Epson AcuLaser C3800N User Manual

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Printer Parts
Front view
a. front cover (cover A)
b. control panel
c. output tray
d. latch on front cover (cover A)
e. USB Host interface
f. MP tray (Multi-Purpose tray)
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Rear view
a. power switch
b. stopper
c. controller option expanded aperture plate
d. interface cover
e. AC inlet
f. Ethernet interface connector
g. Type B interface card slot cover
h. USB interface connector
Inside the printer
a. fuser unit
b. paper guide
c. transfer unit
d. imaging cartridges
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Control panel
a. LCD panel Displays printer status messages and control panel menu settings.
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e.Back button
Up button
Enter button
Down buttonUse these buttons to access the control panel menus, where you 
can make printer settings and check the status of consumable 
products. For instructions on how to use these buttons, see Using 
the Control Panel Menus on page 165.
f.Ready light (Green) On when the printer is ready, indicating that the printer is ready to 
receive and print data.
Off when the printer is not ready.
g.Error light (Red) On or flashes when an error has occurred.
h.Start/Stop button When the printer is printing, pressing this button stops the printing.
When the error light is flashing, pressing this button clears the error 
and switches the printer to ready status.
i.Data light (Yellow) On when print data is stored in the print buffer (the section of 
printer memory reserved for receiving data) but not yet printed.
Flashes when the printer is processing data.
Off when no data remains in the print buffer.
j.Cancel Job button Press once to cancel the current print job. Press and hold for more 
than two seconds to delete all jobs from the printer memory.
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Options and Consumable Products
Options
You can add to your printer’s capabilities by installing any of the following options.
❏550-sheet Paper Cassette Unit (C12C802291)
This unit increases paper feeding capacity up to 550 sheets of paper.
❏Duplex Unit (C12C802301)
This unit allows for automatic printing on both sides of paper.
❏Memory Module
This option expands the printer’s memory by allowing you to print complex and 
graphics-intensive documents. The printer’s RAM can be increased up to 1 GB by 
adding one additional 512 MB RAM DIMM and changing the pre-installed RAM to a 512 
MB RAM DIMM.
Note:
Make sure that the DIMM you purchase is compatible with EPSON products. For details, 
contact the store where you purchased this printer or an EPSON qualified service 
representative.
Consumable products
The life of the following consumable products is monitored by the printer. The printer lets 
you know when replacements are needed.
Product name Product code
High Capacity Imaging Cartridge (Yellow) 1124
High Capacity Imaging Cartridge (Magenta) 1125
High Capacity Imaging Cartridge (Cyan) 1126
High Capacity Imaging Cartridge (Black) 1127
Standard Capacity Imaging Cartridge (Yellow) 1128
Standard Capacity Imaging Cartridge (Magenta) 1129
Standard Capacity Imaging Cartridge (Cyan) 1130
Transfer Unit 3024
Fuser Unit (110-120 V) 3026
Fuser Unit (220-240 V) 3025
 
						

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Chapter 2 
Printer Features and Various Printing Options
Printer Features
The printer comes with a full set of features that contributes to ease of use and consistent, 
high-quality output. The main features are described below.
High-speed tandem printing engine
Your printer’s state-of-the-art tandem engine features 600 MHz image processing and 
single-pass technology that delivers 20 ppm (pages per minute) at 4800 RIT* color printing 
and 25 ppm black and white printing on A4 paper. 
* Epson AcuLaser Resolution Improvement Technology
Pre-defined color settings in the printer driver
The printer driver offers many pre-defined settings for color printing, allowing you to 
optimize print quality for various types of color documents.
For Windows, see Making the print quality settings on page 47 for more information.
For Macintosh, see Making the print quality settings on page 107 for more information.
Toner save mode
To reduce the amount of toner used in printing documents, you can print rough drafts using 
the Toner Save mode.
Resolution Improvement Technology and Enhanced MicroGray 
technology
Resolution Improvement Technology (RITech) is an original Epson printer technology that 
works by smoothing out the jagged edges of diagonal and curved lines in both text and 
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Wide variety of fonts
The printer comes with a selection of 84 scalable fonts, and 7 bitmap fonts in ESC/Page 
mode to provide you with the fonts you need to create professional-looking documents.
Adobe PostScript 3 Mode
The printer’s Adobe PostScript 3 Mode provides you with the ability to print documents 
formatted for PostScript printers. Seventeen scalable fonts are included. IES (Intelligent 
Emulation Switch) and SPL (Shared Printer Language) support allow the printer to switch 
between the PostScript mode and other emulations as print data is received at the printer.
PCL Emulation Mode
The PCL Emulation mode provides you with the ability to print documents in the PCL6/5c 
printing language with this printer.
Secure direct printing with USB memory
The printer can print files that are in a USB memory via a USB Host interface without 
starting the computer, installing the printer driver, or connecting the printer to a network. 
This function helps you to keep your files secure by printing them as you are standing in 
front of the printer. See Printing Directly from a USB Memory on page 206 for more 
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Various Printing Options
This printer provides you with a variety of different printing options. You can print in various 
formats, or can print using many different types of paper.
The following explains the procedure for each type of printing. Choose the appropriate one 
for your printing.
Double-sided printing
Duplex printing on page 51 (Windows)
Duplex printing on page 128 (Macintosh)
Lets you print on both sides of the paper.
Fit to page printing
Resizing printouts on page 57 (Windows)
Resizing printouts on page 111 (Macintosh)
Lets you automatically enlarge or reduce the size of your document to fit the paper size you 
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Pages per sheet printing
Modifying the print layout on page 59 (Windows)
Modifying the print layout on page 113 (Macintosh)
Lets you print two or four pages on a single sheet.
Watermark printing
Using a watermark on page 60 (Windows)
Using a watermark on page 115 (Macintosh)
Lets you print text or an image as a watermark on your printout. For example, you can put 
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Header/Footer printing
Using headers and footers on page 63 (Windows)
Using headers and footers on page 126 (Macintosh)
Lets you print a header and footer on the top or bottom of the paper.
Overlay printing
Using an overlay on page 64 (Windows)
Lets you prepare standard forms or template on your printout that you can use as overlays 
when printing other documents.
Note:
The Overlay printing function is not available in the PostScript 3 mode.
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Using the Reserve Job function
Memory Module on page 220
Using the Reserve Job Function on page 72 (Windows)
Using the Reserve Job Function on page 133 (Macintosh)
Lets you print jobs that you stored in the printer’s memory later directly from the printer’s 
control panel.
Using the storage form overlay function
Using storage form overlay on page 68 (Windows)
Web-Page Printing
EPSON Web-To-Page lets you make Web pages fit to your paper size when printing. You 
can also see a preview before printing.
Note:
❏This software is for Windows only.
❏Install EPSON Web-To-Page from the printer software CD-ROM to use this function.
Accessing EPSON Web-To-Page
After you install EPSON Web-To-Page, the menu bar is displayed on the Microsoft Internet 
Explorer Toolbar. If it does not appear, select Toolbars from the View menu of Internet 
Explorer, and then select EPSON Web-To-Page.