User's Guide

1 ET-2720 User's Guide Contents ET-2720 User's 11. Product Basics .. 12. Using the Control Panel .. 12. Control Panel Buttons and Lights .. 13. Status Icon Information .. 13. Entering Characters on the LCD Screen .. 14. Changing LCD Screen 15. Preventing PC Connection via USB .. 16. Product Parts Locations .. 17. Product Parts - Front .. 17. Product Parts - Inside .. 18. Product Parts - 19. Using Power Saving Settings .. 19. Changing the Sleep Timer Setting from the Control Panel .. 20. Changing the Power Off Timer Setting from the Control 21. Epson Connect Solutions for Smartphones, Tablets, and More .. 22. Setting Up Epson Connect 23. Using Epson Email Print .. 24. Using the Epson iPrint Mobile App .. 24. Using Epson Remote Print .. 25. Voice-activated Printing .. 26. Using AirPrint.

2 26. Using Google Cloud Print .. 27. Setting Up Google Cloud Print on a Chromebook .. 28. Using the Mopria Print Service .. 29. Android Printing Using the Epson Print Enabler .. 30. Using Fire OS Printing .. 30. Using Windows 10 Mobile Printing .. 31. Wi-Fi Networking .. 32. Network Security Recommendations .. 32. 3. Wi-Fi Infrastructure Mode 33. Selecting Wireless Network Settings from the Control Panel .. 34. Wi-Fi Direct Mode Setup .. 36. Enabling Wi-Fi Direct Mode .. 36. Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS).. 39. Using WPS to Connect to a Network .. 39. Printing a Network Status 41. Printing a Network Connection Report .. 41. Network Connection Report Codes and Messages .. 42. Changing or Updating Network Connections .. 48. Accessing the Web Config Utility .. 49. Changing a USB Connection to a Wi-Fi 49.

3 Connecting to a New Wi-Fi Router .. 49. Disabling Wi-Fi Features .. 50. Loading Paper .. 51. Loading Paper in the Sheet 51. Paper Loading Capacity .. 55. Compatible Epson 56. Borderless Paper Type Compatibility .. 58. Paper or Media Type Settings - Printing 58. Selecting the Paper Settings - Control Panel .. 59. Paper or Media Type Settings - Control 60. Selecting the Default Paper Source 61. Paper Source Settings Options .. 62. Placing Originals on the Product .. 63. Placing Originals on the Scanner Glass .. 63. Copying .. 65. Copying Documents or 65. Copying 67. Printing from a Computer .. 69. Printing with Windows .. 69. Selecting Basic Print Settings - Windows .. 70. 4. Print Quality Options - Windows .. 72. Multi-Page Printing Options - 72. Selecting Double-sided Printing Settings - Windows.

4 73. Double-sided Printing Options - 75. Selecting Additional Layout and Print Options - Windows .. 75. Custom Color Correction Options - 77. Image Options and Additional Settings - 78. Header/Footer Settings - Windows .. 79. Selecting a Printing Preset - 80. Selecting Extended Settings - Windows .. 82. Extended Settings - Windows .. 83. Printing Your Document or Photo - 84. Locking printer Settings - Windows .. 85. Locked Setting 87. Selecting Default Print Settings - 88. Changing the Language of the printer Software Screens .. 89. Changing Automatic Update Options .. 90. Printing with the Built-in Epson Driver - Windows 10 91. Selecting Print Settings - Windows 10 91. Printing on a Mac .. 94. Selecting Basic Print Settings - Mac .. 95. Print Quality Options - Mac .. 98.

5 Print Options - Mac .. 99. Selecting Page Setup Settings - Mac .. 99. Selecting Print Layout Options - 100. Managing Color - Mac .. 101. Color Matching and Color Options - Mac .. 102. Selecting Printing Preferences - Mac .. 103. Printing Preferences - 103. Printing Your Document or Photo - Mac .. 104. Checking Print Status - 105. Printing From a Chromebook .. 106. Cancelling Printing Using a Product 107. 5. Scanning .. 108. Starting a 108. Starting a Scan Using the Product Control Panel .. 108. Changing Default Scan Job Settings .. 110. Setting Up a WSD Port (Windows 7/Windows Vista) .. 110. Starting a Scan Using the Epson Scan 2 Icon .. 111. Starting a Scan from a Scanning 114. Starting a Scan from a Smart 116. Scanning in Epson Scan 2 .. 116. Additional Scanning Settings - Main Settings Tab.

6 119. Additional Scanning Settings - Advanced Settings Tab .. 119. Saving Scanned Documents as a Searchable PDF Using Epson Scan 2 .. 120. Image Format 122. Scan Resolution Guidelines .. 123. Refilling Ink .. 124. Ink Safety Precautions .. 124. Check Ink Levels .. 126. Checking Ink Levels on Your 127. Checking Ink Levels - 127. Checking Ink Levels - 129. Disabling Special Offers with Windows .. 130. Purchase Epson Ink .. 131. Ink Bottle Part 131. Refilling the Ink Tanks .. 131. Adjusting Print 138. Print Head 138. Print Head Nozzle 138. Checking the Nozzles Using the Product Control Panel .. 139. Checking the Nozzles Using a Computer Utility .. 141. Print Head Cleaning .. 143. Cleaning the Print Head Using the Product Control Panel .. 144. Cleaning the Print Head Using a Computer 146.

7 Power Cleaning .. 149. 6. Power Cleaning Using the Product Control 149. Power Cleaning Using a Computer Utility .. 150. Print Head Alignment .. 152. Aligning the Print Head Using the Product Control Panel .. 152. Cleaning the Paper Guide .. 153. Checking the Number of 154. Checking the Sheet Counter - Windows .. 155. Checking the Sheet Counter - 155. Cleaning and Transporting Your Product .. 157. Cleaning Your Product .. 157. Transporting Your Product .. 158. Solving Problems .. 162. Checking for Software 162. Product Status Messages .. 163. Message Appears Prompting You to Reset Ink 164. Running a Product Check .. 165. Resetting Control Panel Defaults .. 167. Solving Setup Problems .. 167. Product Does Not Turn On or 168. Noise After Filling the Ink .. 168. Software Installation Problems.

8 168. Control Panel Setup Problems .. 169. Solving Network Problems .. 169. Product Cannot Connect to a Wireless Router or Access Point .. 170. Network Software Cannot Find Product on a 171. Product Does Not Appear in Mac printer Window .. 172. Wireless Network Connection is Unstable on a Mac .. 173. Cannot Print Over a 173. Cannot Scan Over a Network .. 174. Solving Copying Problems .. 175. Product Makes Noise, But Nothing 175. Product Makes Noise When It Sits for a 176. Solving Paper 176. 7. Paper Feeding 176. Paper Jams Inside the 177. Paper Ejection Problems .. 177. Solving Problems Printing from a 177. Nothing Prints .. 178. Product Icon Does Not Appear in Windows Taskbar .. 179. Printing is Slow .. 179. Solving Page Layout and Content Problems .. 181. Inverted 181.

9 Too Many Copies Print .. 182. Blank Pages Print .. 182. Incorrect Margins on 182. Border Appears on Borderless Prints .. 183. Incorrect Characters 184. Incorrect Image Size or Position .. 185. Slanted Printout .. 185. Solving Print Quality Problems .. 186. White or Dark Lines in Printout .. 186. Blurry or Smeared Printout .. 187. Faint Printout or Printout Has Gaps .. 189. Grainy 190. Incorrect Colors .. 191. Solving Scanning Problems .. 192. Scanning Software Does Not Operate Correctly .. 193. Cannot Start Epson Scan 2 .. 193. Solving Scanned Image Quality Problems .. 194. Image Consists of a Few Dots 194. Line of Dots Appears in All Scanned 195. Straight Lines in an Image Appear Crooked .. 195. Image is Distorted or Blurry .. 195. Image Colors are Patchy at the Edges.

10 196. Image is Too Dark .. 196. Back of Original Image Appears in Scanned Image .. 196. 8. Ripple Patterns Appear in an Image .. 196. Scanned Image Colors Do Not Match Original 197. Scanned Image Edges are Cropped .. 197. Characters are Not Recognized During Conversion to Editable Text (OCR) .. 197. Uninstall Your Product 198. Uninstalling Product Software - Windows .. 198. Uninstalling Product Software - 199. Where to Get 200. Technical Specifications .. 202. Windows System Requirements .. 202. Mac System Requirements .. 203. Paper Specifications .. 203. Printable Area Specifications .. 205. Scanning Specifications .. 207. Ink Specifications .. 207. Dimension Specifications .. 208. Electrical Specifications .. 208. Environmental Specifications .. 209. Interface Specifications.