Epson C3900 Manual

							Items Settings (default in bold)/Description
CALIBRATI
ONTONE CALIBRATION
ON/OFF
If ON is selected, image adjustments are applied.
If OFF is selected, image adjustments are not applied.
AIDC PROCESS
EXECUTE/CANCEL
If EXECUTE is selected, image adjustments are performed
immediately.
If CANCEL is selected, image adjustments are not performed.
Note:
The AIDC PROCESS function consumes toner.
CMYK
DENSITYCYAN/
MAGENTA
/YELLOW/
BLACKHIGHLIGH
T/
MIDDLE/
SHADOW-3/-2/-1/0/+1/+2/+3
The density of the highlight/middle/shadow color in images
can be adjusted.
COLOR SEPARATION
ON/OFF
If ON is selected, color separation are performed. The
contents of a color page is separated into the color pages for
yellow, magenta, cyan and black, and each is printed with
black gradations as individual pages. The printing order is
yellow, magenta, cyan, then black.
*1If EDGE STRENGTH is set to OFF, or ECONOMY PRINT is set to ON, the edges cannot be emphasized.
MEMORY DIRECT
With this menu, settings for “memory direct” function can be specified.
For details on memory direct, refer to “Memory Direct” on page 56.
Note:
❏This menu appears when an optional hard disk drive is installed, and INTERFACE MENU/MEMORY
DIRECT is set to ENABLE.
❏This menu does not appear if public user access has not been permitted through authentication
settings. For details on the authentication settings, refer to the Reference Guide.
❏If SYS DEFAULT MENU/SECURITY/LOCK PANEL is set to ON, the password must be entered in order
for the contents of MEMORY DIRECT to be displayed. For details on LOCK PANEL, refer to “SYS
DEFAULT MENU” on page 46.
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							Items Settings (default in bold)/Description
LIST OF FILES
*1Select the file that you wish to output, and then press the
Menu/Select key.
If the file to be printed is in a folder, select the folder, and then
press the Menu/Select key.
Note:
A maximum of 99 folders and files can be displayed. Empty
folders are not displayed.
LETTER/A4
*2LETTER, LEGAL, EXECUTIVE, A4, A5, A6, B5(JIS), B6(JIS), GOVT
LETTER, STATEMENT, FOLIO, SP FOLIO, UK QUARTO,
FOOLSCAP, GOVT LEGAL, 16K, PHOTO 4×6
*3, KAI 16, KAI 32,
ENV C6, ENV DL, ENV MONARCH, ENV CHOU#3, ENV CHOU#4,
B5(ISO), ENV #10, JPOST, JPOST-D, 8 1/8x13 1/4, 8 1/2x13 1/2,
CUSTOM
Change the size of the paper.
DUPLEX
*4OFF/LONG EDGE/SHORT EDGE
Select whether to perform duplex printing.
If OFF is selected, duplex printing is not performed.
If LONG EDGE is selected, the page will be printed on both sides
of the paper for long edge binding.
If SHORT EDGE is selected, the page will be printed on both
sides of the paper for short edge binding.
COPIES
1-9999
Specify the number of copies to be printed.
COLLATE
*5ON/OFF
Select whether to collate the copies.
TYPE OF FILES
PDF,XPS,JPEG,TIFF/PDF,XPS
Select the type of files to be displayed.
*1This item appears when a USB memory device is plugged into the USB memory port.
*2This item does not appear if the selected file is PDF and XPS file.
*3Depending on the setting selected for SYS DEFAULT MENU/PAPER/UNIT OF MEASURE, PHOTO 4×6 may change to PHOTO
10×15.
*4This item appears only Epson AcuLaser C3900DN.
*5This item appears only if the optional hard disk drive is installed.
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							INTERFACE MENU
With this menu, interface settings can be specified.
Note:
❏Restart the printer after changing settings in the ETHERNET menu.
❏If SYS DEFAULT MENU/SECURITY/LOCK PANEL is set to ON, the password must be entered in order
for the contents of INTERFACE MENU to be displayed. For details on LOCK PANEL, refer to “SYS
DEFAULT MENU” on page 46.
Items Settings (default in bold)/Description
JOB TIMEOUT
5 seconds-15 seconds-300 seconds
Specify the timeout interval for a print job being
received.
ETHERNET TCP/IP ENABLE
YES/NO
IP ADDRESS
*1000.000.000.000
Set the IP address for this printer on the network.
If the IP address is manually specified, DHCP, BOOTP
and ARP/PING are automatically set to OFF.
SUBNET MASK
*1000.000.000.000
Specify the subnet mask for the network.
DEFAULT GATEWAY
*1000.000.000.000
Specify the IP address of the router if one is on the
network.
DHCP
*1ON/OFF
Select whether or not the IP address is automatically
acquired.
BOOTP
*1ON/OFF
Select whether or not the IP address is automatically
acquired.
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							Items Settings (default in bold)/Description
ARP/PING
*1ON/OFF
Select whether or not the IP address is automatically
acquired.
HTTP
*1ENABLE
YES/NO
FTP
*1ENABLE
YES/NO
TELNET
*1ENABLE/DISABLE
Select whether to enable or disable Telnet
transmissions.
BONJOUR
*
1ENABLE
YES/NO
DYNAMIC
DNS
*1ENABLE
YES/NO
IPP
*1*2ENABLE
YES/NO
RAW
PORT
*1ENABLE
YES/NO
BIDIRECTIONA
L
*3ON/OFF
If ON is selected, Raw port transmissions are enabled.
If OFF is selected, Raw port transmissions are
disabled.
SLP
*1ENABLE
YES/NO
SMTP
*1ENABLE
YES/NO
SNMP
*1ENABLE
YES/NO
WSD
PRINT
*1ENABLE
YES/NO
IPSEC
*1ENABLE
YES/NO
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							Items Settings (default in bold)/Description
IP ADDRESS
FILTER
*1ACCESS
PERMISSIONENABLE/DISABLE
Select whether to enable or disable access granting.
ACCESS
REFUSEENABLE/DISABLE
Select whether to enable or disable access blocking.
IPv6
*1ENABLE
YES/NO
AUTO
SETTING
*4YES/NO
If YES is selected, auto configuration of IPv6 is
enabled.
LINK LOCAL
*4Displays the Link-Local address.
GLOBAL
ADDRESS
*4Displays the global address.
GATEWAY
ADDRESS
*4Displays the gateway address.
NETWARE ENABLE
YES/NO
APPLETA
LKENABLE
YES/NO
SPEED/DUPLEX
AUTO/10BASE FULL/10BASE HALF/100BASE FULL/
100BASE HALF/1000BASE FULL
Specify the transmission speed for the network and
the transmission method for bi-directional
transmission.
IEEE802.1
XENABLE
YES/NO
MEMORY DIRECT
*5ENABLE/DISABLE
Select whether to enable or disable memory direct
printing.
*1These items appear when INTERFACE MENU/ETHERNET/TCP/IP/ENABLE is set to YES.
*2If HTTP/ENABLE is set to NO, IPP cannot be set.
*3This item appears when INTERFACE MENU/ETHERNET/TCP/IP/RAW PORT/ENABLE is set to YES.
*4These items appear when INTERFACE MENU/ETHERNET/TCP/IP/IPv6/ENABLE is set to YES.
*5This item appears only if an optional hard disk drive is installed.
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							SYS DEFAULT MENU
With this menu, settings can be specified to adjust the operation of the printer, such as the display
language of the message window and the time until the machine enters Energy Saver mode.
Note:
If SYS DEFAULT MENU/SECURITY/LOCK PANEL is set to ON, the password must be entered in order for
the contents of SYS DEFAULT MENU to be displayed. For details on LOCK PANEL, refer to “SYS
DEFAULT MENU” on page 46.
Items Settings (default in bold)/Description
LANGUAGE
ENGLISH/FRANÇAIS/DEUTSCH/ESPAÑOL/
ITALIANO/PORTUGUÊS/
///
NEDERLANDS/
/POLSKI/
Select the language of the menus and messages that
appear in the message window.
EMULATI
ONDEF. EMULATION
AUTO/POSTSCRIPT/PCL
Specify the printer emulation language.
If AUTO is selected, the printer automatically selects
the printer emulation language from the data stream.
POSTSCRIPT WAIT TIMEOUT
0-300
Specify the time until an error is determined to be a
PostScript error.
If 0 is selected, no timeout is performed.
PS ERROR PAGE
ON/OFF
Select whether or not an error page is printed when a
Postscript error occurs.
PS PROTOCOL
AUTO/NORMAL/BINARY
Specify the protocol for data transmissions with a
PostScript data stream.
If AUTO is selected, the printer automatically selects an
applicable protocol from the data stream.
AUTO TRAPPING
ON/OFF
Select whether or not neighboring colors are printed
superimposed in order to prevent white space around
images.
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BLACK OVERPRINT
TEXT/GRAPHIC, TEXT/OFF
Specify whether black objects are printed
(superimposed) on a neighboring color in order to
prevent white space around black characters or
figures.
If TEXT/GRAPHIC is selected, superimposed printing
is applied to text and graphics.
If TEXT is selected, superimposed printing is applied
to text.
PCL CR/LF MAPPING
CR=CR LF=LF/CR=CRLF LF=LF/CR=CR LF=LFCR/
CR=CRLF LF=LFCR
Select the definitions of the CR/LF codes in the PCL
language.
LINES PER PAGE
5-60-128
Specify the number of lines per page in the PCL
language.
FONT
SOURCEFONT
NUMBER0-102
Specify the default font in the PCL language.
The font numbers that appear correspond to the PCL
font list. For details on printing the font list, refer to
“PRINT MENU” on page 32.
PITCH SIZE
(POINT SIZE)0.44-10.00-99.99(4.00-12.00-999.75)
Specify the font size in the PCL language.
If the selected FONT NUMBER is for a bitmap font,
PITCH SIZE appears. If the selected FONT NUMBER is
for an outline font, POINT SIZE appears.
SYMBOL SET Specify the symbol set used with the PCL language.
The default setting is PC8.
XPS
*1DIGITAL SIGNATURE
ENABLE/DISABLE
Select whether to enable or disable XPS digital
signatures.
XPS ERROR PAGE
ON/OFF
Select whether or not an error report is printed after
an XPS error has occurred.
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							Items Settings (default in bold)/Description
PAPER DEFAULT
PAPERPAPER SIZE
LETTER, LEGAL, EXECUTIVE, A4, A5, A6, B5(JIS), B6(JIS),
GOVT LETTER, STATEMENT, FOLIO, SP FOLIO, UK
QUARTO, FOOLSCAP, GOVT LEGAL, 16K, PHOTO
4×6
*2, KAI 16, KAI 32, ENV C6, ENV DL, ENV MONARCH,
ENV CHOU#3, ENV CHOU#4, B5(ISO), ENV #10, JPOST,
JPOST-D, 8 1/8x13 1/4, 8 1/2x13 1/2, CUSTOM
Select the size of media that is normally used.
CUSTOM SIZE Specify the media size when PAPER SIZE is set to
CUSTOM.
The setting units can be switched between
millimeters and inches with the SYS DEFAULT MENU/
PAPER/UNIT OF MEASURE setting.
The setting range for WIDTH is 92 to 216 mm. 
The default setting is 210 mm.
The setting range for LENGTH is 148 to 356 mm. 
The default setting is 297 mm.
PAPER TYPE
PLAIN PAPER/RECYCLED/THICK 1/THICK 2/LABEL/
ENVELOPE/POSTCARD/LETTERHEAD/GLOSSY 1/
GLOSSY 2/SGL SIDE ONLY/SPECIAL PAPER
Select the type of media that is normally used.
UNIT OF MEASURE
INCHES/MILLIMETERS
The units for specifying the size of custom media can
be switched between inches and millimeters.
GRAYSCALE PAGE
AUTO/GRAYSCALE PRINT/COLOR PRINT
Specify the operation to be performed for
black-and-white pages in a job specified for color
printing.
If AUTO is selected, the printer determines whether the
data is color or black-and-white before printing it.
If GRAYSCALE PRINT is selected, black-and-white
printing is automatically performed depending on
each page. It may decrease the printing speed in some
cases, but it reduces the consumption of the color
toner cartridges and photoconductor unit.
If COLOR PRINT is selected, color printing is
performed, even for a black-and-white page.
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							Items Settings (default in bold)/Description
STARTUP
OPTIONSDO STARTUP PAGE
ON/OFF
Select whether or not a startup page is printed when
the printer is turned on.
AUTO CONTINUE
ON/OFF
Select whether or not printing continues if the size or
type of media in the selected tray is different from the
size or type of media for the print job.
If AUTO CONTINUE is set to ON, printing automatically
continues after about 10 seconds under the following
conditions. At this time, printing will be performed
even if the media size is different.
No media: PAPER EMPTY/TRAY EMPTY (“Error
Messages (Operator Call)” on page 142)
Different media size/type: PAPER ERROR/TRAY X
PAPER ERR (“Error Messages (Operator Call)” on page
142)
HOLD JOB TIMEOUT
DISABLE/1 hour/4 hours/1 day/1 week
Specify the length of time until print jobs saved on the
hard disk are deleted. If DISABLE is selected, print jobs
are not deleted at a specific time.
ENERGY SAVER TIME 5 minutes/6 minutes/7 minutes/8 minutes/9
minutes/10 minutes/11 minutes/12 minutes/13
minutes/14 minutes/15 minutes/30 minutes/1 hour/
3 hours
Specify the length of time until the machine enters
Energy Saver mode.
MENU TIMEOUT
OFF/1 minute/2 minutes
Specify the length of time until the status screen is
displayed when no operation is performed while a
menu or help screen is displayed in the message
window. If OFF is selected, no timeout occurs.
LCD CONTRAST
-3/-2/-1/0/+1/+2/+3
Adjust the contrast of the message window.
The darkest level setting is -3 and the brightest level
setting is +3.
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							Items Settings (default in bold)/Description
SECURITY CHANGE PASSWORD Specify the password for locking the control panel.
If the password is set to 0000 (default), the control
panel is not locked. In order to lock the control panel,
be sure to specify a password other than 0000.
LOCK PANEL
OFF/MINIMUM/ON
Specify how the control panel is locked.
If OFF is selected, the control panel is not locked.
If MINIMUM is selected, the INTERFACE MENU and SYS
DEFAULT MENU are protected with a password.
If ON is selected, all menus are protected with a
password.
In order to lock the control panel, be sure to specify a
password other than 0000.
CLOCK DATE (DD.MM.YY) Specify the date for the printer’s internal clock.
TIME Specify the time for the printer’s internal clock.
TIME ZONE
-12:00-00:00-+13:00
HDD
FORMAT
*
3USER AREA ONLY Initialize the user area of the hard disk. When this
menu is selected, the printer is automatically
restarted.
ALL Initialize the hard disk. When this menu is selected,
the printer is automatically restarted.
RESTORE
DEFAULT
SRESTORE  NETWORK Reset the network settings to their defaults. When this
menu is selected, the printer is automatically
restarted.
RESTORE PRINTER Reset the printer settings to their defaults. When this
menu is selected, the printer is automatically
restarted.
RESTORE ALL Reset all settings to their defaults. When this menu is
selected, the printer is automatically restarted.
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