Table Of Contents - Epson SureColor SC-F6300 Series User Manual

SC-F6300 Series User's Guide
Contents
Copyrights and Trademarks
Introduction
Printer Parts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Front Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Inside. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Slider. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Roll paper adapter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Control panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Understanding the Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Realizing High Productivity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Insistence on Ease-of-Use. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
High Print Quality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Notes on Usage and Storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Installation space. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Notes when using the printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Notes when not using the printer. . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Notes on handling ink packs and ink tanks. . . . . 16
Notes on handling paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Introducing the Supplied Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Supplied software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Pre-installed software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Using Epson Edge Dashboard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Starting Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Closing Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Using EPSON Software Updater. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Checking software update availability. . . . . . . . . 20
Receiving update notifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Using Remote Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Starting Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Closing Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Uninstalling Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Basic Operations
Notes on Handling Paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Notes on Loading Paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Loading and Removing the Roll Paper. . . . . . . . . . 24
Attaching the Roll Paper Adapter. . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Loading Roll Paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Cutting the roll paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Removing the roll paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Settings for Loaded Paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Registering New Paper Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Contents
Type and Summary of Paper Settings. . . . . . . . . 29
Procedure for Custom Paper Setting. . . . . . . . . 30
Optimizing Paper Settings (Head Alignment and
Paper Feed Adjustment). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Adjusting Gaps in the Print Position (Head
Alignment). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Adjusting the Paper Feed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Replacing Paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Using the Auto Take-up Reel Unit (Optional). . . . 35
Important points for correct take-up. . . . . . . . . 35
Attaching the Roll Core. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Attaching the Paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Removing Paper from the Auto Take-up Reel
Unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Printable area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Turning Off the Power Using Power Off Timer
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Canceling Printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Using the Control Panel Menu
Menu Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Menu List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Menu Descriptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Paper menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Maintenance Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Setup menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Maintenance
When to Perform Various Maintenance
Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Regular maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Refilling and Replacing Consumables. . . . . . . . . 62
Performing maintenance when print quality
declines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
What You'll Need. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Precautions Regarding Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . 65
Performing Regular Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Cleaning Caps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Stirring High Density Black ink. . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Cleaning the platen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Refilling ink. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Time Period for Ink Refills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Procedure for Ink Refills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Disposing of Waste Ink. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Preparing and Replacement Timing. . . . . . . . . . 79
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