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The Control Panel
When to use SelecType
The SelecType mode enables you to make printer settings similar to those you would normally make in the driver or software, as well as other additional settings — directly through the control panel. Keep the following points in mind when making SelecType settings:
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PRINTER SETUP |
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TEST PRINT |
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PRINTER STATUS |
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PAPER CONFIG |
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MAINTENANCE |
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HEAD ALIGNMENT |
The following shows the basic SelecType setting procedure.
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Enter the SelecType mode Make sure that READY is displayed on the LCD panel, then press the SelecType (  ) button.
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Select a menu Press the Paper Feed (  ) or Paper Feed ( ) button to select a desired menu.
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Select an item Press the SelecType ( ) button. The first item of the selected menu is displayed. Press the Paper Feed () or Paper Feed () button to select a desired item.
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Select a parameter Press the SelecType ( ) button. The first item of the selected menu is displayed. Press the Paper Feed () or Paper Feed () button to select a desired item.
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Set the parameter Press the Enter button to store the selected parameter. If the parameter is for execution only, press the Enter button to execute the function for the item. After execution, the printer exits SelecType mode and return to the READY status. Press the Paper Source (  ) button to return to step 3 if you want to select another item.
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Exit the SelecType mode Press the Pause button. |
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| | To exit the SelecType mode at anytime, press the Pause button. |
This menu contains the following settings.
Normally, leave this set to STANDARD. If you find that the printed image is smeared, select WIDE. Select NARROW for printing on a thin paper and select WIDER for printing on a thick paper.
When NARROW is selected, N is displayed on the LCD panel. W is displayed when WIDE or WIDER is selected.
When you select ON, page lines are printed on the roll paper. When you select OFF, page lines are not printed on the roll paper.
The Print Page Line operation changes according to the Auto Cut settings as shown below.
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Roll Auto Cut light |
Print Page Line |
Printer's Operation |
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On |
On |
Prints page line on the right side only, and cuts paper automatically after the print job. |
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On |
Off |
Cuts paper automatically after the print job. |
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Roll Cutter Off light |
Print Page Line |
Printer's Operation |
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On |
On |
Prints page lines on the right side and below the document. |
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On |
Off |
Does not print page lines nor cut. |
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| When the Sheet light is on, the Print Page Line setting is not available. |
When AUTO is selected, the printer automatically switches between interfaces depending on which one is receiving data first. If no more print jobs have been received, the printer returns to an idle state after 10 seconds or more. You can also select the interface from parallel, USB, or option.
Select the code page from PC437 and PC850.
Select margins for roll paper from 3 mm, 15 mm, and T/B 15 mm.
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Margin settings |
Top/Bottom |
Left/Right |
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3 mm |
3 mm |
3 mm |
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15 mm |
15 mm |
15 mm |
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T/B 15 mm |
15 mm |
3 mm |
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When the same image is printed with a 3 mm margin and a 15 mm margin and compared, you may notice that part of the right side of the 15 mm margin image is not printed.
When ON is selected, the printer stops printing and RELOAD PAPER appears on the printer's control panel when the paper width loaded in the printer does not match the image width. When OFF is selected, the printer continues to print even if the paper width does not match the images and the printer may print off of paper.
When OFF is selected, paper align error does not occur even if the printed image is out of range of the paper so that the printer can continue the print job.
When ON is selected, PAPER NOT STRAIGHT is displayed on the LCD panel and the printer stops printing.
The setting range is 30 to 180 seconds. If a cable of your printer unplugged or your printer hangs up for more than the set time range, the print job is cancelled and the printer starts paper feed.
The following settings can be made.
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Margin |
Cut method |
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1 CUT |
Sets four sides to a margin of zero. |
Before printing starts, the printer feeds the paper for the preset length and cuts it while printing. |
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2 CUTS |
Sets four sides to a margin of zero. |
The printer feeds the paper for the preset length and cuts it while printing. |
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L/R ONLY |
Makes left and right margin zero. |
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Adjusts the paper cutting position when printing with a top and bottom margin of zero. This function prints cutter adjustment patterns and you can select the appropriate cutting position from among them.
When ON is selected, the printer cuts extra print area after No Margin printing is used automatically. The cut length depends on the preset value of the CUT PIECE ADJ mode.
Sets all setting values you have made to their factory value.
This menu contains the following items.
Prints the nozzle check pattern for six colors. From the printing results, you can check for missing dots. Also, the firmware version, paper/ink life, Maintenance Tank counter are printed. For details, see Printing a nozzle check pattern.
You can perform nozzle check pattern printing using the utility.
Prints the current SelecType status. For details, see Printing a status sheet.
Prints the job information saved in the printer (up to 10 jobs).
This menu contains the following settings.
Shows the firmware version.
Shows the number of pages printable for each ink cartridge.
Displays the amount of ink left in the Cyan/Magenta/Light Cyan/Light Magenta/Yellow/Black (K1 and K2) ink cartridges.
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E |
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F |
(100-81%) |
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E |
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F |
(80-61%) |
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E |
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F |
(60-41%) |
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E |
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(40-21%) |
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E |
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(20-11%) |
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nn% |
(less than 10%) |
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Displays the free capacity of Maintenance tank.
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E |
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F |
(100-81%) |
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E |
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F |
(80-61%) |
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E |
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F |
(60-41%) |
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E |
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(40-21%) |
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E |
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(20-10%) |
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nn% |
(less than 10%) |
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0% |
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0% |
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Displays ink remaining (INK) in grams and Paper consumption amount (PPR) in centimeters.
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| Values shown above are rough indications. |
Clears the values set in USAGE COUNT.
The latest job is saved as No. 0 (zero).
I:xxxxxx mg shows the ink consumption for the job.
P:xxxxxx cm shows the paper consumption in m2 for the job.
Clears the job history in the printer.
Displays the total amount of pages you have printed.
For maintenance service person only.
CUTTER displays cutter life.
HEAD UNIT displays head unit life.
CLEANING UNIT displays cleaning unit life.
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E |
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(100-81%) |
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E |
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(80-61%) |
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E |
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(60-41%) |
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E |
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(40-21%) |
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E |
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(20-11%) |
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nn% |
(less than 10%) |
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| Note: |
| Values shown above are rough indications. |
This menu contains the following items.
When STANDARD is selected, the printer determines paper thickness automatically. Select No. X (X can be any number between 1 and 10) and set the following items.
Prints the paper thickness detection pattern. If STANDARD is selected in PAPER NUMBER, the pattern is not printed.
After confirming the paper thickness detection pattern, the number for the print pattern with the smallest gap is entered.
Sets the cutter pressure (0 to 100%) for cutting paper. Lower the pressure to cut weaker paper.
Specifies the cutting method. There are two ways to cut paper (3 STEP and 4 STEP). Select 4 STEP for cutting weaker or thicker paper.
Sets the paper feed amount. The range is -1.00 to 1.00%.
Sets the ink drying time per print head pass. The range is 0 to 5 seconds.
Sets the suction pressure for feeding the printed paper. If you use a thin paper, such as film, select LOW.
Adjusts the MicroWeave mode. The setting range is 1 to 5. Increase the value to give priority to the printing speed. Decrease it to give priority to the print quality.
This menu contains following items.
Allows you to clean the print head more effectively than normal head cleaning.
Enables you to replace ink cartridges for the most desirable printing. See Replacing Black Ink Cartridges for the details.
Displays the procedure for replacing the paper cutter. Follow the instructions on the LCD panel.
This menu contains the following items
Allows you to correct any head misalignment to obtain optimum printing results. For details, see Performing the head alignment.
A nozzle check pattern can be printed to check seven colors for missing dots.
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| Load paper in your printer as described in Using Roll Paper or Using Cut Sheet Media. |
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In SelecType mode, press the Paper Feed () or Paper Feed () button until TEST PRINT is displayed on the LCD panel, and then press the SelecType button.
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Press Paper Feed () or Paper Feed () button to display NOZZLE CHECK.
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| Press SelecType button to display PRINT. |
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Nozzle check pattern examples:
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good |
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head cleaning necessary |
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If you find that any segments are missing from the test lines in the pattern, you need to clean the print heads. Press the Cleaning button on the control panel for more than 3 seconds or access the Head Cleaning utility from the EPSON printer utilities in your software. See Using the Printer Utilities.
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| Before you start printing images, make sure that the nozzle check pattern printing is complete. Otherwise, print quality may decline. |
How to perform the head alignment by SelecType is described below.
To align the print heads, follow the steps below.
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| Load paper in your printer as described in Using Roll Paper or Using Cut Sheet Media. |
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In SelecType mode, press Paper Feed () or Paper Feed () button until HEAD ALIGNMENT is displayed on the LCD panel, and press SelecType button again.
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Press Paper Feed () or Paper Feed () button to display PAPER THKNS on the upper row, and press SelecType button again.
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Press the Paper Feed () or Paper Feed () button to display either STD, 3N, or 0N, or set the paper thickness between 0.0 and 1.6mm, and press the Enter button. Press the SelecType () button after confirming ALIGNMENT displayed on the LCD panel.
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STD |
For EPSON Special media other than the following |
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3N |
For Premium Glossy Photo Paper (250), Premium Semiglossy Photo Paper (250), Premium Luster Photo Paper, Premium Semimatte Photo Paper (250) |
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0N |
For film |
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Paper thickness (0.0 to 1.6 mm) |
For non-EPSON special media |
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Press the Paper Feed () or Paper Feed () button to select BI-D ALL.
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Head alignment pattern examples:
* smallest gap
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After printing, the pattern number and current set number are displayed. Select the set that has the smallest gaps, then press Paper Feed () or Paper Feed () button to display the number for that set.
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When you use media other than EPSON special media, you may need to set the paper thickness. You can select whether the thickness of the paper you are using is determined automatically (STD (standard)) or by the registered value (1 to 10) in the Paper Settings menu. To register and recall the settings you made, see the following sections. You can also register the ink drying time for respective paper settings including STD. To select the registered setting, see Selecting the registered settings.
To register the paper thickness and ink drying time settings, follow the steps below.
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| Load the paper which you want to check referring Using Roll Paper or Using Cut Sheet Media. |
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In the SelecType mode, press the Paper Feed () or Paper Feed () button until PAPER CONFIG appears on the LCD panel, and then press the SelecType button.
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Press the Paper Feed () or Paper Feed () button to display PAPER NUMBER appears on the upper row, and then press the SelecType button.
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4. Press the Paper Feed () or Paper Feed () button to select the number you want to register as the setting, and then press the Enter button. When you select STD, skip to step 8.
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Press the Paper Source (), and press the Paper Feed () or Paper Feed () button to display THICKNESS PAT.
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Press the SelecType () button, then PRINT appears.
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Paper thickness test pattern example:
* smallest gap
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After the printing, THICKNESS NUM is printed on the upper side and the numeric data is printed on the lower side. Select the noted number in step 8 using the Paper Feed () or Paper Feed () button.
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PAPER THKNS. value |
THICKNESS NUM |
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0.0 MM |
1 |
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Press the Paper Source () button and then the Paper Feed () button to display CUT PRESSURE. Press the SelecType button () and Paper Feed () or Paper Feed () button to set the cutter pressure for cutting paper, then the Enter button.
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Press the Paper Source () button and then the Paper Feed () button to display CUT METHOD. Press the SelecType button () and Paper Feed () or Paper Feed () button to select either 3STEP or 4STEP, then the Enter button. When cutting non-EPSON media and weaker or thicker paper, 4STEP is recommended.
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Press the Paper Source () button and then the Paper Feed () button to display PPR FEED ADJ. Press the SelecType () button and Paper Feed () or Paper Feed () button to set the paper feed amount, then the Enter button.
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Press the Paper Source () button and then the Paper Feed () button to display DRYING TIME. Press the SelecType () button and Paper Feed () or Paper Feed () button to set the drying time in seconds, then the Enter button.
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Press the Paper Source () button and then the Paper Feed () button to display SUCTION. Press the SelecType button () and Paper Feed () or Paper Feed () button to select either NORMAL or LOW, then the Enter button.
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When you use a thin paper, select LOW.
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Press the Paper Source () button and then the Paper Feed () button to display PRINT ADJ. Press the SelecType button () and Paper Feed () or Paper Feed () button to adjust Microweave, then the Enter button. The setting range is 1 to 5. Increase the value to give priority to the printing speed. Decrease it to give priority to the print quality.
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To select the registered settings, follow the steps below.
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In SelecType mode, press Paper Feed () or Paper Feed () button until PAPER CONFIG is displayed on the LCD panel, and press SelecType button again.
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Press Paper Feed () or Paper Feed () button to display PAPER NUMBER, and press the SelecType button.
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Press the Paper Feed () or Paper Feed () button to select the number registered that you want to use. Then press the Enter button.
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| Press the Pause button to exit the SelecType mode. |
In SelecType mode, a status sheet can be printed to see the current SelecType default values.
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| Load paper as described in Using Roll Paper or Using Cut Sheet Media. |
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In SelecType mode, press Paper Feed () or Paper Feed () button until TEST PRINT is displayed, and press the SelecType button.
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Press Paper Feed () or Paper Feed () button to display STATUS CHECK.
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| Press the SelecType button, and PRINT appears. |
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Press the Enter button. A status sheet is printed. After printing, the printer exits SelecType mode and returns to the READY status. |
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