Printer driver release 1.011 for OS/2 3.0 (Warp) and Warp 4.0
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This printer driver has been developed by EPSON Deutschland GmbH. This
particular version 1.011 supports the following printer models:

EPSON Stylus COLOR
EPSON Stylus COLOR II
EPSON Stylus COLOR 500
EPSON Stylus Pro/Pro XL
EPSON Stylus Pro XL+
EPSON Stylus COLOR 400, COLOR 600, COLOR 800, COLOR 1520
EPSON Stylus COLOR 3000
EPSON Stylus Photo

EPSON Stylus 1500
EPSON Stylus 300, 400, 800, 800+, 1000
EPSON DLQ-3000
EPSON LQ-100, 300, 570, 570+, 870
EPSON LQ-1070, 1070+, 1170, 2070, 2170
EPSON SQ-870, 1170

Page printers PCL5/5e
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EPSON EPL-3000, 4300, 5200, 5200+, 5500, 5600, 8100, 9000, N1200, N2000

Page printers EPSON GQ mode
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GQ-3500, 5000
EPL-4100, 4300, 5000, 5200, 7100, 8100
EPJ-200

Printer drivers with the extension (NLSP) are drivers which support particular
printer models with a special character EPROM. These printer models and drivers
are especially designed for use in the Eastern European market. The NLSP
function only becomes apparent, however, when you select a printer resolution
with built-in fonts. If you install an NLSP printer driver but do not have an
equivalent printer model, your printouts may contain errors when you select one
of the printer's built-in fonts.

Hardware requirements:
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- Processor:        min. 486/33 MHz; Pentium recommended
- Main memory:      min. 8 MB of RAM; min. 32 MB of Ram recommended (the more
                    the better)
- Hard disk space:
    - Installation: 6,8 MB of available hard disk space
    - Workstation:  Color printing at 720 dpi, DIN A4: approx. 80-100 MB of
                    available hard disk space (with 32 MB RAM)

The required amount of hard disk space varies according to the amount of main
memory installed (the more main memory, the smaller the swap file).

Special features of the printer driver:
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- TrueColor RGB input alterable to 256 color pallet mode
  (Attention: In 256 color pallet mode some colors may not match the
  colors of the original, since in this mode the system pallet of OS/2 is used.
  However, the printout is completed faster due to less data).
- In-built printer fonts and code pages supported
  (not supported for COLOR 400, 600, 800, 1520, 3000, Photo)
- Halftoning with error diffusion (random dot pattern)
- The EPSON Color Management system enables top-quality printouts in both b/w
  and color. The output in TrueColor mode is an almost exact match of the colors
  in the original.
- EPSON gamma curves for each printer
- MicroWeave technology for Stylus printers
- User settings can be saved under unique names
- The driver currently supports two languages (German/English)
- Metafile spooling (depending on the application, the system becomes available
  significantly faster and the printout is also completed faster)

Notes on installation:
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Please observe the following when installing the printer driver:

Warp 3.0, Warp 4.0
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- Run OS/2.
- Make sure that all printer queues are empty.
- Select the Icon DRIVES.
- Double-click on your CD-ROM drive.
- Double-click on the subdirectory OS2DRV.
- Double-click on the file EPSONPRT.DR_.
- Choose your printer with the right mouse button and keeping the right mouse
  button pressed, drag the printer icon onto your desktop.
- Choose the required language.
- Attention!!!!: Do not close any windows during the installation procedure
  and do not install more than one driver at the same time!!!! To make sure,
  nothing interferes with the installation, wait until the entire installation
  is complete. Please wait until the printer icon has been generated.
  If you do not observe this warning, the driver may not be installed properly.
  If an error message occurs during the installation procedure, delete the
  driver and reinstall it.
- To set the printer driver to be your default printer, click the right mouse
  button on the Printer icon, choose Set default from the menu and select the
  appropriate printer driver.
- Select the desired interface by clicking the right mouse button on your
  printer model, choosing Settings from the menu and clicking the Output button.
- The installation is now complete.


To modify the printer driver settings, click the right mouse button on the
Printer icon, choose Settings from the menu and then Printer driver. OS/2 makes
a distinction between printer settings and job settings. The job settings
usually apply to all programs. To modify the printer settings double-click the
icon of your default printer driver. You can now modify the printer properties.
The modified settings become valid as soon as you exit the printer driver by
clicking OK.

To modify the job settings, click the Job properties button. You can now modify
the job settings and save them under a desired name. As long as no program is
running at the time, these settings are valid for all programs. However, if a
program is running when you make your modifications, the settings will apply
just to this single program and will be deleted when you exit the program.

Note: If you are using a Pentium computer, you should change the priority for
your print jobs to 40 - 55 before submitting your first print job. This is done
via the Spooler icon to be found under System/Setup. A speed of 40 - 55 is
perfectly sufficient for the hardware printing speed.


Note: The first printout: If you are using TrueColor RGB input, it
follows that the more main memory you have available the quicker the printout
will begin. For example, if you print an A4 page consisting of graphics, the
main memory available will be shared between OS/2, the program, the graphics
file you are printing and the printer driver. An A4 graphics page in TrueColor
and printed at 720 dpi can be as big as 134 MB in size before being compressed
(image width x image height x horizontal print resolution x vertical print
resolution x TrueColor). If you have less than 48 MB of RAM, an extensive
swap file is created and your system is kept busy over a longer period of time.
If you do a lot of graphics work, it is advisable, therefore, to install
additional RAM in your computer (48 MB or 64 MB (recommended)).



Known problems
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- Stylus COLOR: It is better to avoid using a combination of 360/720 dpi (no
                printer fonts), MicroWeave and Bidi, as these settings can
                result in faulty printouts.
- IBM Works and DeScribe: The fonts are not provided with these programs as the
                printer fonts are not properly supported.
- Warp 4.0 bug: Green and blue are exchanged. Solution: Click the WARP 4 button
                in the driver (this is the default setting when the driver is
                installed under Warp 4). Meanwhile, in other Warp 4 versions
                this bug is fixed, if so please deselect the flag.
- DRAFT font:   At present, the printer's built-in font is not properly
                supported.
- Lotus Freelance Graphics 2.1: At the time being you cannot print with this
                application. Release Freelance Graphics 96 works fine.
- General:      Avoid to simultaneously create on two printers (via two
                interfaces) using the EPSON driver two color or two monochrome
                printouts at the same time.
- General:      If you installed the driver completely NEW or as an UPDATE,
                select once for each installed printer model from this driver
                the printer properties and the print job properties,
                make your settings and exit the driver clicking "OK".
- General:      We have found that you get an error if you select other codepages
                in OS/2 then 850 oder 437. It is possible that you can't start
                a printout.


Special note
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- Slow output under StarOffice: The programs of StarOffice presently do not
  support metafile spooling. You can see this from the printer icon which is
  displayed gray (disabled) until the file has been transferred completely to
  the driver.
  Until the printer icon is displayed in black (enabled) again, the
  print data have not been transferred to the driver and the driver cannot
  start the printout. In the actual version 4.0 you can select metafile spooling
  manually if you open the file SOFFICE.INI, search for the part [common] and type
  in under this part MetafilePrint=1. Perhaps if you have installed an interim
  update of this version this will be done automaticlly.

Fixed problems in this version
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- selection of manual paper tray


This printer driver has been extensively tested with the kind support of the
TEAM OS/2. Should you, however, find any errors, we would be glad to hear from
you with the following information:

- Test file
- Exact program information with details of program version and settings used
- Version number of printer driver
- Printer driver settings (all)
- If a general protection fault error occurs, we require a hard copy of the
  register settings (warning: a hard copy is also treated as graphics;
  the currently activated printer job properties are used)
- E-mail address, if available
- Daytime telephone number

Please send these details to:

EPSON Deutschland GmbH
Technical Support OS/2
Zuelpicher Str. 6
40549 Duesseldorf
Germany


Updates
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You will find information to possible printer driver updates in the
corresponding file area of our Mailbox:

                phone : 0211/5621411
            parameter : 8 Data Bit, 1 Stop Bit, no Parity

or in the Internet : WWW.EPSON.DE

We wish you every success with your EPSON products.

EPSON Deutschland GmbH, Duesseldorf, 2.10.1997
