Epson EPL N3000DTS User Manual

							8Getting to Know Your Printer
EPSON Quick Fuser Technology
The printer warms up faster than conventional printers. About 25 
seconds are required from power ON to when printing can be 
done at normal temperature. The time depends on the printer’s 
optional configuration. Furthermore, if printing data is received 
in the sleep mode, printing will be started after a warm up time 
of about 17 seconds.
Wide variety of fonts
The printer comes with a selection of 80 Laser-Jet-compatible 
scalable fonts, and 3 bitmap fonts in LJ4 emulation mode to 
provide you with the fonts you need to create 
professional-looking documents.
Toner save mode
To reduce the amount of toner used in printing documents, you 
can print rough drafts using the Toner Save mode.
Reserve Job function
The Reserve Job function let you store a print job on the printer’s 
Hard Disk Drive and reprint it directly from the printer’s control 
panel at any time without using your computer. You can also 
print one copy in order to verify the content before printing 
multiple copies. If the content of the print job is confidential, you 
can set a password to limit access to it. For details, see “Using the 
Reserve Job Function” on page 58.
Note:
You need an optional Hard Disk Drive installed in your printer in order 
to use the Reserve Job function. For instructions on installing the Hard 
Disk Drive, see “Hard Disk Drive” on page 210.
 
						

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Duplex printing
EPSON provides optional Duplex Unit, allowing you to easily 
print on both sides of the page. You can produce professional 
quality double-sided documents. Use this feature with any print 
job to cut costs and save resources.
HDD Form Overlay function
Enables faster printing with form overlays by allowing you to 
save the overlay data on the optional Hard Disk Drive instead of 
your computer. For details, see “Using HDD form overlay” on 
page 51.
Note:
❏You need an optional Hard Disk Drive installed in your printer in 
order to use the HDD Form Overlay function. For instructions on 
installing the Hard Disk Drive, see “Hard Disk Drive” on page 210.
❏You can not use the HDD Form Overlay function with the 
PostScript driver.
Resolution Improvement Technology (RITech)
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 
graphics. Enhanced MicroGray improves the halftone quality of 
graphics. With the driver provided, the printer’s 600 dpi (dots per 
inch) resolution is enhanced by RITech and Enhanced MicroGray 
technology.
 
						

							10Getting to Know Your Printer
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. Choose to use the appropriate one 
according to your printing needs.
Duplex printing
Lets you print on both sides of paper.
See “Duplex Unit” on page 195 and “Printing with the Duplex 
Unit” on page 54 for details.
Note:
You need the optional Duplex Print Unit installed in your printer in 
order to use this printing option. See “Duplex Unit” on page 195 for 
instructions.
 
						

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Fit-to-page printing
Lets you automatically enlarge or reduce the size of your 
document to fit the paper size you selected.
See “Resizing printouts” on page 36 for details.
Pages per sheet printing
Lets you print two or four pages on a single sheet.
See “Modifying the print layout” on page 39 for details.
 
						

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Watermark printing
Lets you print a text or image as a watermark on your printout. 
For example, you can put “Confidential” on an important 
document.
See “Using a watermark” on page 40 for details.
 
						

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Overlay printing
Lets you prepare standard forms or template on your printout 
that you can use as overlays when printing other documents.
See “Using an overlay” on page 45 for details.
Note:
The overlay printing is not available in the PostScript 3 mode.
Using the Reserve Job function
Lets you print jobs that you stored in the printer’s Hard Disk 
Drive later directly from the printer’s control panel.
See “Duplex Unit” on page 195 and “Using the Reserve Job 
Function” on page 58 for details.
 
						

							14Getting to Know Your Printer Note:
You need the optional Duplex Print Unit installed in your printer in 
order to use this printing option. See “Duplex Unit” on page 195 for 
instructions.
 
						

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Chapter 2
Paper Handling
Paper Sources
This section describes the combinations of paper sources and 
paper types that you can use.
MP tray
Paper Type Paper Size Capacity
Plain paper A4, A5, 
Letter (LT), B5, 
Half-Letter (HLT), Executive (EXE), 
Legal (LGL), 
Government Letter (GLT), 
Government Legal (GLG), F4
Custom-size paper:
76.2 × 127.0 mm minimum
215.9 × 355.6 mm maximumUp to 150 sheets 
(75 g/m²)
(Total thickness: 
17.5 mm 
maximum)
Envelopes Monarch (MON), C10, DL, C5, C6, 
IB5Up to 20 
envelopes
(Total thickness: 
17.5 mm 
maximum)
Labels A4, Letter (LT) Up to 100 sheets
 
						

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Standard lower paper cassette
Thick paper/Extra 
thick paperA4, A5, 
Letter (LT), B5, 
Half-Letter (HLT), Executive (EXE), 
Legal (LGL),
Government Letter (GLT),
Government Legal (GLG), F4
Custom-size paper:
76.2 × 127.0 mm minimum
215.9 × 355.6 mm maximumTotal thickness: 
17.5 mm 
maximum
Transparencies A4, Letter (LT) Up to 100 sheets
Paper Type Paper Size Capacity
Plain paper A4, A5, Letter (LT), B5, 
Executive (EXE), Legal (LGL)
Government Legal (GLG)Up to 550 sheets
(Total thickness: 
59.4 mm 
maximum)
Envelopes Monarch (MON), C10, DL, C5, C6, 
IB5Up to 80 sheets
(Total thickness: 
49.4 mm 
maximum)
Labels A4, Letter (LT) Up to 290 sheets
(Total thickness: 
49.4 mm 
maximum)
Transparencies A4, Letter (LT) Up to 100 sheets
(Total thickness: 
12.4 mm 
maximum)
Thick paper/Extra 
thick paperA4, A5, Letter (LT), B5, 
Executive (EXE), Legal (LGL),
Government Legal (GLG)Up to 160 sheets
(Total thickness: 
49.4 mm 
maximum)
 
						

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Optional 550-Sheet Paper Cassette Unit A4
Selecting a paper source
You can specify a paper source manually, or set the printer to 
select the paper source automatically.
Manual selection
You can use the printer driver or the printer’s control panel to 
select a paper source manually.
❏Using the printer driver
Paper Type Paper Size Capacity
Plain paper A4, A5, Letter (LT), B5, 
Executive (EXE), Legal (LGL),
Government Legal (GLG)Up to 550 sheets
(Total thickness: 
59.4 mm 
maximum)
Envelopes Monarch (MON), C10, DL, C5, C6, 
IB5Up to 80 sheets
(Total thickness: 
49.4 mm 
maximum)
Labels A4, Letter (LT) Up to 290 sheets
(Total thickness: 
49.4 mm 
maximum)
Transparencies A4, Letter (LT) Up to 100 sheets
(Total thickness: 
12.4 mm 
maximum)
Thick paper/Extra 
thick paperA4, A5, Letter (LT), B5,
Executive (EXE), Legal (LGL),
Government Legal (GLG)Up to 160 sheets
(Total thickness: 
49.4 mm 
maximum)