Epson LX 300+II User Manual

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Chapter 3 Printer Software
About Your Printer Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Using the Printer Driver with Windows Me and 98 . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Accessing the printer driver from Windows applications . . 40
Accessing the printer driver from the Start menu . . . . . . . . . 42
Changing the printer driver settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Using the Printer Driver with Windows Vista, XP, 2000, and Windows
NT 4.0. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Accessing the printer driver from Windows applications . . 45
Accessing the printer driver from the Start menu . . . . . . . . . 47
Changing the printer driver settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Printer Driver Settings Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Using EPSON Status Monitor 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Setting up EPSON Status Monitor 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Accessing EPSON Status Monitor 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Installing EPSON Status Monitor 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Setting Up Your Printer on a Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Sharing the printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Setting up your printer as a shared printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Setting for the clients. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Installing the printer driver from the CD-ROM . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Canceling Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Uninstalling the Printer Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Uninstalling the printer driver and EPSON Status Monitor 380
Chapter 4 Control Panel
Using the Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Control Panel Buttons and Lights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Selecting a built-in font. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
About Your Printer’s Default Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Changing default settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Epson LX 300+II Specifications

Power

rated voltage	120V AC
input voltage range	99 to 132V, 198 to 164V
rated frequency range	50 to 60 Hz
input frequency range	49.5 to 60.5 Hz
power consumption	Approx. 23W (ISO/IEC 10561 Letter Pattern)

Performance

print speed high speed draft	337 cps (12 cpi)
print speed draft	225 cps (10 cpi)
print speed near letter quality	56 cps (10 cpi)
sound level	49 dBA (ISO 7779 pattern)
mtbf	6, 000 POH (25% duty cycle)
print head life	400 million characters
ribbon life	3 million characters (draft, 10 cpi, 14 dots/character)

Weight and Dimensions

carton dimensions	14.5" x 17.6" x 8.6" (W x D x H)
carton weight	12.10 lb
height	6.26" (159 mm)
width	14.42" (366 mm)
depth	10.84" (275 mm)
weight	9.7 lb (4.4 kg)