EPSON Stylus COLOR 3000
EPSON Stylus Color 3000 Service Manual 1-29
Black and White Printing CMYK Printing (color)
Auto
Good throughput and print
quality.
Good throughput.
Low color quality when using special paper.
(Color correction depends on the print direction.)
Bi-D
High throughput.
Possibly low print quality.
High throughput.
Low color quality when using special paper.
(Color correction depends on the print direction.)
Uni-D
Low throughput.
High print quality.
Low throughput.
High color quality.
Character Mode
(for DOS)
Raster Graphics Mode
(for Windows / Macintosh)
*
ESC U 0 Auto Bi-D
Auto ESC U 1 Auto Uni-D
ESC U 2 Auto Auto
Auto Auto
ESC U 0 Bi-D Bi-D
Default
Bi-D ESC U 1 Uni-D Uni-D
Setting Mode
ESC U 2 Auto Auto
Bi-D Bi-D
ESC U 0 Uni-D Bi-D
Uni-D ESC U 1 Uni-D Uni-D
ESC U 2 Uni-D Auto
Uni-D Uni-D
*The driver in the Windows or Macintosh environment controls printing direction.
When banner mode is selected by a default setting or remote command, the function works as described in
Table 1-33.
Function
Trigger
Banner mode Off
(manual insertion)
Banner mode On
Command
FF 1. Page length is set by ESC (C
→ Eject
2. Page length is not set by ESC (C
→ Advances to the top margin of
the next page
Advances to the top margin of the
next page.
ESC EMR No operation No operation
Switch
FF Eject Advances to the top margin of the
next page.
Eject Eject (maximum 44 inches) Advances to the top margin of the
next page.
Data
Over the page
length set by
command
1. If page length is set by ESC (C
→ Eject
2. If page length is not set by ESC (C
→ No operation
No operation
Over the paper
length
Eject Eject
Table 1-31. Print Direction Mode Characteristics
Table 1-32. Printing Direction and ESC U Commands
Table 1-33. Vertical Printing Positions for Manual Insertion