Epson 1520 User Manual - Page 136

The Sorry, EPSON Stylus COLOR cannot be used message appears Macintosh., Your printer icon doesn't - driver stylus color

Page 136 highlights

Troubleshooting The "Sorry, EPSON Stylus COLOR cannot be used" message appears (Macintosh). Possible cause The printer software has been corrupted. Solution Remove and reinstall the printer software. From the CD-ROM or diskette, click Installer. Then click Continue and select Custom Remove from the list displaying Easy Install. Select EPSON Stylus Series Printer Driver and click Remove. Click Continue, if necessary, and click Restart. Then follow the instructions in the Quick Setup booklet to reinstall the printer software and select your printer. Then, in the Extensions Manager, disable Quick Draw GX, enable EPSON Monitor2 and EPSON Stylus Color, and restart your Macintosh. Your printer icon doesn't appear in the Chooser (Macintosh). Possible cause Solution Your system has extension conflicts. In the Extensions Manager, disable Quick Draw GX, enable EPSON Monitor2 and EPSON Stylus Color, and restart your Macintosh. Printing is too slow. Possible cause Your printer software options are set incorrectly. Your system doesn't have enough resources. You're using background printing on a Macintosh. Your Spool Manager settings are incorrect (Windows 95/3.1). Solution For the fastest printing, try these settings (described in Chapters 1 and 2):  Set Print Quality to Economy.  Turn High Speed on.  Choose Black ink.  Choose No Halftoning.  Reduce the resolution of your image.  Clear more hard disk space or run a defragmentation utility.  Don't run too many applications at the same time.  Turn off virtual memory.  Increase your system's memory (RAM). Choose Get Info from the File menu when your application is active and increase the memory requirements. See Chapter 4 for more information. Or turn off background printing (you won't be able to use Monitor2). Change your default spool directory and other settings as described in Chapter 4. 7-12

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31
  • 32
  • 33
  • 34
  • 35
  • 36
  • 37
  • 38
  • 39
  • 40
  • 41
  • 42
  • 43
  • 44
  • 45
  • 46
  • 47
  • 48
  • 49
  • 50
  • 51
  • 52
  • 53
  • 54
  • 55
  • 56
  • 57
  • 58
  • 59
  • 60
  • 61
  • 62
  • 63
  • 64
  • 65
  • 66
  • 67
  • 68
  • 69
  • 70
  • 71
  • 72
  • 73
  • 74
  • 75
  • 76
  • 77
  • 78
  • 79
  • 80
  • 81
  • 82
  • 83
  • 84
  • 85
  • 86
  • 87
  • 88
  • 89
  • 90
  • 91
  • 92
  • 93
  • 94
  • 95
  • 96
  • 97
  • 98
  • 99
  • 100
  • 101
  • 102
  • 103
  • 104
  • 105
  • 106
  • 107
  • 108
  • 109
  • 110
  • 111
  • 112
  • 113
  • 114
  • 115
  • 116
  • 117
  • 118
  • 119
  • 120
  • 121
  • 122
  • 123
  • 124
  • 125
  • 126
  • 127
  • 128
  • 129
  • 130
  • 131
  • 132
  • 133
  • 134
  • 135
  • 136
  • 137
  • 138
  • 139
  • 140
  • 141
  • 142
  • 143
  • 144
  • 145
  • 146
  • 147
  • 148
  • 149
  • 150
  • 151
  • 152
  • 153
  • 154
  • 155
  • 156
  • 157
  • 158
  • 159
  • 160
  • 161
  • 162
  • 163
  • 164
  • 165
  • 166
  • 167

Troubleshooting
7-12
The “Sorry, EPSON Stylus COLOR cannot be used” message appears (Macintosh).
Your printer icon doesn’t appear in the Chooser (Macintosh).
Printing is too slow.
Possible cause
Solution
The printer software has
been corrupted.
Remove and reinstall the printer software. From the CD-ROM or
diskette, click
Installer
. Then click
Continue
and select
Custom
Remove
from the list displaying
Easy Install
. Select
EPSON
Stylus Series Printer Driver
and click
Remove
. Click
Continue
, if
necessary, and click
Restart
. Then follow the instructions in the
Quick Setup
booklet to reinstall the printer software and select
your printer.
Then, in the Extensions Manager, disable Quick Draw GX, enable
EPSON Monitor2 and EPSON Stylus Color, and restart your
Macintosh.
Possible cause
Solution
Your system has extension
conflicts.
In the Extensions Manager, disable Quick Draw GX, enable
EPSON Monitor2 and EPSON Stylus Color, and restart your
Macintosh.
Possible cause
Solution
Your printer software
options are set incorrectly.
For the fastest printing, try these settings (described in Chapters 1
and 2):
Set
Print
Quality
to
Economy
.
Turn
High
Speed
on.
Choose
Black
ink.
Choose
No
Halftoning
.
Your system doesn’t have
enough resources.
Reduce the resolution of your image.
Clear more hard disk space or run a defragmentation utility.
Don’t run too many applications at the same time.
Turn off virtual memory.
Increase your system’s memory (RAM).
You’re using background
printing on a Macintosh.
Choose
Get
Info
from the File menu when your application is
active and increase the memory requirements. See Chapter 4 for
more information. Or turn off background printing (you won’t be
able to use Monitor2).
Your Spool Manager
settings are incorrect
(Windows 95/3.1).
Change your default spool directory and other settings as
described in Chapter 4.