Epson l550 User Manual page 5

User's Guide
Using the phone line for fax only. . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Sharing line with phone device. . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Checking the fax connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Notices when the power is turned off. . . . . . . . . 64
Setting Up Fax Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Setting up speed dial entries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Setting up group dial entries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Creating header information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Sending Faxes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Sending faxes by entering a number. . . . . . . . . . 67
Sending faxes using speed dial/group dial. . . . . . 67
Sending a fax at a specified time. . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Sending a fax from a connected phone. . . . . . . . 69
Receiving Faxes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Setting up to receive faxes automatically. . . . . . . 70
Receiving faxes manually. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Receive a fax by polling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Printing Reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Fax Mode Menu List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Menu List of Control Panel
Copy Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Fax Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Scan Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Refilling Ink
Ink Bottle Safety Instructions, Precautions, and
Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Safety instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Precautions on refilling ink. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Ink bottle specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Checking the Ink Levels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Refilling the Ink Tanks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Maintaining Your Product and
Software
Checking the Print Head Nozzles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Using the Nozzle Check utility for Windows
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Using the Nozzle Check utility for Mac OS X
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Using the control panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Cleaning the Print Head. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Using the Head Cleaning utility for Windows
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Using the Head Cleaning utility for Mac OS X
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Contents
Using the control panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Aligning the Print Head. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Using the Print Head Alignment utility for
Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Using the Print Head Alignment utility for
Mac OS X. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Using the control panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Setting/Changing Time and Region. . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Replacing Ink inside the Ink Tubes. . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Using the Power Ink Flushing utility for
Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Using the Power Ink Flushing utility for Mac
OS X. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Using the control panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Saving Power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
For Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
For Mac OS X. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Using the control panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Checking the Number of Sheets of Paper Fed. . . . . 91
Cleaning the Product. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Cleaning the exterior of the product. . . . . . . . . . 91
Cleaning the interior of the product. . . . . . . . . . 92
Transporting the Product. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Checking and Installing Your Software. . . . . . . . . 95
Checking the software installed on your
computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Installing the software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Uninstalling Your Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
For Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
For Mac OS X. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Error Indicators
Error Messages on the Control Panel. . . . . . . . . . . 99
Troubleshooting for Printing/Copying
Diagnosing the Problem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Checking product status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Paper Jams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Removing jammed paper from inside the
product. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Removing jammed paper from the Automatic
Document Feeder (ADF). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Preventing paper jams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Reprinting after a paper jam (for Windows
only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Print Quality Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Horizontal banding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Vertical banding or misalignment. . . . . . . . . . 109
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