Epson 400 User Manual

EPSON® USB/Parallel Adapter User’s Guide IMPORTANT: To use the USB/Parallel Adapter with your Apple® iMac™, you must download and install the iMac Upd

10Connecting the CableYou can connect the USB/Parallel Adapter directly to a USB port on your iMac or to a USB hub connected to a port on the iMac. If

11To connect the adapter to one of the USB ports on the iMac keyboard, hold the adapter’s USB connector so the icon faces away from you and connect i

122 Connect the adapter’s parallel connector to the parallel port on the back of the printer, then secure it with the wire clips.3 Now follow the inst

13Installing the USB Printer SoftwareIMPORTANT:You can’t use the adapter with the printer driver software that came with your printer. You must use th

148 Click the printer icon for your printer. Printer icons are labeled as follows:◗SC 440 (EPSON Stylus COLOR 440)◗SC 600 (EPSON Stylus COLOR 600)◗SC

15Getting Started on a Windows 98 SystemThe instructions on the next few pages explain how to connect the USB/Parallel Adapter cable to your Windows 9

16Connecting the CableYou can connect the USB/Parallel Adapter directly to a USB port on your computer, or you can connect it to a USB hub connected t

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183 Connect the adapter’s parallel connector to the parallel port on the back of the printer, then secure it with the wire clips.4 Now follow the inst

19Installing the USB Printer SoftwareIf you’ve already installed printer driver software for your printer, you need to delete the old printer driver’s

iiEPSON and EPSON Stylus are registered trademarks of SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION. General Notice: Other product names used herein are for identification

20Deleting the INF file for the old printer driver1 Click Start, point to Programs, and select Windows Explorer.2 Open your Windows directory. If you

215 Open the Inf folder, then locate and select the INF file corresponding to your installed printer driver:6 Click Delete to delete the old printer d

22Installing the USB printer driver softwareDon’t install the printer driver software that came with your printer. You can’t use this driver software

234Select Specify a location, then click Browse to locate the USB printer software. The software is located in your printer’s folder on the CD-ROM.fr

245 Click Next. The Add New Hardware Wizard now displays EPSON USB Conversion Cable.6 Click Next. The installer copies the USB printer files to your s

25Windows 98 detects your printer and displays a screen similar to the following:7 Click Next to install your printer driver. At the next screen, sele

268 Follow the on-screen instructions to install your printer driver. Be sure to click the Yes radio button to set your printer as the Windows default

27Installing creative software If your printer came with creative software, follow these steps to install it:1 Locate the software installation instr

283 Continue with the instructions to install your creative software applications. 4 When you’ve finished installing the creative software, restart yo

29If the printer doesn’t work correctly, uninstall the USB printer driver software. (Use the procedure described in your printer documentation for un

iiiFCC Compliance StatementFor United States UsersThis equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pur

304 Select Use Print Manager, then click OK to close the Queue Setup dialog box.5 Close the Spool Manager window.front.book Page 30 Monday, October

31Appendix A: Using Monitor3 The Monitor3 utility lets you continue to work on your iMac while your document is printing (though printing and proces

32Monitoring Print Jobs with Monitor3While you’re printing, click the EPSON Monitor3 icon on the Application menu at the right end of the menu bar. Yo

33To set priorities for jobs waiting to print, click the job, then click the Show details arrow at the bottom of the window.Note:If you see a stop sig

34The Priority list becomes active. Click the arrow and select one of the following settings:◗Normal prints the job in the order it is received◗Urgent

35Appendix B: SpecificationsUSB/Parallel Adapter SpecificationsUSB connector: USB series A; compliant with USB Specification Revision 1.0Parallel con

36System RequirementsMacintoshComputer: Apple iMac Operating system: Macintosh OS 8.1 with iMac Update 1.0Memory: 32MB RAMStorage: At least 50MB of fr

37WindowsComputer: An IBM® compatible PC with at least a 486/66 MHZ processor (Pentium® processor recommended)Operating system: Windows 98Memory: At l

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ivWARNINGThe connection of a non-shielded equipment interface cable to this equipment will invalidate the FCC Certification of this device and may cau

vContentsIntroduction 7Setting Up the Printer 8Getting Started on an iMac 8Connecting the Cable 10Installing the USB Printer Software 13Getting St

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7IntroductionThe EPSON USB/Parallel Adapter allows you to use smart cable technology to connect your EPSON printer to your Apple iMac or Windows® 98 c

8Setting Up the PrinterIf you’ve been using your EPSON printer with your computer, the printer is probably set up already. If so, turn it off and disc

9For instructions on using the printer software, see the following:◗ If you have an EPSON Stylus COLOR 440 or EPSON Stylus COLOR 640, locate the elect