42 Epson L1250 printer

Checking the Ink Levels - Epson L1250 printer To confirm the actual ink remaining, visually check the ink levels in all of the printer's tanks. Important: Prolonged use of the printer when the ink level is below the lower line could damage the printer.

Checking and Cleaning the Print Head - Epson L1250 printer If the nozzles are clogged, the printouts become faint, there is visible banding, or unexpected colors appear. If the nozzles are severely clogged, a blank sheet will be printed. When print quality has declined, first use the nozzle check feature to check if the nozzles are clogged. If the nozzles are clogged, clean the print head. Important: Do not open the front cover or turn off the printer during head cleaning. If the head cleaning is incomplete, you may not be able to print. Head cleaning consumes ink and should not be performed more than necessary. When ink is low, you may not be able to clean the print head. If print quality has not improved after repeating nozzle check and head cleaning 3 times, wait for at least 12 hours without printing, and then run the nozzle check again and repeat the head cleaning if necessary. We recommend turning off the printer by using the   button...

Cleaning the Printer - Epson L1250 printer If the components and the case are dirty or dusty, turn off the printer and clean them using a soft, clean cloth that has been dampened with water. If you cannot remove the dirt, try adding a small amount of mild detergent to the damp cloth. Important: Be careful not to get water onto the printer mechanism or any electrical components. Otherwise, the printer could be damaged. Never use alcohol or paint thinner to cleanthe components and the case. These chemicals can damage them.

Installing the Applications Separately - Epson L1250 printer Note: When reinstalling an application, you need to uninstall it first. Make sure the printer and the computer are available for communication, and the printer is connected to the Internet. Start EPSON Software Updater. The screenshot is an example on Windows. For Windows, select your printer, and then click   to check for the latest available applications. Select the items you want to install or update, and then click the install button. Important: Do not turn off or unplug the printer until the update is complete. Doing so may result in malfunction of the printer. Note: You can download the latest applications from the Epson website. http://www.epson.com If you use Windows Server operating systems, you cannot use Epson Software Updater. Download the latest applications from the Epson website.

Checking if a genuine Epson printer driver is installed - Windows - Epson L1250 printer You can check if a genuine Epson printer driver is installed on your computer by using one of the following methods. Select Control Panel > View devices and printers (Printers, Printers and Faxes), and then do the following to open the print server properties window. Windows Windows 10/Windows 8.1/Windows 8/Windows 7/Windows Server 2019/Windows Server 2016/Windows Server 2012 R2/Windows Server 2012/Windows Server 2008 R2 Click the printer icon, and then click Print server properties at the top of the window. Windows Vista/Windows Server 2008 Right-click on the Printers folder, and then click Run as administrator > Server Properties. Windows XP/Windows Server 2003 R2/Windows Server 2003 From the File menu, select Server Properties. Click the Driver tab. If your printer name is displayed in the ...

Transporting and Storing the Printer - Epson L1250 printer When you need to store the printer or transport it when moving or for repairs, follow the steps below to pack the printer. Turn off the printer by pressing the   button. Make sure the power light turns off, and then unplug the power cord. Important: Unplug the power cord when the power light is off. Otherwise, the print head does not return to the home position causing the ink to dry, and printing may become impossible. Disconnect all cables such as the power cord and USB cable. Remove all of the paper from the printer. Make sure to install the cap onto the ink tank securely. Close the ink tank cover securely. Prepare to pack the printer as shown below. Place the printer in the plastic bag and fold it closed. Pack the printer in its box using the protective materials. Important: When storing or transporting the printer, place the printer in the plastic bag and fold it cl...

Printing Using Easy Settings - Epson L1250 printer Note: Operations may differ depending on the application. See the application's help for details. Load paper in the printer. Open the file you want to print. Select Print or Print Setup from the File menu. Select your printer. Select Preferences or Properties to access the printer driver window. Change the settings as necessary. You can see the online help for explanations of the setting items. Right-clicking an item displays Help. Click OK to close the printer driver window. Click Print.

Adding Printing Presets for Easy Printing - Epson L1250 printer If you create your own preset of frequently used print settings on the printer driver, you can print easily by selecting the preset from the list. On the printer driver's Main or More Options tab, set each item (such as Document Size and Paper Type). Click Add/Remove Presets in Printing Presets. Enter a Name and, if necessary, enter a comment. Click Save. Note: To delete an added preset, click Add/Remove Presets, select the preset name you want to delete from the list, and then delete it. Click Print. The next time you want to print using the same settings, select the registered setting name from Printing Presets, and click OK.

Printing on 2-Sides - Epson L1250 printer The printer driver will automatically print odd pages and even pages separately. When the odd pages have been printed, turn over the paper according to the instructions and print the even pages. Note: This feature is not available for borderless printing. If you do not use paper that is suitable for 2-sided printing, the print quality may decline and paper jams may occur. Depending on the paper and the data, ink may bleed through to the other side of the paper. You cannot perform manual 2-sided printing unless EPSON Status Monitor 3 is enabled. If EPSON Status Monitor 3 is disabled, access the printer driver window, click Extended Settings on the Maintenance tab, and then select Enable EPSON Status Monitor 3. However, it may not be available when the printer is accessed over a network or is used as a shared printer. On the printer driver's Main tab, select the me...

Printing a Booklet - Epson L1250 printer You can also print a booklet that can be created by re-ordering the pages and folding the printout. Note: This feature is not available with borderless printing. If you do not use paper that is suitable for 2-sided printing, the print quality may decline and paper jams may occur. Depending on the paper and the data, ink may bleed through to the other side of the paper. You cannot perform manual 2-sided printing unless EPSON Status Monitor 3 is enabled. If EPSON Status Monitor 3 is disabled, access the printer driver window, click Extended Settings on the Maintenance tab, and then select Enable EPSON Status Monitor 3. However, it may not be available when the printer is accessed over a network or is used as a shared printer. On the printer driver's Main tab, select the type of long-edge binding you want to use from 2-Sided Printing. Click Settings, sel...

Printing Several Pages on One Sheet - Epson L1250 printer You can print several pages of data on a single sheet of paper. Note: This feature is not available with borderless printing. On the printer driver's Main tab, select 2-Up, 4-Up, 6-Up, 8-Up, 9-Up, or 16-Up as the Multi-Page setting. Click Layout Order, make the appropriate settings, and then click OK. Set the other items on the Main and More Options tabs as necessary, and then click OK. Click Print.

Printing to Fit the Paper Size - Epson L1250 printer Select the paper size you loaded in the printer as the Destination Paper Size setting. Note: This feature is not available with borderless printing. On the printer driver's More Options tab, make the following settings. Document Size: Select the size of the paper you set in the application setting. Output Paper: Select the paper size you loaded in the printer. Fit to Page is automatically selected. Note: Click Center to print the reduced image in the middle of the paper. Set the other items on the Main and More Options tabs as necessary, and then click OK. Click Print.

Printing a Reduced or Enlarged Document at any Magnification - Epson L1250 printer You can reduce or enlarge the size of a document by a specific percentage. Note: This feature is not available with borderless printing. On the printer driver's More Options tab, select the document size from the Document Size setting. Select the paper size you want to print on from the Output Paper setting. Select Reduce/Enlarge Document, Zoom to, and then enter a percentage. Set the other items on the Main and More Options tabs as necessary, and then click OK. Click Print.

Printing One Image on Multiple Sheets for Enlargement (Creating a Poster) - Epson L1250 printer This feature allows you to print one image on multiple sheets of paper. You can create a larger poster by taping them together. On the printer driver's Main tab, select 2x1 Poster, 2x2 Poster, 3x3 Poster, or 4x4 Poster as the Multi-Page setting. Click Settings, make the appropriate settings, and then click OK. Note: Print Cutting Guides allows you to print a cutting guide. Set the other items on the Main and More Options tabs as necessary, and then click OK. Click Print.

Printing with a Header and Footer - Epson L1250 printer You can print information such as a user name and printing date in headers or footers. On the printer driver's More Options tab, click Watermark Features, and then select Header/Footer. Settings, and then select the items you want to print and then click OK. Note: To specify the first page number, select Page Number from the position you want to print in the header or footer, and then select the number in Starting number. If you want to print text in the header or footer, select the position you want to print, and then select Text. Enter the text you want to print in the text input field. Set the other items on the Main and More Options tabs as necessary, and then click OK. Click Print.

Printing a Watermark - Epson L1250 printer You can print a watermark such as "Confidential" or an anti-copy pattern on your printouts. If you print with an anti-copy pattern, the hidden letters appear when photocopied in order to distinguish the original from the copies. Anti-Copy Pattern is available under the following conditions: Paper Type: Plain paper Borderless: Not selected Quality: Standard 2-Sided Printing: Off, Manual (Long-edge binding), or Manual (Short-edge binding) Color Correction: Automatic Short Grain Paper: Not selected Note: You can also add your own watermark or anti-copy pattern. On the printer driver's More Options tab, click Watermark Features, and then select Anti-Copy Pattern or Watermark. Click Settings to change details such as the size, density, or position of the pattern or the mark. Set the other items on the Main and More Option...

Printing Multiple Files Together - Epson L1250 printer Job Arranger Lite allows you to combine several files created by different applications and print them as a single print job. You can specify the print settings for combined files, such as multi-page layout, and 2-sided printing. On the printer driver's Main tab, select Job Arranger Lite. Click Print. When you start printing, the Job Arranger Lite window is displayed. With the Job Arranger Lite window opened, open the file that you want to combine with the current file, and then repeat the above steps. When you select a print job added to Print Project Lite in the Job Arranger Lite window, you can edit the page layout. Click Print from the File menu to start printing. Note: If you close the Job Arranger Lite window before adding all the print data to the Print Project, the print job you are currently working on...

Printing Using the Color Universal Print Feature - Epson L1250 printer You can enhance the visibility of texts and images in printouts. Color Universal Print is only available when the following settings are selected. Paper Type: Plain paper Quality: Standard or a higher quality Color: Color Applications: Microsoft® Office 2007 or later Text Size: 96 pts or smaller On the printer driver's More Options tab, click Image Options in the Color Correction setting. Select an option from the Color Universal Print setting. Enhancement Options to make further settings. Set the other items on the Main and More Options tabs as necessary, and then click OK. Click Print. Note: Certain characters may be altered by patterns, such as "+" appearing as "±". Application-specific patterns and underlines may alter content printed using these settings. ...

Adjusting the Print Color - Epson L1250 printer You can adjust the colors used in the print job. These adjustments are not applied to the original data. PhotoEnhance produces sharper images and more vivid colors by automatically adjusting the contrast, saturation, and brightness of the original image data. Note: PhotoEnhance adjusts the color by analyzing the location of the subject. Therefore, if you have changed the location of the subject by reducing, enlarging, cropping, or rotating the image, the color may change unexpectedly. Selecting the borderless setting also changes the location of the subject resulting in changes in color. If the image is out of focus, the tone may be unnatural. If the color is changed or becomes unnatural, print in a mode other than PhotoEnhance. On the printer driver's More Options tab, select the method of color correction from the Color Correction setting. Automatic: This setting automatically adjusts t...

Printing to Emphasize Thin Lines - Epson L1250 printer You can thicken thin lines that are too thin to print. On the printer driver's More Options tab, click Image Options in the Color Correction setting. Select Emphasize Thin Lines. Set the other items on the Main and More Options tabs as necessary, and then click OK. Click Print.

Printing Clear Bar Codes - Epson L1250 printer You can print a bar code clearly and make it easy to scan. Only enable this feature if the bar code you printed cannot be scanned. You can use this feature under the following conditions. Paper Type: Plain paper, Envelope Quality: Standard On the printer driver's Maintenance tab, click Extended Settings, and then select Barcode mode. Set the other items on the Main and More Options tabs as necessary, and then click OK. Click Print. Note: Deblurring may not always be possible depending on the circumstances.

Printing Using a Cloud Service - Epson L1250 printer By using Epson Connect service available on the Internet, you can print from your smartphone, tablet PC, or laptop, anytime and practically anywhere. To use this service, you need to register the user and the printer in Epson Connect. The features available on the Internet are as follows. Email Print When you send an email with attachments such as documents or images to an email address assigned to the printer, you can print that email and the attachments from remote locations such as your home or office printer. Epson iPrint This Application is for iOS and Android, and allows you to print or scan from a smartphone or tablet. You can print documents, images, and web sites by sending them directly to a printer on the same wireless LAN. Remote Print Driver This is a shared driver supported by Remote Print Driver. When printing using a printer in a remote location, you can print by changing the pr...