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Epson EPL-6000 - General Information
DocumentID: 645231
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 8:19:04 PM

The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

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512K memory expandable to 2.5 MB and 4.5 MB.
Rated at 6 pages per minute.
Two cartridge slots.
Resolution is 300 x 300 dpi.
Recommended cycle is 3,000 pages per month.
Dimensions are 8.3" high, 16.1" wide, and 15.4" deep and weighs 35 lbs.

Paper tray holds around 150 pages and will hold letter, legal, A4, or executive paper.
Manual feed slot just like HP Series II.
The guides slide in from both directions to the center of the tray.
The manual key must be pressed to get the paper to feed (The LCD window will display "press manual key").
Maximum size paper is 8.5" x 14".
Minimum paper size is 3.2" x 5".
Paper output is face down or face up (selected by paper path selector switch, see diagram above).

Parallel and serial interface.
If a serial port is used dip switches must be set.
The switches (8) are by the serial interface.
For a RS-422A serial connection, switches 6 and 7 are on.
For a RS-232 serial connection, switch 8 is on (switch 5 is on if pin 25 is to be accessed).

HP Series II Compatible
Nearly totally HP Series II compatibility. There are no problems using the HP LaserJet Series II driver even for graphics. The menu panel is different than the Series II and will be explained in the pages that follow. Only incompatibility may be cartridge use; only HP cartridges A through Z can be used, plus some other 3rd Party cartridges (25 in 1, CF120).

Cartridges and Soft Fonts
The Epson EPL-6000 driver does not list any cartridges or soft fonts because Epson does not manufacturer any cartridges or soft fonts for the printer. The customer has two options to select their cartridges and/or soft fonts. The easiest option would be to select the HP LaserJet Series II. The second and more time consuming option would be to copy the font library to the WPHP2.ALL file in 5.1 or use the 5.0 Copyfont utility. (In early releases of the driver there is no resource for cartridges. In this case it would be easiest to use the HP LaserJet Series II driver; another option would be to get an update.)

Epson FX Cartridge
An optional Epson FX cartridge is available.
With the cartridge the printer emulates an Epson FX dot matrix printer.

Print Fonts Test
Take printer off line (press on line button), press reset/continue and special buttons at the same time.

Status Print Test
Take printer off line (press on line button), press up and down arrow keys at the same time. This test shows the control panel settings and other specifications including version number and memory.

Envelopes (Manual)
Set up just like a HP LaserJet Series II for manually feed envelopes.
Only thing the user will have to do is press the manual key on the printer (The LCD window will display "press manual key").

Optional: Epson suggests when feeding envelopes to take the printer off line and press the special key, then press on line again. The special key should be used when printing thicker paper. The paper path selector should be set to face up.

Envelopes (Continuous)
Set up an envelope form for standard landscape size (5.0 - 8.5 x 11; 5.1 - 11 x 8.5), location is continuous.

Select the paper size/type for the form you set up (11 x 8.5, Envelope), T/B margins at 4.5" and 1", L/R margins at 4" and 1".
May get paper jams.

Legal, A4, Exec (Manual)
Set up just like a HP Series II.
As stated before the user will have to press the manual key to get the paper to feed through.

Legal, A4, Exec (Continuous)
Set up form with location as continuous.
The user will have to change the paper size setting on the control panel. Information on the control panel is found on the following page. Since the tray holds a variety of paper sizes, the printer has to be told what size of paper is in the tray. If the user does not want to change the control panel settings, then define the form as letter size and adjust the margins.

Control Panel Settings - (SELECTYPE SETTINGS)
SelecType
When the printer is off line, use this button to enter or exit SelecType.

Up and Down Arrows
In SelecType mode, these two buttons allow you to move through SelecType menus and submenus. Also increases (up arrow) or decreases (down arrow) numeric values.

Set (Left and Right Arrows)
Press this button to select and set SelecType options.

Reset/Continue
This button clears the printer buffer, clears certain error messages (including paper size messages), resets the control panel to factory settings (Press off line, SelecType, hold down reset/continue button 3 seconds until display says INITIALIZE, then hold down 3 more seconds until RESET appears in the window.)

Manual
When the printer is of line, use this button to alternate between manual and automatic paper feed modes.

Special
This button sets a higher fuser temperature. Use this setting for envelopes or heavier paper. When printing envelopes or heavier paper, change the paper path selector to face up.

Menu Messages

DATA IN BUFFER
Appears after the print receives data without a form feed command. The printer is waiting to receive more information or a form feed command or the user to press the RESET/CONTINUE button to print the page.

Customers printing documents formatted with an odd font size (11.5, 12.3, 13.7, etc) may eliminate the error by changing the font size to a flat number (11, 12, 13, etc).

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