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1. Press the
Operate
button to turn off the printer.
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Caution:
Never turn off the printer by unplugging it or switching
off a power strip. Always turn off the printer by pressing
the
Operate
button.
2. While holding down the
Load/Eject
button, press the
Operate
button to turn on the printer. Wait for the
paper to load, then release the buttons.
The 360 dpi self test begins by printing in black ink on the
first and last lines of the first sheet of paper to measure
the page length.
Note:
If the self test does not begin, turn off the printer and repeat
step 2. You may need to hold down the buttons a few seconds
longer.
If you installed the color ink cartridge, the self test prints in
color. If you want to run the 180 dpi self test, turn on the
printer while holding down the
LF/FF
button. The 180 dpi
self test always prints in black,
3. To end the self test, press the
Pause
button. If there is
paper in the paper path, press the
Load/Eject
button to
eject it. Then turn off the printer. Otherwise, the test
continues until the paper in the sheet feeder runs out.
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Caution:
Do not turn off the printer before pressing the
Pause
button.
If the quality of the test output is not good, clean the print
heads. Then print a demonstration page or another self test
to check the print quality. You may need to repeat these
procedures several times to fully solve the problem.
You may also need to calibrate your printer. After connecting
the printer to your PC and installing the printer driver,
calibrate your printer using the calibration utility program
that came with your printer.
Installing the Printer Driver
A printer driver is software that allows your computer to
control the printer. You must install the printer driver
included on the Windows or Macintosh driver diskette that
came with your printer.
The driver diskette also contains two utilities: the EPSON
Spool Manager and Printer Calibration Utility. When you
install the printer driver, they are automatically copied to
your hard disk.
Note:
It is a good idea to make a backup copy of your driver diskette.
Installing the Windows Printer Driver
If you are using Windows 3.1, follow the steps in the next
section to install the printer driver.
Installing the Driver for Windows 3.1
Follow these steps to install the printer driver for
Windows 3.1:
1. Turn on your printer and computer.
2. Make sure Windows is running.
3. Insert the Windows printer driver diskette in a diskette
drive.
4. In the File menu, select
Run
. You see the Run dialog box.
5. In the Command Line box, type A:SETUP (or B:SETUP
if you inserted the diskette in drive B). Press Enter or
click
OK
. You see the EPSON Printer Driver Setup dialog
box.
6. Highlight
EPSON Stylus 1500
in the Printer Driver pull-
down menu and click
Continue
.
The installation program begins copying the driver files.
You see a screen showing the progress of the installation
as it proceeds. After a few moments, the installation
program creates the EPSON program group in Windows
containing these icons:
EPSON Calibration Utility
Spool Manager
EPSON Stylus Help
EPSON Stylus ReadMe
When the installation is complete, you see a confirmation
screen.
7. Click
OK
to exit the installation program.
8. Calibrate your printer using the EPSON Calibration Utility.
The installation program automatically selects the EPSON
Stylus 1500 printer as your default printer for Windows
applications and assigns the printer driver to port LPT1.
Installing the Driver for Windows 95
Follow these steps to install the printer software for
Windows 95. First you’ll install the driver using the
Windows 95 plug-and-play capabilities; then you’ll run the
EPSON Printer Driver Setup program to install the printer
driver utilities and create an EPSON folder on your hard disk.
Note:
If you originally installed the Stylus 1500 driver under
Windows 3.1, you must reinstall the driver under Windows 95.
1. Make sure plain paper is loaded and the printer is
connected to the computer’s parallel port. (The paper is
used to perform a test print in step 12.)
2. Turn off the printer and your computer, if necessary.
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