When to use Menu mode
Basic Menu setting procedure
Menu list
Details of Menu mode
Checking the print head nozzles
Aligning the print head
Selecting paper settings
Printing a status sheet

The Menu mode lets you select printer settings similar to those you would normally select in the driver or software, plus other settings, directly through the control panel.

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Some applications may send commands to the printer that override the Menu settings. If you are not getting the results you expect, check your application’s settings. To see the current Menu settings, print a status sheet. See .

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This section describes how to enter Menu mode and select settings with the buttons on the control panel.

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Press the  Cancel button whenever you want to exit the printer menu and return to the READY state. Press to return to the previous menu.

Enter Menu mode Make sure that READY appears on the printer’s LCD, and then press the Menu button to enter the printer’s menu system.

Select a menu Press or to select a sub menu.

Enter the sub menu Press to enter the selected sub menu. The first menu item appears on the printer’s LCD.

Select a setting Press the or to select a setting.

Set the setting Press to set the selected setting. The first item appears on the printer’s LCD.

Select an option Press or to select an option for the setting.

Set the option Press Enter to set the selected option. If the parameter is for execution only, press Enter to execute the function for the setting.

After execution, the printer exits the printer menu and returns to the READY state.

Exit the Printer Menu Press the Cancel button. The printer returns to the READY state.

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This menu contains the following items.

You can adjust the distance between the print head and paper. Normally, leave this set to STANDARD for standard paper. If you find that printed images are smeared, select WIDE or WIDER. Select NARROW for printing on thin paper, or WIDEST for printing on thick paper.

When you select ON, the printer stops printing if the width of paper loaded in the printer does not match the width of your print. When you select OFF, the printer continues to print even if the paper width does not match the width of your print, and the printer may print beyond the paper.

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When you load the paper using the manual feed slot, select ON. When you perform borderless printing, select ON.

You can return all of the printer’s settings to their factory default values.

This menu contains the following items.

You can print a nozzle check pattern to see if the nozzles are delivering ink properly. For details, see Checking the print head nozzles.

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When you select AUTO and perform a nozzle check, the printer not only checks for clogged nozzles, but also performs head cleaning automatically. You can print a nozzle check pattern using the Utility tab in the printer software. For Windows, see Checking the print head nozzles. For Mac OS X, see Checking the print head nozzles.

You can print a sheet showing the printer’s current status. For details, see Printing a status sheet.

You can print a sheet showing the printer’s current network status.

You can print job information saved in the printer (up to 10 jobs).

You can print information that you have registered.

This menu contains the following items.

You can view the firmware version.

You can view the number of pages printable for each ink cartridge.

You can view the status of each ink cartridge.

You can view the remaining capacity of the maintenance cartridge.

You can view ink consumption in milliliters.

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Values shown in USAGE COUNT are rough indications.

You can clear the values set in USAGE COUNT.

You can view ink consumption (INK) in milliliters and paper size (PAPER) for each print job saved in the printer. The latest job is saved as No. 0.

You can see the total number of pages you have printed.

This menu contains the following items. To select paper settings, see Selecting paper settings.

When you select STANDARD, the printer determines the paper thickness automatically. You can also select No. X (X can be any number between 1 and 10) to register the following settings or to recall the settings you have selected.

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If you selected STANDARD, the printer prints images according to the driver settings. If you select No. X, the control panel settings override the driver settings.

You can select the following paper types: MATTE THICK, MATTE THIN, PHOTO PLAIN, FINE ART PAPER, or REMOTE PANEL PAPER. REMOTE PANEL PAPER appears only when the Custom Paper is selected in EPSON LFP Remote Panel.

You can adjust the distance between the print head and paper. For most papers, leave this setting set to STANDARD. If you find that printed images are smeared, select WIDE. Select NARROW for printing on thin paper, or WIDER for printing on thick paper.

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The Platen Gap setting will return to STANDARD after you turn the printer off and on.

You can print a paper thickness detection pattern. If STANDARD is selected as the PAPER NUMBER setting, the pattern is not printed.

Check the paper thickness detection pattern, and then enter the number for the print pattern with the smallest gap.

You can set the paper feed amount of the printable area. The range is –0.70 to 0.70%. If the paper feed value is too large, white horizontal micro-banding may appear. If the paper feed value is too small, dark horizontal micro-banding may appear.

You can set the paper feed amount of the bottom area of the paper. The range is –0.70 to 0.70%. If the paper feed value is too large, white horizontal micro-banding may appear. If the paper feed value is too small, dark horizontal micro-banding may appear.

You can set the ink drying time between each print head pass. The range is from 0 to 10 seconds.

This menu contains the following items.

You can change the black ink according to the type of paper you are printing on. You can choose either Matte Black or Photo Black.

You can use this function to clean the print head more effectively than normal head cleaning.

You can set the year, month, date, hour, and minute.

You can adjust the contrast of the LCD panel.

This menu contains the following items.

You can correct for head misalignment automatically to obtain optimum printing results. If you use Epson media, select AUTO, and then select the paper type.

You can correct for head misalignment manually to obtain optimum printing results. If you use non-Epson papers, select MANUAL, and then select the paper thickness from 0.1 to 0.4 mm. For details, see Aligning the print head.

This menu contains the following items. For detailed information about network settings, see the Network Guide.

You can configure the network setting of the printer. The following items appear only when NETWORK SETUP is set to ENABLE.

You can select the method used to set the IP address of the printer. When AUTO or PING is selected, IP, SM, DG SETTING is not displayed. Select PANEL to set these addresses using the printer’s control panel.

Choose PANEL when setting the IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway using the printer's control panel.
Choose AUTO when getting the IP address from a DHCP server. The IP address is automatically obtained from the DHCP server whenever the printer is reset or turned on.
Choose PING when setting the IP address using the arp/ping command. The network interface uses the IP address set by the arp/ping command. The settings become available when the printer is reset or turned off and then back on.

You can set the IP address, Subnet Mask, and Default Gateway of the printer.

You can set the AppleTalk settings of the printer.

You can set the MS Network settings of the printer.

You can set the Bonjour settings of the printer.

You can return the network settings of the printer to the factory default value.

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To find out if nozzles are delivering ink properly, you can print a nozzle check pattern. If the nozzles are not delivering ink properly, missing dots will be evident in the print pattern. Follow the steps below to print a nozzle check pattern.

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Before you start printing your data, make sure that nozzle check pattern printing is complete; otherwise, the print quality may decline.

Make sure that paper is loaded in the printer and the printer is in the READY state.

Press the Menu button to enter the printer’s menu system.

Press to highlight TEST PRINT, and then press .

Press to select NOZZLE CHECK.

Press or to select AUTO or MANUAL.

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When you select AUTO, the printer not only checks for clogged nozzles, but also cleans the print head automatically. If you just want to print a nozzle check pattern to see whether nozzles are clogged, select MANUAL.

Press to select PRINT.

Press Enter to start printing the nozzle check pattern.

After the nozzle check pattern is printed, the printer exits the printer menu and returns to the READY state.

Nozzle check pattern examples (Manual):

If you find that any dots are missing or deflected from the test lines in the pattern, you need to clean the print heads. Press the Menu  button for more than 3 seconds or access the Head Cleaning utility software. For Windows, see Cleaning the print head. For Mac OS X, see Cleaning the print head.

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To prevent deterioration of print quality caused by misalignment of the print head, align the print head before you start printing your data. You can align the print head either manually or automatically. Try the automatic print head alignment first. If the print head is still misaligned, try to perform the print head alignment manually.

Make sure that paper (Premium Glossy Photo Paper, Premium Luster Photo Paper, Photo Quality Ink Jet Paper, Enhanced Matte Paper, or Archival Matte Paper) is loaded in the printer.

Press the Menu  button to enter the printer’s menu system.

Press to highlight HEAD ALIGNMENT, and then press .

Press to select AUTO.

Press or to select the paper type loaded in the printer from PREM._GLOSSY/LUSTER, P_Q_INK_JET_PAPER, or ENHANCED_MATTE_PAPER, and then press .

PREM._GLOSSY/LUSTER	Premium Photo Paper Glossy Premium Glossy Photo Paper
	Ultra Premium Photo Paper Luster Premium Luster Photo Paper
P_Q_INK_JET_PAPER	Presentation Paper Matte Photo Quality Ink Jet Paper
ENHANCED_MATTE_PAPER	Ultra Premium Presentation Paper Matte Enhanced Matte Paper Archival Matte Paper

Press the Enter button to start printing. After printing is complete, the head alignment starts automatically.

After the head alignment is completed, the printer exits the printer menu and returns to the READY state.

When using non-Epson media, you can perform the head alignment manually. Follow the steps below to perform head alignment manually.

Press the Menu button to enter the printer menu.

Press or to highlight HEAD ALIGNMENT, and then press .

Press or to select MANUAL, and then press .

Press or to select the thickness of the paper you have loaded in the printer, between 0.1 mm and 0.5 mm.

Press to set the value.

Press Enter to print the head alignment patterns.

Head alignment pattern examples:

After printing is finished, the pattern number and the currently selected numbers are displayed on the printer’s LCD. Examine the patterns and select the square with the smallest gaps, and then press or to highlight the square’s number for the best pattern.

Press Enter to store the selected number. The next pattern number appears. Repeat step 7.

After you select the last number, the printer exits the printer menu and returns to the READY state.

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You can register and recall your own paper settings for any media.

The paper settings you can make are:

Follow the steps below to register paper settings for a particular type of media.

Load the paper that you want to register.

Press the Menu button to enter the printer menu.

Press to highlight CUSTOM PAPER.

Press to select PAPER NUMBER.

Press and then press or to select STANDARD or the number (No. 1 to No. 10) you want to register settings for.

If you’re using Epson media, select STANDARD. You do not need to change any settings because STANDARD automatically determines the paper thickness.

Press Enter to select the paper number.

Select PAPER TYPE, and then press . Press or to select MATTE THICK, MATTE THIN, PHOTO PLAIN, or FINE ART PAPER. Then press Enter.

Press , then press to highlight PLATEN GAP.

Press , then press or to select NARROW, STANDARD, WIDE, or WIDER.

Press Enter to save the selected platen gap setting, then press .

Press to highlight THICKNESS PATTERN, and then press .

Press Enter to start printing the paper thickness test pattern.

Paper thickness test pattern example:

Examine the printed pattern to determine which set of lines are most closely aligned (showing the smallest gap), and note the corresponding number.

After the pattern is printed, THICKNESS NUMBER appears on the LCD. Press or to select the pattern number you selected in step 12, and then press Enter to save the selected value.

Press and to select PAPER FEED ADJUST A, then press .

Press or to set the paper feed amount of the printable area (A area in the illustration below), and then press Enter.

Press and to highlight PAPER FEED ADJUST B, and then press .

Press or to set the paper feed amount of the bottom area that is 2 or 3 cm from the bottom of the paper (B area in the illustration below), and then press .

Press and to highlight DRYING TIME, then press .

Press or to select the time in seconds, and then press Enter to save the selected value.

After registering the paper settings, press the  Cancel button to exit the printer menu.

Follow the steps below to select the registered settings.

Press the Menu button to enter the printer’s menu system.

Press or to highlight CUSTOM PAPER, then press .

Press or to select the paper number you want to use. If you select STANDARD, the printer prints your images according to the paper setting you choose in the printer driver. If you select No. X, the control panel settings override the paper settings in the printer driver.

Press Enter. If you select No. X, the number you selected appears on the printer’s LCD.

Press the  Cancel button to exit the printer menu.

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While in Menu mode, you can print a status sheet to see the printer’s current settings. Follow the steps below to print a status sheet.

Make sure that paper is loaded in the printer and that the printer is in the READY state.

Press the Menu button to enter the printer menu.

Press or to highlight TEST PRINT, then press .

Press or to highlight STATUS SHEET, then press .

Press Enter to start printing a status sheet.

After printing is finished, the printer exits the printer menu and returns to the READY state.

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