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- README file for Epson Stylus(R) High Quality ESC/P 2 printer driver
- for Windows(R) 3.1/95
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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
-
-
- A. Important Legal Information
- ==============================
-
- 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
- ===================================================
-
- 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.
-
- SETUP.EXE does not install the driver
- When you execute SETUP.EXE opening the Control Panel, the driver will not be installed
- because the Control Panel overwrite WIN.INI.
- Close the Control Panel and execute SETUP.EXE again.
-
-
- II. Application notes
- ----------------------
- 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.
-
-
- Enjoy using your "High Speed" Epson Stylus!
-