Introduction
The EPSON
®
Stylus
®
1500 is an affordable, high-quality ink jet
printer that produces realistic grayscale images, sharp text, and
line art at a resolution of 720 × 720 dpi. The Stylus 1500 comes
equipped for printing in black ink; however, you can easily
upgrade it to print in color with the optional Color Upgrade
Kit. With the Color Upgrade Kit, the Stylus 1500 can print up to
16 million colors to produce full-color, photo-quality images.
The Stylus 1500 is easy to install and use. You simply set it up
and install the Microsoft
®
Windows
®
printer driver software as
described in this book. The printer has a built-in parallel
interface so you can connect it to an IBM
®
PC compatible
computer. If you wish to supplement the capabilities of your
printer’s built-in hardware interface, you can install an optional
interface board. See “Using Optional Interfaces” in the Reference
Guide.
Note:
For instructions on using the printer with an Apple
®
Macintosh,
®
see
the Setup and Software Guide for Macintosh.
This manual explains how to do the following:
❑ Set up your printer, load plain paper, connect it to your
computer, and test it. See Chapter 1 to begin.
❑ Install and use the printer driver to print your documents.
See Chapter 2 for step-by-step instructions.
❑ Manage your print jobs and calibrate the printer using the
utilities that came with the printer driver; see Chapter 3.
After you’ve installed the driver, select the ReadMe icon in the
EPSON program group in Windows for the latest information.
Introduction
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