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EPSTYLUS.TXT Driver File Contents (Epsonstylus500.zip)

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README file for EPSON Stylus(R) High Quality ESC/P 2 printer driver
for Windows(R) 95/3.1
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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 file has the following sections:

A. Important legal information

B. Late-breaking news regarding your Windows printer driver
     I. Tips
    II. Application notes
   III. Known printer driver problems
    IV. Using the printer driver with older EPSON Stylus printers
     V. Using the EPSON Stylus printer as a remote printer on a network.

A. Important legal information
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Software called the EPSON Stylus High Quality ESC/P 2 driver for Windows 95/3.1
(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, 1996 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. Tips
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* Increasing the printing speed
  If MicroWeave is selected, monochrome printing is much slower than usual. 
  (Color printing speed is only slightly affected by MicroWeave). Turn off
  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
  at a lower resolution.

  The CPU speed, amount of main memory, application, document type, and degree
  of hard disk fragmentation also significantly affect the printing speed.

* Windows 3.0
  The driver does not support Windows 3.0. Please upgrade to Windows 3.1
  (or later) or Windows 95.

* 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
  In Windows 95, the EPSON Despooler remains open after you print a document. If
  you need to free up some additional memory when not printing, try closing the
  EPSON Despooler. Use Alt + Tab to switch to the Despooler. (In Windows 3.1,
  the EPSON Despooler closes automatically after a print job is completed.)

* Sample image on printer driver Graphics tab does not display properly
  The sample image provided on the Graphics tab of the printer driver 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 the image. You can then
  load in any 1-bit, 4-bit, or 8-bit .BMP file. (Do not use 24-bit .BMP
  graphics.) Depending on the image you choose, the printer driver preview
  functions may not work. If you wish to reload the EPSON-provided image, simply
  double-click the image again. Then select the EPSON.BMP file in your
  Windows \SYSTEM subdirectory.

* A red "x" (indicating a printing problem) appears over the printer icon in the
  EPSON Spool Manager, but the printer prints correctly.
  To correct this problem, use the standard Windows Print Manager. To do this,
  open EPSON Spool Manager. Select Setup from the Queue menu and place an x in
  the "Use Print Manager for this port" check box.

* "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
  Despooler and try again.

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

* SETUP.EXE does not install the driver.
  If you execute the SETUP.EXE command with the Windows Control Panel open, the
  driver will not be installed because the Control Panel overwrites the WIN.INI
  file. Close the Control Panel and run SETUP.EXE again.

* Using multiple printers on a single port in Windows 3.1x and Windows 95
  Some printers are designed to work alone on a given printer port. If you are
  having difficulty printing to the EPSON Stylus printer, redirect the other
  printers output to another port or print to a file. 

  To redirect printers in Windows 3.1x, follow these steps:
  1) Double-click the "Control Panel" icon.
  2) Double-click the "Printers" icon.
  3) Select a printer that is on the same port as the EPSON Stylus printer.
  4) Click the "Connect" button.
  5) Select a port different from the one that is selected, or select "File."
  6) Click OK.
  7) Repeat steps 3-6 until no other printers are on the same port as the EPSON
     Stylus printer.
  8) Close all dialog boxes and exit the Control Panel.

  To redirect printers in Windows 95, follow these steps:
  1) Select "Start," "Settings," and then "Printers."
  2) Right-click the EPSON Stylus printer icon.
  3) Select the "Properties" menu item.
  4) Select the "Details" tab and note the port name under "Print to the
     following Port."
  5) Click the "Cancel" button.
  6) Repeat steps 2-4 for each printer in the "Printers" folder. If a printer is
     on the same port as the EPSON Stylus printer, click the down arrow next to
     the port name and select "File: (Creates a file on disk)" for that printer.
     Then click "OK."

* EPSON Parallel Interface Card C82345*
  The current status of the printer cannot be read when using the EPSON Parallel
  Interface Card C82345*.
  Error messages such as "Printer is off-line" or "Printer is not responding"
  may be displayed even though the printer is printing. To correct this problem,
  open the EPSON Spool Manager. Select Setup from the Queue menu and then check
  the "Use Print Manager for this port" check box.

* Printing resolution settings
  Printing Mode settings in your printer driver software override printing
  resolution settings made in your application software. For example, when the
  Printing Mode is set to Super-720 dpi with Plain paper selected as the Media
  Type in your printer driver, your documents are printed at the Super-720 dpi
  setting even if your application software resolution setting is not 720 dpi.


II. Application notes
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* Micrografx Designer 4.0
  Imported grayscale images may be printed in black owing 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 adapter 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 error. Contact your
  software vendor for an upgrade to version 2.5.1 or above.

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

* AmiPro 3.0
  A General Protection Fault error may occur when printing large image files
  through AmiPro if the background printing feature is turned on. If you
  encounter this problem, disable background printing as follows:
  1) Choose Tools/User Setup.
  2) Choose Options.
  3) If the "Print in Background" check box contains a check mark, click the box
     to turn off background printing.

* CorelDRAW! 5.0E2
  If you experience a General Protection Fault error or notice that printed
  bands in your output are not aligned when printing black-and-white or 2-color
  images with this version of CorelDRAW!, try the following:
  1) Open the CORELPRN.INI file with a text editor. The CORELPRN.INI file is
     stored in the COREL50\CONFIG subdirectory of 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 it 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 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:
  a) Set your video adapter to display 256 or 16 colors only.
  b) Print your Excel charts and graphs in 360 dpi resolution.

* Microsoft Excel 5.0 / Windows 3.1
  Excel 5.0 spreadsheets printed in Economy mode are reduced in size. 
  This problem occurs with the standard Microsoft driver as well. Contact the
  software vendor for an update.

* FotoTouch Color 1.1a / Windows 3.1
  If US letter is chosen as the paper size, a blank sheet is output. 
  This occurs because this software does not support non-banding printer
  drivers, such as Postscript or HPGL/2. Contact the software vendor for an
  update.

* HyperScript Tools / Windows 3.1
  The color is not what you expected when multiple pages are printed.
  After the second page is printed, the software sends incorrect color
  information to the printer. 
  Contact the software vendor for an update.

* Harvard Graphics 4.0 / Windows 3.1
  Documents set to "draft" are printed in "best" quality.
  This problem occurs with the standard Microsoft driver as well. 
  Contact the software vendor for an update.

* Halo Desktop Image 2.02 / Windows 3.1
  When Super A3 paper size is selected, the printer cannot use the full
  printable area at 720 dpi.
  This is a feature of this software; the software sends a paper size command
  that is larger than the size set using the driver. Contact the software vendor
  for an update.

* QuarkXPress / Windows 3.1
  The printer prints garbage (a series of lines) when landscape is selected as
  the orientation and the resolution is set to 720 dpi. The error won't occur
  under Windows 95 or when portrait is selected as the orientation or when 360
  dpi mode is selected. Contact the software vendor for an update.

* QuickTime Movie Player / Windows 95
  When a QuickTime Movie Player file is printed, the printer feeds a blank page.
  This is a feature of this software; it occurs with the standard Microsoft
  driver as well. Contact the software vendor for an update.

* Microsoft Word 7.0 / Windows 95
  Line art printed at 720 dpi may not be positioned correctly. This is a feature
  of this software; it occurs with the standard Microsoft driver as well.
  Contact Microsoft for an update.

III. Known printer driver problems
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* Microsoft Power Point 7.0 / Windows 95
  The printer may print underlining in the wrong color.

* Corel Draw 5.0 / Windows 3.1
  The printer may not print in monochrome at 720 dpi on glossy paper. Select
  "Color" as the Ink setting. You can also use 360 dpi mode (and Special coated
  paper for 360 dpi) when printing in monochrome.

* Corel Draw 5.0 / Windows 95
  The printer may  not print at 720 dpi. Use 360 dpi mode instead.

* "Use Windows Matching"
  This option is available only under the conditions specified below:
  
  Only in Windows 95 (this option is not available with Windows 3.1x)
  Halftoning:   Error diffusion
  Color format:   Color printing

  Media Type / Printing Mode
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  Special coated paper - 720 dpi  / Super - 720 dpi
  High Quality Glossy Paper       / Super - 720 dpi
  Special coated paper - 360 dpi  / Best  - 360 dpi

  In Automatic mode, you can select "Use Windows Matching" if you previously
  selected Error diffusion in Graph or Photo mode.

* Microsoft WordPad / Windows 95
  If you don't send the first page as part of the print job, the printer does
  not print at all.
  Include the first page when printing a document.

* Your software cannot print to a file (.PRN or PostScript)
  Make sure you specify a file name and a directory name of 8 characters or
  less even in Windows 95.

* In some applications under Windows 95, the printer takes a long time to print
  documents when the Despooler is open.
  If this occurs, close the Despooler before each job you print with that
  application.


IV. 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 the 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.


V. Using the Stylus printer as a remote printer on a network
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There are two basic ways to connect the Stylus printer to a network:

1. Use the EPSON Stylus driver's built-in network support.
2. Use the network's LPT port redirection functions.

For best results when printing with Novell Netware 3.1x, use the EPSON printer
driver to set up your system for network printing. In addition, when printing
across a Lantastic Network you must use the built-in EPSON Stylus driver network
support to ensure reliable operation.

You will need to configure the following:
  * The computer that the printer is attached to (host computer).
  * The other computers on the network that will access the printer (remote
    computer/workstation).

To configure the host computer, follow these steps:
1) Create an icon for the EPSON Spool Manager (EPSPLMGR.EXE in the
   \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory).
2) Place this icon in the Startup group.
3) Open the EPSON Spool Manager window.
4) Select Setup from the Queue menu.
5) Select the Remote Despool tab.
6) Place an x in the "Printing from remote queues" box.
7) Select a common network directory, i.e. F:\EPSON. This is the spool
   directory.
8) Click OK.
9) Minimize (do not close) the EPSON Spool Manager.

To configure a remote computer /workstation, follow these steps:
1) Make an icon for the EPSON Spool Manager (EPSPLMGR.EXE in the
   \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory).
2) Open the EPSON Spool Manager window.
3) Select Setup from the Queue menu.
4) Select "Spool to remote printer."
5) Select the same network directory that was chosen in step 7 of the
   host computer configuration.
6) Click OK.
7) Minimize the EPSON Spool Manager.

When you turn on the host computer and start Windows, make sure that the EPSON
Spool Manager also loads. Each time the host computer is booted and Windows is
loaded, verify that the EPSON Spool Manager loads. If Spool Manager doesn't
load, network printing will not be possible.

Below is a list of possible network configurations in descending order of
preference.
1. EPSON Spool Manager network support. (Best performance)*
2. Dedicated print server.**
3. Print server running on a file server.**
4. Running RPRINTER on a workstation. (Poorest performance)**

*  Setup procedure is outlined above.
** Refer to your network software documentation or consult your network
   administrator.