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README file for Epson Stylus(TM) High Quality ESC/P 2 printer driver
for Windows(TM) 3.1
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Driver version 2.02
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The software on this disk is provided to allow you to
get the highest quality printing from your Epson Stylus printer.

This README has the following sections:

A. Important Legal Information

B. Late-breaking news regarding your Windows driver
     I. User hints
    II. Application notes
   III. Using the driver with older Epson Stylus printers

C. Calibrating your printer
     I. Running the calibration utility
    II. Calibrating High Speed mode printing
   III. Aligning Black and Color output
    IV. Using a mouse or keyboard
     V. Default settings

A. Important Legal Information
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Software called the Epson Stylus High Quality ESC/P 2 driver for Windows 3.1
(the "Software") is provided "AS IS."  NO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY
AND/OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE GIVEN.

The Software may be copied and distributed without charge only to users of
Epson brand printers.  All files on the disk must be copied without
modification, including all proprietary marks and notices.  All components of
the Software must be distributed together.  The Software may not be distributed
for profit.

Copyright (c) 1994,1995 Seiko Epson Corporation
Copyright (c) 1994,1995 Software 2000 Ltd., Oxford, England.


B. Late-breaking news regarding your Windows driver
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I. User hints
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Printing is very slow
Check your Print Options settings in the Media/Options screen.  If MicroWeave
is selected, monochrome printing will be much slower than usual.  (Color
printing speed is not affected by MicroWeave).  Deselect MicroWeave to increase
print speed.  If you are printing in monochrome, select MicroWeave only for 
presentation quality printing.

Other ways to speed up your printing include turning on High Speed mode,
turning off halftoning, printing in monochrome instead of color, and printing
in a lower resolution.

Windows 3.0
The driver does not support Windows 3.0.  Please upgrade to Windows 3.1
or a later version.

EGA and CGA displays
The driver does not function properly with EGA and CGA displays.
Either use the standard Windows driver (available from Microsoft)
or upgrade your monitor to VGA.

Freeing up memory
If you need to free up some additional memory when not printing, try closing
the EPSON Spooler.  Use Alt-Tab to switch to the spooler and close it in the
normal manner.

Image Settings image does not look good
The image provided works best with displays that support 256 colors or more.
Try changing your display driver (via the Control Panel) to display 256 colors
or more.  If your display adapter supports only 16 colors and your display
driver does not render the image well on screen, you can replace the image
with another of your own choice.  Simply double-click on the image.  You can
then load in any .BMP file which is 1-bit, 4-bit, or 8-bit type. (Note that
if you try to load a 24-bit type .BMP file, you will get an "Unsupported Format"
error).  Depending on the image you choose, the preview functions may not work.
If in the future you wish to return to using the Epson-provided image, you can
load it by double-clicking the image again.  It is named EPSON.BMP and
is stored in your Windows \SYSTEM subdirectory.

Dither options, Media Types, etc., cannot be selected
The driver limits the choices you can make to those which produce useful
output.  For example, if you select 720dpi, only the Diffused halftoning
methods are available.

Color text does not print correctly
Use one of the Diffused halftone methods.

EPSON Spool Manager fails to print
Use the standard Windows Print Manager by checking the "Use Print Manager 
for this port" check box in the queue setup dialog of the EPSON Spool 
Manager window.

"This driver cannot be updated because it is currently being used by Windows"
This error may occur if you try to reinstall the driver.  Close the
EPSON Spooler and try again.

First line near the top margin does not print correctly
When printing at 720dpi with MicroWeave turned on, the output 
near the top margin may be slightly distorted. To avoid this problem,
use your application program to lower the top margin position.  

II. Application notes
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Micrografx Designer 4.0
Imported grayscale images may print as black due to a bug in Designer.
To print correctly, do one of the following:
a) Change your Ink setting to Color (if you have a color printer), or
b) Select a non-Diffused Halftone method, or
c) Set your video display adaptor to 256 color mode, or
d) Update your version of Designer

Adobe Photoshop 2.5
Printing to a file may cause a General Protection Fault.  Upgrade to version 2.5.1.
or above.

S3 video drivers
If your graphics card uses S3 chips, you may find that some parts of the driver
do not display correctly on screen.  This does not affect printing.  Contact the
manufacturer of your card for a video driver update.

AmiPro 3.0
There is a possibility of a Gereral Protection Fault error when you
try to print a large image file through AmiPro if the background printing 
feature is turned ON.  If you encounter this problem, disable the
background printing feature with the following procedure:
1) Choose Tools/User Setup.
2) Choose Options.
3) Click "Print in Background" check box to clear up this option if it is 
   turned ON (checked).

CorelDRAW! 5.0E2
If you experience a General Protection Fault Error or distorted print-outs when
trying to print B/W or 2-color images with this version of CorelDRAW!, please
try the following:
1) Open CORELPRN.INI with a text editor. The CORELPRN.INI file is stored in
   the COREL50\CONFIG subdirectory for Corel 5.0 (i.e., C:\COREL50\CONFIG\CORELPRN.INI).
2) Go to the section labeled:   [Config]
3) Find the following line:     DumpEntireBitmap=1
   Change to read:              DumpEntireBitmap=0
4) Save and close the CORELPRN.INI file.
5) RESTART CorelDRAW!.

Microsoft Excel 5.0
If your display adapter is set up to display more than 256 colors, you may
experience ink bleeding when printing color charts or graphs in 720 dpi
resolution. If you encounter this problem, try one of the following:
  o Set up your video adapter to display 256 or 16 colors only.
  o Print your Excel charts and graphs in 360 dpi resolution.

III. Using the driver with older Epson Stylus printers
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This driver does not support the Stylus 300, 800 and 1000 models. If you 
intend to use this driver with one of these printers, select Stylus 800+ 
when installing the driver and note the following restrictions:

a) MicroWeave will not function correctly.
b) You must run the Calibration utility to enable High Speed mode.
c) Correct operation is not guaranteed.


C. Calibrating your printer
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I. Running the calibration utility
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TO GET THE HIGHEST QUALITY PRINTING YOU MUST CALIBRATE YOUR PRINTER!

The Calibration utility is called CALIBRAT.EXE and is located in the root
directory of the diskette that came with your printer.  This utility runs in
DOS, so you must either exit Windows or open a DOS window in Windows to run it.

We recommend that you copy the utility to your hard disk and put it in a
convenient directory such as C:\UTILITY for future use.  You can also run the 
utility from the diskette if you wish.

To run the utility, log on to the directory where the utility is stored, type 
CALIBRAT and press Enter.

Then follow the directions on the screen.


II. Calibrating High Speed mode printing
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Selecting High Speed mode in your printer driver causes your printer to print
bidirectionally.  Normally your Stylus printer prints from left to right only
(unidirectionally).  In High Speed mode, however, the printer prints from
left to right and also from right to left.  This lets you print much faster.

Although your printer is calibrated at the factory, it may become uncalibrated
during shipping.  You should have to calibrate your printer only once.
If you find it necessary to calibrate your printer again however, you can easily 
use this utility to recalibrate your printer.

If you suspect that your printer needs calibration, the easiest way
to check is by turning off High Speed mode and printing your document
again.  If the output quality improves, you should recalibrate your printer.

You should recalibrate your printer if:

  o Vertical lines in your output appear jagged
  o Letters appear to be skewed or split
  o Wavy gaps appear in halftoned images.

III. Aligning Black and Color output
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If you have a color printer (such as the Stylus COLOR), it may be necessary
to align the Black print head with the Color print head.

You should need to do this only once.  If you think that your print heads 
have somehow become misaligned, you can easily realign them with the 
calibration utility.

You should realign your print heads if:

  o Black output and color output that should line up doesn't.
  o Unwanted white spaces appear between black and color output.

IV. Using a mouse or keyboard
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Using a mouse
If your mouse does not work when you run the calibration program,
you need to exit the program and then install a mouse driver.
You'll find the instructions for installing a mouse driver in the
documentation that came with your mouse.

Using the keyboard
If you don't want to use a mouse, simply use the following
keys to move within the calibration program:

<Tab>		Moves the cursor among the options on the screen
<Arrow keys>	Moves the cursor to different items within an option
<Enter>		Selects an option

V. Default settings
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The calibrate utility resets some of the default values in your printer
to those listed below.

To get the best results from your printer using High Speed mode, we
recommend that you do not change the print direction setting after
using the utility.  You can change the other settings as necessary.

Note that after using the utility, the settings made will not be saved
to the printer unless you turn off the printer using the Operate switch.
If you turn off the printer by unplugging it or turning it off with a
power bar, the settings will not be saved.  After you have saved the
settings turn off the printer as normal.

Stylus 800, 1000
Auto print Direction: Off
Network I/F mode: Off
Mixed text/graphic mode: Off
Auto line feed mode: Off

Stylus 300
Auto print Direction: Off
Network I/F mode: Off
Mixed text/graphic mode: Off
Auto line feed mode: Off
Loading position: 8.5mm

Stylus 800+
Auto print Direction: Auto
Network I/F mode: Off
Mixed text/graphic mode: Off
Auto line feed mode: Off

Stylus COLOR, Pro XL, Pro, 820, COLOR IIs, COLOR II
Print direction control: Auto
Network I/F mode: Off
Auto line feed mode: Off

Enjoy using your "High Speed" Epson Stylus!