Epson FX-2190 Reference Guide

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ABE J. Hashimoto, S. Yamamoto
H. Kimura
S. Halvorson
About Your Printer Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Using the Printer Driver with Windows Me, 98, and 95 . . . . . . . . 68
Accessing the printer driver from Windows applications . . 69
Accessing the printer driver from the Start menu . . . . . . . . . 70
Changing the printer driver settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Using the Printer Driver with Windows XP, 2000 and NT 4.0 . . . 72
Accessing the printer driver from Windows applications . . 73
Accessing the printer driver from the Start menu . . . . . . . . . 75
Changing the printer driver settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Printer Driver Settings Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Using EPSON Status Monitor 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Setting up EPSON Status Monitor 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Accessing EPSON Status Monitor 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Setting Up Your Printer on a Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Sharing the printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Setting up your printer as a shared printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Using an additional driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Setting for the clients. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Installing the printer driver from the CD-ROM . . . . . . . . . . 101
Canceling Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Uninstalling the Printer Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Uninstalling the printer driver and EPSON Status Monitor 3104
Chapter 4 Control Panel
Buttons and Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Selecting a Font and Pitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
About Your Printer’s Default Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Understanding default settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Changing default settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Lock-Out Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Turning on or off the lock-out mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Changing the lock-out mode setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Chapter 5 Problem Solver
Diagnosing the Problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Epson FX-2190 Specifications

General

Maximum print size	A3 (297 x 420 mm)
Color	No
Character pitch	10 cpi
Maximum resolution	240 x 144 DPI
Maximum printing width (columns)	136
Print technology	Dot matrix
Dimensions (WxDxH)	589 x 360 x 157 mm
Standard interfaces	Parallel, USB 1.1
Optional connectivity	Ethernet
Country of origin	Indonesia
Sound pressure level (printing)	55 dB
Mean time between failures (MTBF)	20000 h
Sustainability certificates	ENERGY STAR
Windows operating systems supported	Windows 2000, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows 7 Home Basic, Windows 7 Home Basic x64, Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Home Premium x64, Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Professional x64, Windows 7 Starter, Windows 7 Starter x64, Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Windows 8, Windows 8 Enterprise, Windows 8 Enterprise x64, Windows 8 Pro, Windows 8 Pro x64, Windows 8 x64, Windows Vista Business, Windows Vista Business x64, Windows Vista Enterprise, Windows Vista Enterprise x64, Windows Vista Home Basic, Windows Vista Home Basic x64, Windows Vista Home Premium, Windows Vista Home Premium x64, Windows Vista Ultimate, Windows Vista Ultimate x64, Windows XP Home, Windows XP Home x64, Windows XP Professional, Windows XP Professional x64
Power consumption (typical)	53 W
Operating temperature (T-T)	5 - 35 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)	10 - 80 %
Pallet width	1200 mm
Pallet height	1000 mm
Pallet length (UK)	2040 mm
Quantity per pallet	14 pc(s)
Quantity per pallet (UK)	21 pc(s)
Quantity per pallet layer	2 pc(s)
Quantity per pallet layer (UK)	3 pc(s)
Package depth	700 mm
Package width	460 mm
Package height	270 mm
Package weight	11740 g
Quantity per pack	1 pc(s)