Epson SC-P5000 SERIES User Manual

Contents
Copyrights and Trademarks
Introduction
Important Safety Instructions................. 6
The symbols on the product................ 6
Notes on Installing....................... 6
Notes on Handling....................... 7
Notes on the Power Supply................. 8
Notes on Consumables (Ink, Media, and so on)
..................................... 9
Other Notes............................ 9
Notes on Manuals......................... 10
Meaning of Symbols..................... 10
Manual Organization.................... 10
Opening and Viewing Manuals............. 10
Operating System Versions................ 10
Printer Parts............................. 11
Front................................ 11
Rear/Spindle. . . . . ...................... 14
Control panel.......................... 16
Screen View........................... 18
Features................................ 20
Realizing High Resolution................. 20
Realizing High Productivity................ 20
Superior Ease of Use..................... 21
Notes on Usage and Storage.................. 22
Installation space....................... 22
Notes when using the printer............... 22
Notes when not using the printer............ 22
Notes on handling ink cartridges............ 23
Notes on handling paper.................. 23
Introducing the Software.................... 25
Software on the Disc..................... 25
Software on the Website.................. 27
Starting and Closing Software................ 28
Starting.............................. 28
Closing............................... 28
Uninstalling Software...................... 28
Windows............................. 28
Mac OS X............................. 29
Basic Operations
Loading and Removing the Roll Paper.......... 30
Printing and Reading Roll Paper Information
.................................... 30
Setting Auto Roll Paper Feeding............ 31
Loading Roll Paper...................... 31
Cutting the roll paper.................... 36
Removing Roll Paper..................... 36
Loading Cut Sheets........................ 38
Loading the Paper Cassette................ 39
Loading Manually from the Rear............ 44
Loading and Ejecting Thick Paper........... 46
Basic Printing Methods..................... 48
Printing (Windows)..................... 48
Printing (Mac OS X)..................... 49
Canceling Printing (Windows)............. 51
Canceling Printing (Mac OS X)............. 51
Canceling Printing (from the Printer)........ 51
Printable area............................ 52
Roll Paper Printable Area................. 52
Cut Sheets Printable Area................. 52
Changing the Type of Black Ink............... 53
Switching Automatically.................. 53
Switching Manually...................... 54
Power Saving Settings...................... 55
Using the Printer Driver(Windows)
Displaying the Settings Screen................ 56
From the Control Panel................... 56
Displaying Help.......................... 57
Click the Help Button to Display............ 57
Right-click on the item you want to check and
display............................... 57
Customizing the Printer Driver............... 58
Saving various settings as your Select Settings
.................................... 58
Adding a Paper Type .................... 58
Rearranging display items................. 59
Summary of the Utility Tab.................. 61
Using the Printer Driver(Mac OS X)
Displaying the Settings Screen................ 63
Displaying Help.......................... 63
Using Presets............................ 63
Saving to Presets........................ 63
Deleting from Presets.................... 64
Using Epson Printer Utility 4................. 64
Starting Epson Printer Utility 4............. 64
SC-P5000 Series User's Guide
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Epson SC-P5000 SERIES Specifications

General

Brand	Epson
Model	SC-P5000 SERIES
Category	Printer
Language	English