Installing Your EPSON® Ink Jet Printer Driver in

Windows® 2000
Before You Begin:
• Read through these instructions and, if possible, print a copy so you have it with you as you install the software.
• These instructions assume you have a “clean” installation of Microsoft® Windows 2000, not an upgrade. If your
Windows 2000 installation is an upgrade, the printer driver and Status Monitor may not install correctly.
• Close any applications and windows before you begin the installation.
• You must install the EPSON printer driver before you connect the printer to your computer. If you connect the
printer first, Windows 2000 automatically installs the Windows 2000 operating system provided driver.
• If your printer has both USB and parallel ports, EPSON recommends connecting your printer via the USB port
for optimum print speeds. If your printer does not have a USB port, a USB Adapter Cable may be available. You
can purchase the cable from EPSON Accessories at (800) 873-7766 or visit our website at
www.epsonsupplies.com (U.S. sales only). In Canada, please call (800) 873-7766 for dealer referral.

Installation Instructions
For these printers, download the EPSON printer driver and Status Monitor for Windows 2000 from
http://support.epson.com, then follow the instructions below to install them.

• EPSON Stylus® COLOR 440 • EPSON Stylus COLOR 900N

• EPSON Stylus COLOR 640 • EPSON Stylus COLOR 1520
• EPSON Stylus COLOR 740 • EPSON Stylus COLOR 3000
• EPSON Stylus COLOR 740i • EPSON Stylus Photo 700
• EPSON Stylus COLOR 850 • EPSON Stylus Photo 750
• EPSON Stylus COLOR 850N • EPSON Stylus Photo EX
• EPSON Stylus COLOR 850Ne • EPSON Stylus Photo 1200
• EPSON Stylus COLOR 900 • EPSON Stylus Pro 5000
• EPSON Stylus COLOR 900G • EPSON Stylus Pro 9000

1. Make sure your printer is off and not connected to your computer.
2. Turn on your computer and make sure Windows 2000 is running. If you see the following screen, click Cancel,
and disconnect your printer from your computer.

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3. If you are using a standard USB or parallel cable, skip to step 4.
If you are using the optional USB Adapter Cable, connect it to your computer, but don’t connect it to your
printer.
4. Double-click the SCXXX.EXE file you downloaded (your file name will be different). You see the EPSON
Printer Utility Setup screen. Make sure your printer model name appears, then click OK. (The example screens
are for the EPSON Stylus COLOR 900.)

5. When you see the following screen, connect your printer to the computer and then turn on the printer.

6. If you connected the printer via USB (either a built-in USB port or the USB Adapter Cable), your port is
configured automatically. When the following screen appears, click OK, then continue with step 8.

If you connected the printer via the parallel port or an optional Ethernet card, click the Stop searching button,
then continue with step 7.
7. Click OK when you see the following screen.

If you connected the printer to a parallel port other than LPT1 or need to change the port configuration for a
printer on a network, go to the Printer Properties > Port tab. For more information, see your Windows
documentation.

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8. Now you’ll install the Status Monitor. Double-click the SMXXX.EXE file you downloaded (your file name will
be different). You see the EPSON Status Monitor setup screen. Click Next and follow the instructions on screen.
(Note: If you are using USB Adapter Cable Model #ISD-101, Status Monitor is not supported. Click Cancel
when you see the screen below. Your installation is complete.)

9. When the Status Monitor installation is complete, you see the following screen. Make sure Yes, I want to
restart my computer now is selected, then click Finish. Your computer restarts.

Your printer driver and Status Monitor installations are complete.

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Troubleshooting:
• Do not select Block under Control Panel > System > Hardware > Driver Signing, or installation will not be
completed.
• If you see a screen similar to the following, contact your System Administrator.

• If at any time during the installation, you see a screen similar to the following, click Yes to continue with the
installation.

• If you connected your printer via the parallel port and want to use the USB port instead (or vice versa), you must
uninstall the printer driver and then reinstall it following the instructions above.
• To uninstall the driver, go to My Computer > Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs. Click EPSON
Printer Software, then click Change/Remove. Make sure your printer name is selected, then click OK.
• If you see two copies of your printer in your Printers folder, one of them may be the operating system provided
driver. Make sure the printer name without ESC/P 2 is your default printer. In the following example, the first
EPSON Stylus COLOR 440 printer listed is the default printer.

default
operating system
printer
provided driver;
do not use

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