Epson stylus photo R-260 printer first time setup
- Unbox your epson stylus photo R-260 printer.
- Remove the packing materials from the printer.
- Make sure that no packing materials are left inside the epson stylus photo R-260 printer.
- Then, connect the power cord to the epson stylus photo R-260 printer and an electrical outlet.
- Power on the epson stylus photo R-260 printer using the printer buttons.
- When the printer is turned on, open the scanner unit.
- Open the cartridge cover situated at the right side of your epson stylus photo R-260 printer.
- Now, take the cartridges.
- Uncover the cartridges and remove the yellow tapes alone from the back of the cartridges.
- Do not shake the cartridges as this may cause leakage of the ink.
Replacing thee ink cartridges
- If your epson stylus photo R-260 printer shows red ink light, then one or more number of your printer’s ink levels are low.
- If the red ink light stays on, then the ink is over and you must replace the ink cartridge.
- Also, while you are printing you will receive a message in the printer’s control panel saying which colour of ink is low or which is to replaced.
- In your windows computer, double click on the printer icon in the task bar.
- Your computer will show the ink levels and you can replace the ink cartridge which is necessary to replace.
- Then, while your epson stylus photo R-260 printer is turned on, open the scanner unit.
- Open the cartridge cover and install the cartridges according to the colours specified.
Epson stylus photo R-260 wireless network setup
- Before connecting your printer to the wireless network connection, make sure that your router is connected to the wireless network and your computer is connected to it wirelessly.
- Unbox your epson stylus photo R-260 printer.
- Remove all the packing materials.
- Open the scanner glass and remove the packing materials left.
- Open the cartridge cover.
- Remove the yellow tapes from the cartridges and insert the cartridges in the cartridge holder according to the colours specified.
- Close the scanner glass.
- Now, connect the power cord and switch on the printer.
- Leave the epson stylus photo R-260 printer to install the ink and get ready to print.
- In your computer, install the printer software by inserting the CD given with the printer.
- Otherwise, download and install epson stylus photo R-260 printer setup software in your computer.
- Follow the onscreen instructions to install the software.
- In the select your connection window, select wireless connection.
- Select, setup printer for the first time and click on next.
- Click on Wi-Fi auto connect and click on next.
- Follow the onscreen instructions and your epson stylus photo R-260 printer will automatically gets connected to your computer through wireless network.
Epson stylus photo R-260 designing and printing on CDs
Cleaning the rollers
- Cleaning the rollers is very important to get wonderful CDs and DVDs print. To clean your rollers, load and eject several sheets of paper.
- Turn on your epson stylus photo R-260 printer.
- Load several sheets of letter size papers in your printer.
- Press the paper button to feed the papers in the printer.
- Repeat pressing the paper button again and again to clean your epson stylus photo R-260 printer’s roller.
Inserting the CD/ DVD in the printer to design
- Turn on your epson stylus photo R-260 printer.
- Open the front panel.
- Set the front tray to the CD/DVD position by pulling the tray lever down.
- Place the CD/ DVD
- Place the CD/ DVD in the tray placing the printing side or the white side up.
- Before printing on your CD/ DVD, make sure that all the files and documents in it are burnt. Otherwise, this may affect the print.
- Gently insert the CD/DVD tray along the base of the front tray until the marks on the CD/DVD tray and the front tray match each other.
Designing in Windows
- You can design your CDs and DVDs using epson stylus photo R-260, you can use Epson print CD in your Windows computer.
- Go to Start.
- Click on Programs.
- Double click on Epson print CD.
- To set the background image click on the background icon.
- Then, go to file and browse for your image.
- Select your image and click OK.
- To write text in your print, use the alphabets button.
- Do all the designs and choose Save As from the File menu to save the file.
Designing in Mac
- Open the Applications folder, open the EPSON Print CD folder, then select EPSON Print CD.
- To add a background image, click the background icon.
- To select one of your own images, click Select Background, locate the folder your images are stored in, select the one you want, then click Open.
- Click OK in the Adjust Background window.
Epson stylus photo R-260 printer print using windows
- Select the photo or document you want to print.
- Select the print command from your application you are using to store the document or photo.
- Select epson workforce pro WF 3720 printer from the printer list.
- Select the source, quality, type, size, border and orientation settings to your document in your windows.
- Otherwise, Click the advanced tab.
- The Advanced Print Settings window will open.
- Do all the settings in the advanced print settings.
- Once you have selected your print settings, you are ready to save your settings and print.
- Click OK to save your settings.
- You see your application’s Print window as shown below.
- Click OK or Print to start printing.