Contents
Copyrights and Trademarks
Viewing the Manuals
Meaning of Symbols........................ 5
Screenshots.............................. 5
Illustrations.............................. 5
Manual Organization....................... 5
Viewing Video Manuals..................... 5
Viewing PDF Manuals...................... 6
Introduction
Printer Parts.............................. 7
Front Section........................... 7
Rear Section........................... 10
Interior............................... 12
Ink Unit.............................. 14
Control Panel.......................... 16
Understanding and Operating the Display....... 17
Screen View........................... 17
Operating procedure..................... 21
Notes on Usage and Storage.................. 23
Installation space....................... 23
Notes for using the printer................. 23
Notes for when not using the printer......... 23
Notes on Handling Ink Supply Units/Cleaning
Ink Supply Units........................ 24
Notes on Handling White Ink.............. 25
Notes on Handling T-shirts (Media)......... 25
Introducing the Supplied Software............. 27
Supplied software....................... 27
Built-in Software in the Printer............. 28
Using Epson Edge Dashboard................ 29
Instructions for Starting.................. 29
Registering the Printer................... 29
Checking and Managing the Printer's Status. . . . 30
Copying media settings of other printers. . . . . . 32
Exiting procedure....................... 33
Using EPSON Software Updater.............. 34
Checking software update availability......... 34
Receiving update notifications.............. 34
How to Use Web Config.................... 34
How to Start........................... 34
Function Summary...................... 35
Closing............................... 35
Uninstalling Software...................... 35
Basic Printing
Preparation.............................. 36
Under Normal Usage.................... 36
Items for Use in Pre-treatment. . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Overview............................... 38
Before Printing........................... 39
Pre-treatment............................ 39
Cautions when operating.................. 39
Agitating the polyester pre-treatment liquid.... 40
Opening the pre-treatment liquid........... 41
Diluting the pre-treatment liquid. . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Applying the pre-treatment liquid........... 43
Fixing the pre-treatment liquid............. 44
Creating and Sending Jobs................... 46
Workflow for Creating and Sending Jobs. . . . . . 46
Overview of Garment Creator for SC-F3000
Series................................ 48
Selecting the base color (T-shirt type)......... 50
Image arrangement...................... 51
Sending and printing jobs................. 53
Notes on Receiving Jobs.................. 53
Preparing the Platen....................... 54
Attaching/Removing a Grip Pad............ 54
Switching from Polo to Zipper (only when
using the medium grooved platen)........... 56
Replacing platens....................... 56
How to change the platen position........... 58
Load the T-shirt (media).................... 59
Loading on a Grip Pad Covered Platen........ 59
Loading on a Platen without a Grip Pad....... 62
Loading on Sleeve Platens................. 65
Loading on Medium Grooved Platens. . . . . . . . 67
Starting and Canceling Printing............... 70
Checking the platen position............... 70
Starting.............................. 70
Canceling............................. 71
Fixing the Ink............................ 72
Precautions when Fixing the Ink............ 72
Fix conditions.......................... 72
Printing from a USB Memory................ 73
USB memory requirements................ 73
Printing Procedures..................... 74
Deleting.............................. 74
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