Epson Stylus COLOR 850N User Manual - Epson Stylus RIP Mac & PC - Page 73

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Troubleshooting The printer is producing pages containing illegible type or characters Possible cause The printer is not receiving and processing PostScript code. Solution Click Cancel in the Information window on a Macintosh or Cancel Printing in the Stylus RIP window on a PC to stop printing. If this doesn't work, turn off the printer to avoid wasting paper. On a Macintosh, halt the Stylus RIP application by holding down the Option and Command keys and then pressing Esc. Restart your Macintosh to establish communication with the printer. Make sure that you correctly performed all the steps in Chapters 1 and 2 (Macintosh) or Chapters 3 and 4 (Windows). On a Windows system, make sure you are printing through the PostScript printer driver, and the port is set to Stylus RIP. On a Windows system, set the Parallel port type to either EPP or ECP mode, See your PC's owner's manual for instructions on changing this setting in your BIOS. Images and type look bitmapped and jagged on your printouts Possible cause You're printing with the standard EPSON non-PostScript driver rather than Stylus RIP. Solution Make sure you start the Stylus RIP program before you start printing. On a Macintosh, make sure you select AdobePS in the Chooser. On a PC, make sure the correct Stylus RIP driver is selected in your application's Print Setup dialog box. 5-5

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Troubleshooting
The printer is producing pages containing illegible
type or characters
Images and type look bitmapped and jagged on your printouts
Possible cause
Solution
The printer is not
receiving and
processing
PostScript code.
Click
Cancel
in the Information window on a
Macintosh or
Cancel Printing
in the Stylus RIP
window on a PC to stop printing. If this doesn’t
work, turn off the printer to avoid wasting paper.
On a Macintosh, halt the Stylus RIP application by
holding down the
Option
and
Command
keys and
then pressing
Esc
. Restart your Macintosh to
establish communication with the printer.
Make sure that you correctly performed all the
steps in Chapters 1 and 2 (Macintosh) or Chapters 3
and 4 (Windows).
On a Windows system, make sure you are printing
through the PostScript printer driver, and the port is
set to Stylus RIP.
On a Windows system, set the Parallel port type to
either EPP or ECP mode, See your PC’s owner’s
manual for instructions on changing this setting in
your BIOS.
Possible cause
Solution
You’re printing with
the standard EPSON
non-PostScript driver
rather than Stylus
RIP.
Make sure you start the Stylus RIP program before
you start printing. On a Macintosh, make sure you
select
AdobePS
in the Chooser. On a PC, make
sure the correct Stylus RIP driver is selected in your
application’s Print Setup dialog box.