Epson 3260 - Manual (Page 15)

Chapter 1
Setting Up the Printer
Unpacking the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Choosing a Place for the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Ribbon Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Installing the Standard Black Ribbon Cartridge . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Installing the Optional Color Upgrade Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Installing the Color Ribbon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11
Attaching the Output Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12
Plugging in the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13
Running the Self Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14
Loading paper into the paper cassette . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14
Running the test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16
Connecting the Printer to Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-17
using software Programs
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-19
Microsoft Windows 3.1 and all Windows Programs . . . . 1-19
What is a Printer Driver? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-21
Fonts with Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-21
Non-Windows Software Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-22
Trying it Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-22
Software Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-23
Avoiding smudged pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1-23
Printing landscape (horizontal) pages . . . . . . . . . . . .
1-23
Keeping page breaks in their proper place . . . . . . . . . . 1-23
Using fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-23
Fonts and the control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-24
Setting Up the Printer 1-1