User manual EPSON STYLUS COLOR 300

[. . . ] Provides you with information on using your EPSON Stylus COLOR 300 and consumable products, from setting up to troubleshooting. Provides you with detailed information and instructions on the Windows printer software that controls your printer. Provides you with additional information on using your printer and printing with colors. How To displays a step-by-step guide for using your printer, information about printer maintenance, and instructions on replacing consumable products. [. . . ] Remove the paper from the sheet feeder and the paper path; then remove the paper support. Keep the printer flat in the box during transport. If you find something wrong with your printer, you may be able to solve the problem by: If your printer stops working and the lights on the control panel are on or flashing, use the following table to diagnose and fix the problem. Load paper in the sheet feeder; then press the E load/eject button to turn this light off. Take all the paper out of the feeder, and reload the paper. If the light continues to flash, turn off the printer and gently pull all the paper out of the printer. If it tears and pieces remain inside the printer, open the printer cover and remove the pieces of paper. After a few seconds turn it on and try printing again. If the error is not cleared, contact your dealer. Turn off the printer, and contact your dealer. Performing a printer operation check can help you determine whether the problem comes from the printer or the computer. to perform a printer operation check , follow these steps: 1. Make sure both the printer and computer are turned off. Unlock the wire clips on both sides of the interface connector and remove the ground connector, if necessary. Then disconnect the cable from the printer's interface connector. Make sure that paper is loaded in the sheet feeder. 17 inches) wide; for example, B5 size paper loaded short edge first. Otherwise, the print head will spray ink directly onto the platen during the self test and smear any documents you print afterwards. Hold down the E load/eject button and turn on the printer; then release the button. The above sample is in black and white, but the actual test prints in color (CMYK). Turn off the printer after it finishes printing one page. If the operation check page results appear as shown in step 4, this means that the printer itself is all right and that the problem probably lies in the printer software settings, application settings, the interface cable, or the computer itself. [. . . ] This means printing with only one color of ink, which is generally black ink. The area of a page on which the printer can print. It is smaller than the physical size of the page due to margins. A maintenance procedure you should perform when the black and color inks on your printout are misaligned or the printout seems fuzzy. [. . . ]