port number in the Configured Printers list. 7. Select the name of your printer on the Printer Configuration menu. Then highlight the Printer Type and select LPT1. 8. Press then press Esc;...

  • Page 15: Using Epson Net! For Netware Windows

    Setup Guide Using EPSON Net! for NetWare Windows Follow these steps: 1. Start EPSON Net! for NetWare. After a few seconds, the following dialog box appears: 2. Highlight your EPSON Stylus COLOR 800N printer and click Open. The NetWare Status dialog box appears:...
  • Page 16 3. Click to configure the printer. The NetWare Config Edit dialog box appears: 4. Choose the operating mode you want to use: Print Server Remote Printer Auto PrintServer/Remote 5. Follow the instructions for the operating mode you chose: If you selected Remote Printer number and enable or disable hunting if you want.
  • Page 17 10. Repeat steps 6 through 8 if you want to add more print queues to the print server. Click Config dialog box to save your settings. After you configure your printer, you need to install EPSON Status Monitor 2. See page 24 for instructions. This list indicates...

  • Page 18: Configuring For Tcp/Ip

    Windows 95 does not come with LPR, so in addition to installing TCP/IP, as described below, you need to install the EPSON TCP/IP printer protocol. The EPSON Status Monitor 2 installer program automatically prompts you when to install EPSON TCP/IP printer protocol.

  • Page 19: Assigning The Ip Address

    Assigning the IP Address For a Windows 95 peer-to-peer network you need to set the card’s IP address. Make sure the Ethernet card and printer are on the same segment of the network as the computer you are using to configure the card. Also, find out the IP address for the computer and the IP address for the Ethernet card.

  • Page 20: Installing Lpr Software In Windows Nt

    IP and hardware addresses. Before you can print using TCP/IP, you still need to install the Status Monitor (see page 24) and add a printer port (see page 27). Installing LPR Software in Windows NT...

  • Page 21: Configuring The Ethernet Card For Tcp/Ip

    Then follow the instructions below to configure the Ethernet card in your printer. Configuring the Ethernet Card for TCP/IP If you’re using Windows NT, follow these steps to configure your printer with EPSON Net!: 1. Double-click the EPSON Net! (NT) Net! for Windows.

  • Page 22: Setting Up Dlc

    Set to Off. 4. After making your settings, click After you configure your printer, you need to install EPSON Status Monitor 2. See page 24 for instructions. Note About IP Addresses and Subnet Masks If you don’t have a network administrator, you can assign IP addresses in the range of 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.254.

  • Page 23: Installing Dlc In Windows Nt

    Configuring the Ethernet Card in Windows NT 4.x After you have installed the DLC protocol, follow these steps to configure the card and your printer for Window NT 4.0: 1. Double-click My Computer icon.

  • Page 24: Configuring The Ethernet Card In Windows Nt 3.5X

    Print Manager 2. Choose Create Printer Printer dialog box appears. 3. Type a name for the printer. Then select the printer driver from the Driver menu. Select menu. The Print Destinations dialog box appears. 4. Choose Hewlett Packard Network Port Available Print Destinations list.

  • Page 25: Configuring For Appletalk

    To use your printer on an AppleTalk network, you need to configure the Ethernet card for AppleTalk. Follow these steps to configure your card using EPSON Net!: 1. Open the EPSON Net! utility. You see a window like the following: 2. Choose from the Options menu.
  • Page 26 Shift . Then click EPSON Net! sends a packet to the selected zones and detects the current printer’s status. The EPSON Net! window shows the latest information about the printers located in that zone.

  • Page 27: Installing The Epson Status Monitor 2 Utility

    If you’re using Windows NT, you need to log on as Administrator. 1. Insert the setup disk 1 of EPSON Status Monitor 2 in your diskette drive. 2. In Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.x, click to send the new...
  • Page 28 Next directory, click Browse If you’re using Windows 95, the following dialog box appears: 6. Select to enable EPSON TCP/IP printing, and then click Next 7. Select the type of printer(s) you want to monitor and click Next 8. Select...

  • Page 29: Installing The Printer Driver

    The CD-ROM also contains EPSON Answers (Windows only), a comprehensive online guide to using your printer. EPSON Answers was not designed to run over a network or on the Windows NT operating system. If you use it, be aware that some of its features may not work and may cause problems on your system.

  • Page 30: Changing Your Port Setting

    If you’re installing from diskettes, click and type (substitute the correct drive letter if A:\Setup necessary). Then click 4. At the EPSON Setup CD window, make sure is selected and click Installation 5. Select EPSON Stylus COLOR 800 tab and click 6.

  • Page 31: Installing On A Macintosh

    Installing on a Macintosh 1. Turn on your Macintosh and turn off any virus protection programs you may have. 2. Turn on your printer. 3. Insert the EPSON printer software CD-ROM (or diskette 1) and start the Installer. 4. Click , then click Continue instructions on the screen.
  • Page 32 1. Turn on the Macintosh and turn off any virus protection programs you may have. 2. Insert the EPSON printer software CD-ROM. 3. Insert the diskette you named 4. Select all the icons in the CD-ROM them to the diskette icon on the desktop.

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