User manual EPSON STYLUS COLOR 660 CONNECTION GUIDE

[. . . ] If this equipment has more than one interface connector, do not leave cables connected to unused interfaces. Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the manufacturer could void the user's authority to operate the equipment. For Canadian Users This Class B digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian InterferenceCausing Equipment Regulations. Cet appareil numérique de la classe B respecte toutes les exigences du Règlement sur le materiel brouilleur du Canada. iv Contents Introduction Getting Started on a Macintosh Setting Up the Computer Setting Up the Printer Connecting the Cable Installing the USB Printer Software Installing Your Creative Software and Electronic Manual Getting Started on a Windows 98 System Setting Up the Computer Setting Up the Printer Connecting the Cable Installing the USB Printer Software Enabling Windows Print Manager Checking Your Installation Installing Your Creative Software and Electronic Manual Appendix USB/Parallel Adapter Specifications System Requirements 1 2 2 3 3 7 10 11 11 15 15 18 22 24 25 27 27 28 v Introduction The EPSON USB/Parallel Adapter Kit lets you use smart cable technology to TM connect your EPSON printer to an Apple® iMac, Power Macintosh® G3, or ® ® Microsoft Windows 98 computer. It supports the following printers: EPSON Stylus COLOR 440 EPSON Stylus COLOR 600 EPSON Stylus COLOR 640 EPSON Stylus COLOR 660 EPSON Stylus COLOR 800 EPSON Stylus COLOR 850 EPSON Stylus COLOR 1520 EPSON Stylus COLOR 3000 EPSON Stylus Photo 700 EPSON Stylus Photo EX EPSON Stylus Pro 5000* EPSON Stylus Pro 9000* * The software in this kit supports these two printers for Windows 98 only. [. . . ] Wait for the EPSON window to appear, then double-click your printer's folder to open it. Double-click the Installer icon for your printer, then click Continue. Click Install and follow the on-screen instructions to install the printer driver and utilities, and select a default paper size if asked. After installation is complete, click Restart to restart your Macintosh. After your Macintosh restarts, open the Chooser from the Apple menu. 3 4 5 6 7 8 7 9 Click the printer icon for your printer. Printer icons are labeled as follows: SC 440 SC 600 SC 640 SC 660 SC 800 SC 850 SC 1520 SC 3000 SP 700 SP EX EPSON Stylus COLOR 440 EPSON Stylus COLOR 600 EPSON Stylus COLOR 640 EPSON Stylus COLOR 660 EPSON Stylus COLOR 800 EPSON Stylus COLOR 850 EPSON Stylus COLOR 1520 EPSON Stylus COLOR 3000 EPSON Stylus Photo 700 EPSON Stylus Photo EX If you don't see your printer icon in the Chooser, make sure your cable connections are secure and your printer is turned on. 8 10 Click the USB Port icon (if you've connected more than one printer of the same model, the port is numbered). 11 Turn on background printing if you want, then close the Chooser. Note: The printer software you just installed may include a utility called Monitor3. This is an upgraded version of Monitor2 and may differ slightly from the printer software documented in your user's guide. If you have an EPSON Stylus COLOR 440 or EPSON Stylus COLOR 640, you'll find additional information about your printer software in the Printer Software Guide for Macintosh located in the Manual directory on your USB Printer Software CD-ROM. (If you don't have Acrobat Reader on your computer, you can install it using the Acrobat Reader Installer on your USB Printer Software CD-ROM. ) Continue on to the next section to install any creative software that came with your printer, or to view your printer's electronic manual, if it has one. 9 Installing Your Creative Software and Electronic Manual If you've been using your EPSON printer with your computer, you've probably already installed your creative software and electronic manual, if your printer came with them. Otherwise, check your printer's setup instructions to find out about any software that came with your printer, and follow those instructions to install it. (The setup instructions may be called Start Here, Getting Started, or Quick Setup. ) Caution: Don't double-click your printer software's installer icon, even if you see a message telling you to do so, or you'll install it over the USB printer software. If you see a screen like the following, you've double-clicked the wrong icon. Click Continue and then click Quit to cancel the installation. 10 Getting Started on a Windows 98 System The instructions on the next few pages explain how to connect the USB/ Parallel Adapter cable to your Windows 98 system and how to install the printer software that came on the USB Printer Software CD-ROM. IMPORTANT: The printer software that came with your printer won't work with your USB/ Parallel Adapter. If you've already installed your printer software on your system, you'll have to remove it as described in the next section. 11 Setting Up the Computer If you've been using your EPSON printer with your computer, then you've already installed your printer driver on your system. You must remove the old printer driver and its INF file as described below before you can install the new USB printer driver. Note: Once you've installed the USB printer software, you can still print to your printer through the parallel port, if you want. Reconnect the parallel cable to your printer, and click Start, then Settings, then Printers. Under "Print to the following port" on the Details tab, select LPT1 and click OK. Then restart your system. Removing the INF File 1 2 3 4 Click Start, point to Programs, and select Windows Explorer. Click Apply to save the setting, then click OK to close the Folder Options dialog box. 12 5 Open the Inf folder, then open the folder labeled Other. Locate and select the INF file corresponding to the printer driver you're removing: EPSON Stylus COLOR 440 EPSON Stylus COLOR 600 EPSON Stylus COLOR 640 EPSON Stylus COLOR 660 EPSON Stylus COLOR 800 EPSON Stylus COLOR 850 EPSON Stylus COLOR 1520 EPSON Stylus COLOR 3000 EPSON Stylus Photo 700 EPSON Stylus Photo EX EPSON Stylus Pro 5000 EPSON Stylus Pro 9000 EPSONEPIIFE3P. INF EPSONEPS600. INF EPSONEPIIFE3O. INF EPSONEPIIFE4A. INF EPSONEPS800. INF EPSONEPIIFE2M. INF EPSONEPS152. INF EPSONEPS3K. INF EPSONEPIIFE3K. INF EPSONEPIIFE2J. INF EPSONEPIIFE2H. INF EPSONJIFE3A. INF 6 7 Click Delete to delete the old printer driver's INF file. If you have any printing problems when the printer is connected via a USB hub, try connecting your printer directly to the USB port on the computer instead. 15 1 Connect the adapter to an available USB port on the back of your computer, as shown below. [. . . ] Then reinstall the USB printer software as described in "Installing the USB Printer Software" on page 18. If you still have problems, contact your EPSON dealer or EPSON technical support as described in the Where to Get Help section of your printer documentation. Note: The printer software you just installed may differ slightly from the printer software documented in your user's manual. If you set up an EPSON Stylus COLOR 600, EPSON Stylus COLOR 800, EPSON Stylus COLOR 1520, or EPSON Stylus COLOR 3000, your printer software does not include the Status Monitor utility. Continue on to the next section to install any creative software that came with your printer, or to view your printer's electronic manual, if it has one. 24 Installing Your Creative Software and Electronic Manual If you've been using your EPSON printer with your computer, you've probably already installed your creative software and electronic manual, if your printer came with them. Otherwise, check your printer's setup instructions to find out about any software that came with your printer. [. . . ]