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Control Panel Buttons and Lights

Tear Off button**l Advances continuous paper to the

tear-off position.l Feeds continuous paper backward

from the tear-off position to the top-of-form position.

*Micro Adjust modeWhen you hold down the Pause button for three seconds, the printer enters the micro adjust mode. In this mode, you can press the LF/FFD and Load/EjectU buttons to adjust the top-of-form or tear-off position. See Chapter 2, Using the Printer.

**Font selectIn Micro Adjust mode, you can select the font to use for printing by pressing the Tear Off button. The Tear Off lights turn on, off or flash to indicate the selected font.

Pause button Stops printing temporarily, and resumes printing when pressed again. When pressed for three seconds, turns on the micro adjust mode.* To turn off, press again.

Pause lightl On when the printer is

paused.l Flashes when the

printer is in the micro adjust mode.*

l Flashes when the print head has overheated.

Paper Out lightl On when no paper is

loaded in the selected paper source or paper is not loaded correctly.

l Flashes when paper has not been fully ejected or a paper jam has occurred.

LF/FF buttonl Feeds paper line by

line when pressed and released.

l Ejects a single sheet or advances continuous paper to the next top-of-form position when held down.

Load/Eject buttonl Loads a single sheet of

paper. l Ejects a single sheet of

paper if a sheet is loaded.

l Loads continuous paper from the standby position.

l Feeds continuous paper backwards to the standby position.

Tear Off lights**l f f when continuous paper is in the

tear-off position, otherwise the lamps indicate the selected font.

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FCC Compliance Statement For United States Users

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio or television reception. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause interference to radio and television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures.

q Reorient or relocate the

q Increase the separation

q Connect the equipmentis connected

q Consult the dealer or a

The connection of a non-shthe FCC Certification of thestablished by the FCC fouse a shielded equipmentone interface connector, d

Changes or modificationsauthority to operate the e

This Class B digital appar

Cet appareil numrique d receiving antenna

between the equipment and receiver

into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver

n experienced radio/TV technician for help.

WARNING

ielded equipment interface cable to this equipment will invalidate is device and may cause interference levels which exceed the limits r this equipment. It is the responsibility of the user to obtain and interface cable with this device. If this equipment has more than o not leave cables connected to unused interfaces.

not expressly approved by the manufacturer could void the users quipment.

For Canadian Users

atus complies with Canadian ICES-003.

e la classe B est conforme la norme NMB-003 du Canada.

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Contents

Getting to Know Your Printer

Important Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Print Head Caution Symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ENERGY STAR CoFor United Kingdom

Use of optionsSafety informa

Warnings, Caution

Chapter 1 Setting

Unpacking the PrinChoosing a pl

Assembling the PriInstalling the pAttaching the Installing the rPlugging in th

Running the Self TeConnecting the Prin

Using the paraUsing the seria

Installing the PrinteInstalling the sInstalling the sFor DOS prog

Chapter 2 Using t

Using the Control PLights and bu iii

mpliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

s, and Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Up the Printer

ter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2ace for the printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3nter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

aper-feed knob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5paper supports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6ibbon cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7e printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10st . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11ter to Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14llel interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14l interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16r Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-17oftware in Windows 95, 98, or NT 4.0 . . . . . 1-18oftware in Windows 3.1 or NT 3.5x . . . . . . . 1-19

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anel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2ttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

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Selecting fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4Printing on Continuous Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5

Printing with the push tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5Removing a printed document from the push tractor. . . . 2-8Switching back to single sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10Printing with the pull tractor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10Adjusting the top-of-form position. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15Advancing the paper to the tear-off edge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17

Printing on Single SLoading single

Printing on Special Adjusting the Multipart formLabels . . . . . . Envelopes . . .

About Your PrinterChanging defa

Installing and UsingCut-sheet feedPull tractor unRoll paper holColor upgrade

Chapter 3 Using t

Using the Printer DAccessing the Printer driver




About the EPSON Sheets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20 sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21paper-thickness lever. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-23

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-24s Default Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-25ult settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-30 Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-32

er. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-32it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-35der. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-37 kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-39

he Printer Software

river With Windows 95 and 98 . . . . . . . . . . 3-2printer driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2settings overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3river With Windows 3.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9printer driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9settings overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10river With Windows NT 4.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12printer driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12settings overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13river With Windows NT 3.5x . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18printer driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18settings overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19tatus Monitor 3 Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-21


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Chapter 4 Troubleshooting

Problems and Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2

Power is not being supplied . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2Printing . . . . . . . . .

The printer doThe print is faDots are missiPrinted characThe print posi

Paper Handling . . Single sheets dContinuous pa

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feed properSwitching betw

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Cleaning the PrinteTransporting the PrPrinter Specificatio

Mechanical. . Electrical. . . . EnvironmentaPaper. . . . . . . Printable areaPaper alignme v

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3es not print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3int or uneven. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4ng in printed characters or graphics . . . . . . . 4-5ters are not what you expected . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5tion is not what you expected . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6o not feed properly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6per does not feed properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8 the cut-sheet feeder, the paper does not ly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8

een the cut-sheet feeder and the push not work properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9 tractor with the push tractor, continuous not feed properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10grade kit installed, printer does not perly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10

r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2inter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3

ns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-6l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-10nt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-12

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Safety approvals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-13CE marking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-13

Command Lists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-14EPSON ESC/P control codes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-14IBM 2380 Plus emulation control codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-18

Contacting Customer Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-19For North American Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-20For United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland Users . . . . . . A-21For Australian UserFor Singapore UserFor Hong Kong UseFor Philippines Use

Indexs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-24s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-25rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-26rs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-27


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Your EPSON LX-300+ 9-pin dot matrix printer provides high-quality printing and great performance in a compact design. Features include:

o A variety of paper paths to suit your printing needs

o The abilitycontinuouto four cop

o High-speecharacters

Your printer aStatus MonitoNT 4.0 that leteasily, and othto suit your inGetting to Know Your Printer 1

to handle a wide range of paper types, including s paper, multipart forms with one original and up ies, labels, single sheets, and envelopes.

d printing of up to 300 characters per second at 10 per inch

lso comes with printer driver software, the EPSON r 3 utility for Microsoft Windows 95, 98, or s you check the status of your printer quickly and er software. In addition, many options are available dividual needs.

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Important Safety Instructions

Read all of these instructions and save them for later reference. Follow all warnings and instructions marked on the printer.

o Do not place the printer on an unstable surface or near a radiator or heat source.

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rinter on a flat surface. The printer will not operate it is tilted or at an angle.

ck or cover the openings in the printers cabinet. ert objects through the slots.

e type of power source indicated on the printers

l equipment to properly grounded power outlets. g outlets on the same circuit as photocopiers or air tems that regularly switch on and off.

a damaged or frayed power cord.

an extension cord with the printer, make sure the re rating of all devices plugged into the extension not exceed the cords ampere rating. Also, make tal of all devices plugged into the wall outlet does the wall outlets ampere rating.

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o Unplug the printer and refer servicing to qualified personnel under the following conditions:

If the power cord or plug is damaged; if liquid has entered the printer; if the printer has been dropped or the cabinet damaged; or if the printer does not operate normally or exhibits a distinct change in performance. Adjust only those controls that are covered by the operating instructions.

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to use the printer in Germany, observe the

e adequate short-circuit protection and over-otection for this printer, the building installation otected by a 16 amp circuit breaker.

erman-speaking users: des Druckers an die Stromversorgung mu

lt werden, da die Gebudeinstallation mit einem 16 A-chalter abgesichert ist.

tion Symbol

The symbol on the print head indicates that this part may be hot. Never touch the print head just after the printer has been used. Let the print head cool for a few minutes before touching it.

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ENERGY STAR Compliance

As an ENERGY STAR Partner, EPSON has determined that this product meets the ENERGY STAR guidelines for energy efficiency.

The International ENERGY STAR Office Equipment program is a voluntary partnership with the computer and office equipment industry to procomputers, moscanners in angeneration.

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If you have to fit a plug:As the colours of the mains lead of this appliance may not match coloured markings used to identify the terminals in a plug, please proceed as follows:

The green and yellow wire must be connected to the terminal in the plug which is marked with the letter E or the Earth symbol (

G).

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must be connected to the terminal in the plug he letter N.

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only with a fuse of the correct size and rating.

tions, and Notes

s the following conventions:

gs must be followed to avoid bodily injury.

s must be observed to avoid damage to your equipment.

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Chapter 1

Setting Up the Printer

Unpacking the Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2Choosing a place for the printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

Assembling the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5Installing the pAttaching the Installing the rPlugging in th

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aper-feed knob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5paper supports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6ibbon cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7e printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10

st . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11

ter to Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14llel interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14l interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16

r Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-17oftware in Windows 95, 98, or NT 4.0 . . . . . 1-18oftware in Windows 3.1 or NT 3.5x . . . . . . . 1-19

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Unpacking the Printer

Besides this guide, your printer box should include an EPSON printer software CD-ROM, a Notice Sheet, and the following items:

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correct voltage for your country, contact your dealer.

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You must remove all protective materials packed around and inside your printer before you set it up and turn on the power. Follow the directions on the Notice Sheet (packed with the printer) to remove these materials.

Save all packing and protective materials in case you need to ship the printer in the future. It should always be transported in its original packaging or equivalent materials.

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rinter where you can easily connect it to a network able, if necessary.

quate room around the printer for easy operation enance.

g or storing the printer in places subject to rapid temperature and humidity. Keep it away from

light, strong light, heat sources, or excessive r dust.

ces subject to shocks and vibrations.

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o Avoid electrical outlets controlled by wall switches or automatic timers. An interruption in power can erase information in the memory of your printer or computer. Also avoid outlets on the same circuit as large motors or other appliances that can cause voltage fluctuations.

o Keep the entire computer system away from potential sources of electromagnetic interference, such as loudspeakers or the base units

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o Position yodo not intecables to a Printer

of cordless telephones.

nded power outlet; do not use an adapter plug.

the paper path is clear and unobstructed before n continuous paper.

use a printer stand, follow these guidelines:

d that supports at least 8.8 kg (19.6 lb).

a stand that tilts the printer. The printer should kept level.

ur printers power cord and interface cable so they rfere with paper feeding. If possible, secure the leg of the printer stand.



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Assembling the Printer

Follow the steps in this section to get your printer up and running.

Installing the paper-feed knob

The first step in assembling the printer is installing the paper-feed knob.

1. Insert the it slowly u

2. Push firmlprinter casSetting Up the Printer 1-5

knob into the hole on the printers side and rotate ntil it slips onto the shaft.

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Attaching the paper supports

You should install the paper supports before you begin using the printer.

1. Raise the paper guide. Hold one of the paper supports and push the tips into the notches on the edge guide.

2. Repeat steguide. Printer

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Installing the ribbon cartridge

Before installing the ribbon cartridge, make sure the printer is not plugged into an electrical outlet.

1. Open the printer cover to the upright position, then pull it up to remove it.

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2. Slide the pSetting Up the Printer 1-7

rning:er move the print head while the printer is turned on; can damage the printer. Also, if you have just used the ter, let the print head cool for a few minutes before you h it.

rint head to the middle of the printer.

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3. Turn the ribbon-tightening knob in the direction of the arrow to remove any slack from the ribbon so it is easier to install.

4. Insert the rpress bothinto the pr Printer

ibbon cartridge into the printer as shown; then sides of the cartridge firmly to fit the plastic hooks inter slots.



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5. Use a pointed object, such as a ball point pen, to guide the ribbon between the print head and ribbon guide. Turn the ribbon tightening knob to help feed the ribbon into place; it should not be twisted or creased.

6. Slide the psmoothly.

7. Re-install

When the princartridge. To rhead to the cenlifting the postSetting Up the Printer 1-9

rint head from side to side to make sure it moves

and close the printer cover.

ting becomes faint, you need to replace the ribbon emove the old ribbon cartridge, first move the print

ter of the printer. Then remove the cartridge by s on the either side and taking it out of the printer.

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Plugging in the printer

1. Make sure the power switch on the printer is turned off. It is off when the

N side of the switch is pressed down.

2. Check the voltage reqoutlet.

c CauIf thcontcord

3. If the powthe AC inl

4. Plug the poutlet.e Printer

label on the back of the printer to make sure the uired by the printer matches that of your electrical

tion:e rated voltage and your outlet voltage do not match, act your dealer for assistance. Do not plug in the power .

er cord is not attached to the printer, connect it to et on the printer.

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Running the Self Test

The built-in self test function demonstrates that the printer is working properly. You can run the test with either continuous paper or single sheets; this section describes the easier way, with single sheets.

1. Make sure the printer is turned off and the paper-release lever is pushed Raise the p

c CauYouto ruon tSetting Up the Printer 1-11

back to the single-sheet position, as shown below. aper guide upright.

tion: should use paper at least 210 mm or 8 1/4 inches wide n the self test; otherwise, the print head prints directly

he platen.

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2. While holding down the LF/FF button, turn on the printer. The PAUSE light flashes.

3. Slide the lemark. Nexyour pape

4. Slide a sheuntil it meautomaticae Printer

ft edge guide until it locks in place at the guide t, adjust the right edge guide to match the width of r.

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5. Press the PAUSE button. The printer begins printing the self test.

6. To stop pr

7. To end theLF/FF to ej

Here is part of

Note:If the self test diTroubleshootinSetting Up the Printer 1-13

inting temporarily, press the PAUSE button.

self test, make sure the printer is not printing. Press ect the sheet; then turn off the printer.

a typical self-test printout:

d not print satisfactorily, see Chapter 4, g. If it prints correctly, go on to the next section.

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Connecting the Printer to Your Computer

Your printer includes both a Centronics-compatible parallel interface and an EIA-232D serial interface. Before you begin, place the printer upright, as shown below. (This makes it easier to connect the cable.)

Connect your below.

Note:You can connecautomatically to

Using the parall

You need a sh(6 feet) to use t

1. Turn off boe Printer

computer to the desired interface as described

t a cable to both interfaces; the printer switches the appropriate interface when it receives data.

el interface

ielded, twisted-pair cable no longer than 2 meters he parallel interface.

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2. Plug the parallel cable connector securely into the printers parallel interface. Squeeze the wire clips together until they lock in place on either side of the connector.

Note:If there is a gconnector a

3. Plug the ointerface. (attach it toSetting Up the Printer 1-15

round wire at the end of the cable, attach it to the ground t the right of the interface.

ther end of the cable into the computers parallel If there is a ground wire at the end of the cable, the ground connector at the back of the computer.)

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Using the serial interface

1. Turn off both the computer and the printer.

2. Plug the serial cable connector securely into the printers serial interface. Tighten the screws on either side of the connector.

Note:If there is a gconnector te Printer

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3. Plug the other end of the cable into the computers serial interface; then tighten the screws on either side of the connector. (If there is a ground wire at the end of the cable, attach it to the ground connector at the back of the computer.)

4. Use the Printer Setting mode to change the baud rate or parity bit if necessary. See About Your Printers Default Settings on page 2-25.

Installing the P

After you conninstall the softCD-ROM ship

Your printer s

o Printer driThe printeprinter. Wquality, re

o EPSON StThe EPSONdisplays p

To install the pWindows 95, 9software in WiDOS, see ForSetting Up the Printer 1-17

rinter Software

ect the printer to your computer, you need to ware included on the EPSON printer software ped with your printer.

oftware includes:

verr driver is the software that runs, or drives, your ith it, you can make printer settings such as print solution, and paper size.

atus Monitor 3 (Windows 95, 98, or NT 4.0 only) Status Monitor 3 notifies you of printer errors and

rinter status information.

rinter software, see Installing the software in 8, or NT 4.0 on page 1-18 or Installing the

ndows 3.1 or NT 3.5x on page 1-19. If you are using DOS programs on page 1-20.

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Installing the software in Windows 95, 98, or NT 4.0

Follow the steps below to install the printer software in Windows 95, 98, or NT 4.0:

Note:o Installing the printer software for Windows NT 4.0 may require

administrator privileges. Ask your administrator for more information

o If you wish CD-ROM, dialog box tbutton and

o If you are ua backup coyou begin in

1. Make sureprinter is o

2. Insert the pThe Installinsert the dicon and d

3. Click Instafollow the

Note:o If the New

when you tuabove.

o Installatione Printer

.

to make a diskette version of the printer software on your insert the CD and run the EPSETUP program. In the hat appears, click the Driver disk creation utility follow the on-screen instructions.

sing the diskette version of the EPSON software, make py of the EPSON printer software disk or disks before stallation.

Windows 95, 98, or NT 4.0 is running and the ff.

rinter software CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive. dialog box appears. (If you are using diskettes, iskette in a disk drive, then double-click the Drive ouble-click the Setup.exe icon.)

ll to start the printer software installation, and instructions.

Hardware Found screen or any other wizard appears rn on your computer, click Cancel and follow the steps

time varies depending on your computer.



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For information on opening and using the software, see Chapter 3, Using the Printer Software. After you install the printer driver for Windows 95, 98, or NT 4.0, you can install the EPSON Status Monitor 3 utility program. See About the EPSON Status Monitor 3 Utility on page 3-21 for information on installing and using the Status Monitor.

Installing the so

Follow the step3.1 or NT 3.5x

Note:Installing the padministrator p

1. Make surewindow is

2. Insert the printer in insert Disk

3. Choose RuIn the Comdrive has adiskette, sOK.Setting Up the Printer 1-19

ftware in Windows 3.1 or NT 3.5x

s below to install the printer software in Windows systems.

rinter software on Windows NT 3.5x may require rivileges. Ask your administrator for more information.

Windows is running and the Program Manager open.

printer software CD-ROM shipped with your the CD-ROM drive. (If you are using diskettes, 1 of your printer software in a disk drive.)

n from the File menu. The Run dialog box appears. mand Line box, type D:SETUP. (If your CD-ROM drive letter other than D, or if you are using a

ubstitute the appropriate drive letter.) Then click

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If you wish to make a diskette version of the printer software on your CD-ROM, type EPSETUP instead of SETUP. In the dialog box that appears, click the Driver disk creation utility button and follow the on-screen instructions.

4. The installation program begins copying the printer software files.

5. When the installation is complete, click OK to exit the installation

The installatiodefault printer

For informatioUsing the Pri

For DOS program

To control the to select the prfrom the print

Choose the EPsetup or installIf the list in youchoose the firs

If you plan to uJX-80, or EX-80

Note:If your applicatisoftware manuf

LX-300LX-810/85LX-80/86FX-850FX-86e/80e Printer

program.

n program automatically selects the LX-300+ as the for Windows applications.

n on opening and using the software, see Chapter 3, nter Software.

s

printer from DOS application programs, you need inter you are using or another available printer er list of your application.

SON LX-300+ printer at the appropriate step in the ation procedure of your DOS application program. r application does not include the LX-300+ printer, t available printer from this list:

se color, you must choose either LX-300+, LX-300, 0. The other printers cannot use color.

on does not list a suitable alternative, contact the acturer to see if an update is available.

0

0

JX-80EX-800Any FX printerEPSON printerDraft printer

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Chapter 2

Using the Printer

Using the Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2Lights and buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2Selecting fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

Printing on ContinuPrinting with Removing a pSwitching bacPrinting with Adjusting the Advancing the

Printing on Single SLoading single

Printing on SpecialAdjusting the Multipart formLabels . . . . . . Envelopes. . .

About Your PrinterChanging defa

Installing and UsinCut-sheet feedPull tractor unRoll paper holColor upgradeUsing the Printer 2-1

ous Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5the push tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5rinted document from the push tractor . . . . 2-8k to single sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10the pull tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10top-of-form position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15 paper to the tear-off edge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17

heets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20 sheets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20

Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21paper-thickness lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-23

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-24

s Default Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-25ult settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-30

g Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-32er . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-32it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-35der . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-37 kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-39

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Using the Control Panel

You can controform feeding, with the buttoshow the print

Lights and butto

Pause light

When the mode and Pause lighdown the Pwill flash,

Pause button

Press the Pprinting orenter the mthree seconprinter is i

Paper Out lig

The Papeprinter.ter

l simple printer operationssuch as line feeding, loading and ejecting paper, and selecting fontsns on the control panel. The control panel lights ers status and the current font.

ns

orange Pause light is on, the printer is in pause cannot print. To print, press the Pause button. The t turns off. To enter the micro adjust mode, hold ause button for three seconds. The Pause light

indicating the printer is in micro adjust mode.

ause button to stop the printer temporarily during the self test. Press it again to resume activity. To icro adjust mode, hold down the Pause button for ds. The Pause light will flash, indicating the

n micro adjust mode.

ht

r Out light turns on when there is no paper in the



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Tear Off lights

The two green Font lights indicate the current font setting. For more about selecting fonts, see Selecting fonts on page 2-4. Both Font lights will flash when continuous paper is in the tear-off position. For more about the tear-off position, see Adjusting the tear-off position on page 2-18.

Load/Eject button

When usinwill eject athe push trpaper fromthe standb

LF/FF button

You can pline. Holdcontinuou

Tear Off butto

When usinthe Tear Oposition. Abutton agaform posit

Font

After entePause butwith the Te

Micro Adjust

When youprinter entpress the Lform or teUsing the Printer 2-3

g sheet fed paper, pressing the Load/Eject button sheet of paper. When using continuous paper with actor, pushing the Load/Eject button will load the the standby position, or return loaded paper to

y position.

ress the LF/FF button briefly to feed paper line by ing it down will eject single sheets, or advance s paper to the next top-of-form position.

n

g continuous paper with the push tractor, pushing ff button will advance the paper to the tear-off fter tearing off the printed document, pushing this in will return the continuous paper to the top-of-ion.

ring the micro adjust mode by holding down the ton for three seconds, you can change font settings ar Off button.

hold down the Pause button for three seconds, the ers the micro adjust mode. In this mode, you can F/FF and Load/Eject buttons to adjust the top-of-

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Selecting fonts

After entering button for threTear Off butto

to show the cuthrough all of the desired fon

Your selectionthe printer. Hosoftware will cshows how the

n = on

o = off

f

Font

EPSON Draft

EPSON Draft co

EPSON Roman

EPSON Roman

EPSON Sans Ser

EPSON Sans Ser

ter

the micro adjust mode by holding down the Pause e seconds, you can change font settings with the n. The two font lights come on (n) and go off (o) rrent selection. Press the button repeatedly to cycle the available selections; then stop when you reach t.

stays in effect until you change it again or turn off wever, any font choices you make with your ancel your control panel selection. The table below Tear Off lights appear for each selection.

= flashing

FONT Light

1 2

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Printing on Continuous Paper

Your printer can handle continuous paper from 101 mm (4.0 inches) to 254 mm (10.0 inches) wide. Depending on where you position the tractor, you can use it as a pull tractor or a push tractor. These guidelines can help you decide where to position the tractor:

o Do you wacontinuouyou tear ofin the pushtractor ins

o Are you pdocumenttractor as aon page 2-

Printing with the

When using thoff feature in tPrinters Defaucontinuous pa

1. Make sureand the pacontinuouUsing the Printer 2-5

nt to switch between printing on single sheets and s paper without removing the paper supply? Will f continuous paper sheet-by-sheet? Use the tractor tractor position. (The printer comes with the

talled in this position.) See the following section.

rinting on labels, multipart forms, or other s that require a precise print position? Use the pull tractor. See Printing with the pull tractor

10 for instructions.

push tractor

e push tractor, it is a good idea to set the Auto tear he Printer Setting mode to on. See About Your lt Settings on page 2-25. Heres how to load

per using the push tractor:

the printer is turned off. Remove the printer cover per guide and place the paper-release lever in the s paper position.

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2. Release the sprocket units by pulling the sprocket locks forward.

3. Slide the leguide. The0. Push theslide the ribut do notbetween thter

ft sprocket unit using the scale on the printer as a printer prints to the right of the position marked sprocket lock lever back to lock it in place. Then

ght sprocket unit to match the width of your paper, lock it. Move the paper support so it is midway e sprocket units.



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4. Make sure your paper has a clean, straight leading edge. Open the sprocket covers. Fit the first holes of the paper over the sprocket pins and then close the sprocket covers. Slide the right sprocket unit to remove any slack in the paper and lock it in place. Now the paper is in the paper-park position.

c Caution:Use the knob on the left side of the printer only to clear paper jamsdam

5. To separatthe paper notches ovThen slideyou feel itUsing the Printer 2-7

and only when the printer is off. Otherwise, you may age the printer or cause it to lose the top-of-form position.

e the incoming paper from the printed paper, attach guide by holding it horizontally and fitting its er the printers mounting posts as shown below.

the paper guide toward the front of the printer until click.

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6. Turn on the printer.

7. Make sure the printer cover is closed. Press the LF/FF button to feed the paper to the loading position. When the printer receives data, it begins printing automatically.

8. After you finish printing, follow the steps in the next section to tear off your printed document. If the first printed line on your page by using thform posit

c CautionNever usdamage t

When you senthe loading poprinting beginpush tractor o

Removing a prin

To remove the

1. Press the Tflashing. (Tposition.)ter

appears too high or low, you can change its position e micro adjust feature. See Adjusting the top-of-

ion on page 2-15.

:e the knob to adjust the top-of-form position; this may he printer or cause it to lose the top-of-form position.

d more data, the paper automatically feeds back to sition. If you want to change the position where s on the page, follow the steps in Printing with the n page 2-5 to adjust the loading position.

ted document from the push tractor

printed document, follow these steps:

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2. Open the paper guide cover, tear off the printed document using the tear-off edge of the paper tension unit.

Note:If your papedge, you cfeature. See

c CauNevdam

3. Close the p

When youthe paper b

To feed continremove the pasprocket cover

c CautionAlways Load/Ecause a pUsing the Printer 2-9

ers perforation is not properly aligned with the tear-off an adjust the tear-off position using the micro adjust Adjusting the tear-off position on page 2-18.

tion:er use the knob to adjust the tear-off position; this may age the printer or cause it to lose the tear-off position.

aper guide cover.

resume printing, the printer automatically feeds ack to the top-of-form position and starts printing.

uous paper to the standby position where you can per, press the Load/Eject button. Then open the s of the tractor and remove the paper.

:tear off your printed document before you press the ject button. Reverse feeding several pages at a time may aper jam.

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Switching back to single sheets

To switch to single sheets, press the Load/Eject button; the printer feeds the paper backwards into the standby position. Then, follow the steps in Loading single sheets on page 2-20.

c Caution:Always tear off your printed document before you press the Load/Ecause a p

Printing with the

To load continthe tractor to tthrough 3 beloposition, make

c Cautiono Use jamsdam

o Whethe Pinter

ject button. Reverse feeding several pages at a time may aper jam.

pull tractor

uous paper using the pull tractor, you must move he pull tractor position, as described in steps 1 w. If your tractor is already installed in this sure the printer is off and skip to step 6.

:the knob on the left side of the printer only to clear paper and only when the printer is off. Otherwise, you may age the printer or cause it to lose the top-of-form position.

n using the pull tractor, set the Auto tear off feature in rinter Setting mode to off; otherwise the paper may jam.



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1. Turn the printer off; then remove the printer cover, the paper guide, and the paper tension unit. Pull the paper-release lever forward to the continuous paper position.

2. Squeeze thaway fromUsing the Printer 2-11

e tractors lock tabs gently and pull the tractor the printer.

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3. Move the tractor forward to the mounting slot at the top of the printer and tilt it into place as shown below. When you push the tractor onto the posts, you should feel the notches snap into place.

4. Release thforward.inter

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5. Insert the paper into the paper slot as shown below and pull it up. Position the paper using the scale on the printer as a guide. The printer prints to the right of the position marked 0.

6. Slide the leposition oThen slidepaper, butbetween thUsing the Printer 2-13

ft sprocket unit so that its sprockets match the f the holes in the paper and lock the unit in place. the right sprocket unit to match the width of your do not lock it. Move the paper support midway e two sprocket units.

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7. Make sure your paper has a clean, straight leading edge. Open the sprocket covers. Fit the first holes of the paper over the sprocket pins and then close the sprocket covers. Slide the right sprocket unit to remove any slack in the paper and lock it in place.

Note:Remove any remaining slack by gently pulling the paper from the rear or bott

8. To separatthe paper gthe printertoward the

9. Slide the lemark; slide

10. Attach thethe paper-between pprinter.

11. Make surereceives dainter

om.

e the incoming paper from the printed paper, attach uide. Hold it horizontally and fit its notches over

s mounting posts. Then slide the paper guide back of the printer until you feel it click.

ft edge guide to the center until it stops at the guide the right edge guide to the opposite guide mark.

printer cover and adjust the paper position with feed knob. Turn the knob until the perforation ages is just above the print head. Then turn on the

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If you want to change the position where printing begins on the page, press LF/FF to advance the page to the next top-of-form position, and then see Adjusting the Top-of-Form Position below to adjust the loading position.

To eject the paper, tear off the paper entering the printer; then press the LF/FF button to feed the paper forward.

Adjusting the to

The top-of-forprinter starts pon the page, yoof-form positio

c CautionNever udamage

Note:o Your top-of

it, even if y

o The top marthe top-of-ffeature. If nsoftware.

1. Make sure

2. If necessar

3. Lift the pr

4. Hold dowTear Off liadjust modUsing the Printer 2-15

p-of-form position

m position is the position on the page where the rinting. If your printing appears too high or low u can use the micro adjust feature to adjust the top-n. Follow these steps:

:se the knob to adjust the top-of-form position; this may the printer or cause it to lose the top-of-form position.

-form position setting remains in effect until you change ou turn off the printer.

gin setting made in some application software overrides orm position setting you make with the micro adjust ecessary, adjust the top-of-form position in your

the printer is turned on.

y, load paper as described earlier in this chapter.

inter cover up and off the printer.

n the Pause button for about three seconds. The ght starts flashing and the printer enters the micro e.

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5. Press the LF/FF

D button to move the top-of-form position up on the page, or press the Load/Eject

U button to move the top-of-form position down on the page.

Note:o The pri

positionbeeps a

o When tprinteruse thetop-of-f

To adjust tloaded on

plastic ribbon coveinter

nter has a minimum and a maximum top-of-form . If you try to adjust it beyond these limits, the printer

nd stops moving the paper.

he paper reaches the default top-of-form position, the also beeps and stops moving the paper briefly. You can default position as a reference point when adjusting the orm position.

he top-of-form position for continuous paper the pull tractor, see the following example:

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First mark a point 6.5 mm (0.26 inch) above the papers perforation; then position the paper so that the mark is even with the top edge of the plastic ribbon cover. This gives you an 8.5 mm (0.33 inch) margin on the next page, meaning the printer starts printing 8.5 mm (0.33 inch) below the perforation. If you mark a point 5.5 mm (0.22 inch) above the perforation, you get a 9.5 mm (0.37inch) margin on the next page.

6. After you sto exit mic

Advancing the

If you use the advance your when you finisdocument. Whfeeds the papesave the paper

As described bmanually by pautomatically

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et the top-of-form position, press the Pause button ro adjust mode.

paper to the tear-off edge

push tractor, you can use the tear-off feature to continuous paper to the printers tear-off edge h printing. You can then easily tear off the printed en you resume printing, the printer automatically r back to the top-of-form position so that you can normally lost between documents.

elow, you can use the tear-off feature in two ways: ressing the printers Tear Off button, or by turning on the auto tear-off mode.

:se the tear-off feature (as described below) to feed us paper with labels backwards; they may come off their sheet and jam the printer.

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Using the Tear Off button

After the printer finishes printing your document, check that the Tear Off lights are not flashing. Then press the Tear Off button. The printer advances the paper to the tear-off edge.

Note:If the Tear Off lights are flashing, the paper is in the tear-off position. If you press the Tear Off button again, the printer feeds your paper to the next top-of-f

Advancing the p

To automaticaposition, you nthe appropriatsetting mode. on page 2-30.

When auto teapaper to the tedata or a form

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aper to the tear-off position automatically

lly advance your printed documents to the tear-off eed to turn on the auto tear-off mode and select e page length for continuous paper in the default-For instructions, see Changing default settings

r-off is on, the printer automatically advances the ar-off position whenever it receives a full page of feed command followed by no more data.

r-off position

perforation is not aligned with the tear-off edge, e micro adjust feature to move the perforation to sition. Follow these steps:

:e the knob to adjust the tear-off position; this may he printer or cause it to lose the tear-off position.

sition setting remains in effect until you change it, even he printer.

the Tear Off lights are flashing (the paper is at the r-off position). You may need to press the Tear Off dvance the paper to the tear-off position.



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2. Open the paper guide cover.

3. Hold down the Pause button for about three seconds. The Tear Off light begins flashing and the printer enters the micro adjust mode.

4. Press the LF/FF

D button to feed the paper backwards, or press the Load/Eject

U button to feed the paper forwards, until the paper perf

Note:The printertry to adjusbeeps and s

5. After you turn off th

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oration is aligned with the tear-off edge.

has a minimum and a maximum tear-off position. If you t the tear-off position beyond these limits, the printer tops moving the paper.

set the tear-off position, press the Pause button to e micro adjust mode.

e printed pages.

ume printing, the printer automatically feeds the the top-of-form position and begins printing.

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Printing on Single Sheets

You can load single-sheet paper one sheet at a time using the paper guide of the printer. Your single-sheet paper may be from 100 to 257 mm (3.9 to 10.1 inches) wide.

Before printing on single-sheet multipart forms, envelopes, or other special paper, be sure to the set the paper thickness lever to the appropriat2-21 for details

Note:o To load a st

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You load singlpage 1-11. Forany other buttprint.

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e position. See Printing on Special Paper on page .

ack of single-sheet paper, use the optional cut-sheet Installing and Using Options on page 2-32.

specifications on the types of single-sheet paper you can inter Specifications on page A-4.

e the paper guide to load single-sheet carbonless rms that are fastened at the top by line gluing.

ipart forms in the paper guide, bound edge first and de down.

heets

e sheets as shown in Running the Self Test on normal use, turn on the printer without pressing ons. When the printer receives data, it begins to

:nob on the left side of the printer only to clear paper jams when the printer is off. Otherwise, you may damage the r cause it to lose the top-of-form position.



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Printing on Special Paper

Your printer can also print on a wide variety of paper types, including multipart forms, labels, and envelopes.

For multipart forms and labels, you should not print any closer than 0.5 inch or 13 mm from either side of the paper. For information on the printable area of envelopes, see Printer Specifications

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on page A-4.

:inting on multipart forms, thicker-than-normal paper, envelopes, make sure your software program settings

printing entirely within the printable area. Printing past of these papers can damage the print head.

per-thickness lever

g on special paper, you need to change the paper ng.

rinter off and open the cover. The paper-thickness the left side of the printer. The numbers next to the ate the thickness setting.

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2. Use the table below to select the appropriate paper thickness.

3. Close the c

Multipart forms

You can use caoriginal plus fpaper thicknestips will help y

o Use only mside-crimpload multicontinuou

o If you needprogram oAdjusting

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Standard paper (single sheets or continuous) 0

Multipart forms 2-sheet3-sheet4-sheet5-sheet

0123

Labels

Envelopesinter

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rbonless multipart forms of up to five parts (one our copies). Before you print on the forms, set the s lever as described in the previous section. These ou get good results:

ultipart forms that are joined by spot gluing or ing, and that are free of wrinkles and waves. Never part forms joined by metal staples, tape, or s gluing.

to adjust the loading position, use your software r change the loading position as described on the top-of-form position on page 2-15.

use side-crimped multipart forms, the copies may ith the original. If this happens, raise the paper

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Labels

You must use the tractor as a pull tractor to print on labels. Keep these tips in mind:

o Choose labels mounted on a continuous backing sheet with sprocket holes made for use with a tractor. Do not print labels as single sheets, because the shiny backing sheet almost always slips slightly.

o You load lexcept thaPrinting winstruction

o Because lahumidity, Make surearea. (See specificati

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abels the same way you load continuous paper, t the paper thickness lever should be set to 1. See

ith the pull tractor on page 2-10 for loading s.

bels are especially sensitive to temperature and use them only under normal operating conditions. the printing stays entirely within the printable Printer Specifications on page A-4 for ons.)

e labels loaded in the printer between jobs; they curl platen and may jam when you resume printing.

the labels from the printer, tear off the fresh supply of the printer; then press LF/FF to advance the labels out of the printer.

:ed labels backwards through the printer; they can easily he backing and jam the printer. If a label does become the printer, contact your dealer.

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Envelopes

You can feed envelopes individually using the paper guide.

o Before loading an envelope, set the paper thickness lever to 2, 3, or 5. See Adjusting the paper-thickness lever on page 2-21.

o To load an envelope, follow the steps in Running the Self Test on pthe printerenvelope bit until it fe

o Use enveloconditions

o Make surearea.

o The print henvelope opage A-4 fsample usion the envinter

age 1-11. Insert the wide edge of the envelope into first, printable-side down. When you insert the etween the paper guides, push it firmly and hold eds into the printer.

pes only under normal temperature and humidity .

the printing stays entirely within the printable

ead must not go past the left or right edge of the r other thick paper. (See Printer Specifications on or specifications.) Its a good idea to print a test ng a normal single sheet of paper before you print elopes.



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About Your Printers Default Settings

The default settings control many printer functions. While you can often set these functions through your software or printer driver, you may sometimes need to change a default setting from the printers control panel using the default-setting mode.

The following table lists the default settings and the options you can select in thin detail after settings, see C

Settings

Page length fo

Skip over perfo

Auto tear-off

Auto line feed

Print direction

Software

0 slash

High speed dra

I/F mode

Auto I/F wait tim

Baud rate

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e default-setting mode. The settings are explained the table. For instructions on changing the default

hanging default settings on page 2-30.

Options

r tractor* Length in inches: 3, 3.5, 4, 5.5, 6, 7, 8, 8.5, 11, 70/6, 12, 14, 17

ration On, Off

On, Off

On, Off

Bi-D, Uni-D

ESC/P, IBM 2380Plus

0,

ft On, Off

Auto, Parallel, Serial

e 10 seconds, 30 seconds

19200, 9600, 4800, 2400, 1200, 600, 300 BPS

None, Odd, Even, Ignore

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Auto, Off

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* The options av

** These settings t

Page length for t

This setting allcontinuous pa

Skip over perfora

This feature isWhen you selemargin betweeprinted on thecannot set you

Character table* Standard model:Italic, PC 437, PC 850, PC 860, PC 863, PC 865, PC 861, BRASCII, Abicomp, Roman 8, ISO Latin 1, PC 858, ISO 8859-15, All other models: Italic, PC 437, PC 850, PC 437 Greek, PC 853, PC 855, PC 852, PC 857, PC 866, PC 869, MAZOWIA, Code MJK, ISO 8859-7, ISO Latin 1T,

International chset for Italic tab

Manual feed w

Buzzer

Auto CR (IBM 2

IBM character

Settings Optionsinter

ailable vary depending on the country of purchase.

ake effect only when IBM 2380 Plus emulation is selected.

ractor

ows you to set the page length (in inches) for per.

tion

available only when continuous paper is selected. ct On, the printer provides a one-inch (25.4 mm) n the last line printed on one page and the first line

next page. You should use this setting only if you r top and bottom margins using your application.

Bulgaria, PC 774, Estonia, ISO 8859-2, PC 866 LAT, PC 866 UKR, PC APTEC, PC 708, PC 720, PC AR864, PC 860, PC863, PC 865, PC 861, BRASCII, Abicomp, Roman 8, ISO Latin 1, PC 858, ISO 8859-15, PC 771

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Italic U.S.A., Italic France, Italic Germany, Italic U.K., Italic Denmark1, Italic Sweden, Italic Italy, Italic Spain1

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Auto tear off

When auto tear off is on and you are using continuous paper with the push tractor, the printer automatically advances the paper perforation to the tear-off position, where you can easily tear off the printed pages. When the printer receives the next print job, it automatically moves the unused paper back to the top-of-form position and starts printing, so you can use all of the next page.

When auto teatear-off positioAdvancing thinformation.

Auto line feed

When auto linreturn (CR) cois on, the printan extra line a

Print direction

You can selectprinting (Uni-Dunidirectionalalignment, wh

Software

When you seleESC/P mode. emulates an IB

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r off is off, you need to move the perforation to the n manually by pressing the Tear Off button. See e paper to the tear-off edge on page 2-17 for more

e feed is on, the printer accompanies each carriage de received with a line feed code. When this feature position moves to the next line. If the printer adds fter every carriage return, select Off.

bidirectional printing (Bi-D) or unidirectional ). Printing is normally bidirectional; however,

printing allows for precise vertical printing ich is useful for printing graphics.

ct ESC/P, the printer operates in the EPSON When you select IBM 2380 Plus, the printer M printer.

cter has a slash ( ) when this feature is on. It has no this feature is off. The slash allows you to easily tween the uppercase letter O and a zero.

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High speed draft

When you choose On, the printer prints up to 300 cps (characters per second) at 10 cpi (characters per inch). When you choose Off, the printer prints up to 225 cps at 10 cpi.

I/F (interface) mode

The printer comes with a built-in parallel interface and serial interface.

If your printeror Serial for thuse. If your pri(automatic) to interfaces depe

Auto I/F (interfac

This setting taand the auto inhow long the pan interface bethrough the otseconds for th

Baud rate

Use this optioninterface. The your computeproper setting

Parity

When this optparity bit, if usyour computeproper settinginter

is connected to only one computer, select Parallel e interface mode, depending on the interface you nter is connected to two computers, select Auto allow the printer to automatically switch between nding on which one is receiving data.

e) wait time

kes effect only if an optional interface is installed terface mode is selected. This setting determines rinter waits when it no longer receives data from fore it checks whether a print job is being sent her interface. You can specify 10 seconds or 30 e auto interface wait time.

to set the data transfer rate (baud) for the serial baud rate is measured in bits per second (bps). See r manual and software documentation for the .

ion is set to None, parity checking is disabled. The ed, provides a basic form of error detection. See

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Parallel I/F bidirectional mode

The Parallel Interface bidirectional transfer mode is used when this feature is on. If bidirectional transfer mode is unnecessary, turn this off.

Packet mode

Select Auto to use the IEEE-1284.4 packet transfer mode. If packet transfer modeoff.

Character table

You can select for 22 other co

International cha

You can selectItalic characterthat vary depecustomize the

Manual feed wa

This sets the aminto the papercan adjust its pwait time.

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is unnecessary, or if you cannot connect, turn this

among 13 standard character tables as well as tables untries.

racter set for Italic table

among several international character sets for the table. Each character set contains eight characters nding on the country or language, so you can

Italic table to suit your printing needs.

it time

ount of wait time between when paper is inserted guide and it is fed. If the paper feeds before you osition to your satisfaction, you can increase the

eps when an error occurs. If you do not want the when an error occurs, turn this setting off.

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Auto CR (carriage return)

This setting is available only in IBM 2380 Plus emulation mode. When auto carriage return is on, each line feed (LF) code or ESC J code is accompanied by a carriage return code. This moves the print position to the beginning of the next line. If the printer adds an extra line after every carriage return, select Off.

IBM character ta

This setting is When you seleof the characteselect Table 2,and 80H to 9F

Changing defau

Follow the stepand change th

Note:o To print the

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1. Make sure

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available only in IBM 2380 Plus emulation mode. ct Table 1, hex codes 00H to 1FH and 80H to 9FH r tables are used for the control codes. When you hex codes 00H to 1FX are used for control codes H are used for characters.

lt settings

s on the next page to enter the default-setting mode e printers default settings.

language selection and default-setting mode s, you need five sheets of A4 or letter size single-sheet e pages of continuous paper that is at least 279 mm (11 and 210 mm (8.27 inches) wide. See the instructions ter for loading continuous paper or single sheets.

ingle sheets, you need to load a new sheet of paper each nter ejects a printed sheet.

paper is loaded and the printer is turned off.

tion:never you turn off the printer, wait at least five seconds e turning it back on; otherwise you may damage the

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2. While holding down the Tear Off button, turn on the printer. The printer enters the default-setting mode and prints the language selection instructions.

3. Press the LF/FF button until the Tear Off lights indicate the language you want, as described in the language selection instructions.

4. Press the Tinstruction

The printechange, decontrol painstructionon the prin

Note:The arrowssettings.

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ear Off button to print the default-setting mode s (four pages) in the language you selected.

d instructions list the default settings you can scribe how to change them, and show you how the nel lights help you make settings. Follow these s to change the default settings using the buttons ters control panel.

on the instruction sheets indicate the printers current

finish making settings, make sure the printer is not d then turn it off to exit the default-setting mode.

gs you have made remain in effect until you change .

it the default-setting mode by turning off the printer inter is not printing.

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Installing and Using Options

Cut-sheet feeder

The optional single-bin cut sheet feeder (C80637]) handles up to 50 sheets of standard bond paper ( 82 g/m or 22 lb) without reloading. Follow these steps to install the cut sheet feeder:

1. Make surethe paper g

2. If the tractoand re-inst

3. Make sureposition.

4. Hold the culevers. Fit mounting the cut-sheinter

the printer is turned off. Remove the printer cover, uide and the paper tension unit.

r is installed in the pull-tractor position, remove it all it in the push-tractor position.

the paper-release lever is in the single-sheet

t-sheet feeder in both hands and press on the latch the notches in the cut-sheet feeder over the posts on the printer. Releasing the latch levers locks et feeder in place.

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5. Slide the left paper guide so it is aligned with the triangle mark. Next, slide the right paper guide to roughly match the width of your paper. Slide the paper support midway between the paper guides.

6. Pull the paguides retUsing the Printer 2-33

per-set levers all the way forward until the paper ract and lock open to allow for paper loading.

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7. Take a stack of paper and fan it. Next, tap the side and bottom of the paper on a flat surface to even up the stack.

c Caution:Do not use envelopes, multipart forms, carbon paper, or labels in the cut-sheet feeder.

8. Insert up to 50 sheets of paper along the left paper guide.

9. Adjust theyour papeallows the

10. Push the pguide rolle

11. Remove thtwo stackeholes on th

12. Attach thebelow.

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Release tabinter

position of the right paper guide so that it matches rs width. Make sure the position of the guide paper to move up and down freely.

aper-set levers back to clamp the paper against the rs.

e paper supports from the edge guides. Insert the r supports packed with the cut-sheet feeder into the e edge guides.

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13. Slide the left edge guide to the center until it stops at the guide mark. Then slide the right edge guide to the opposite guide mark.

Note:To remove the paper guide from the cut-sheet feeder, press both release tabs and pull out the paper guide.

You can easilyfeeder operati2-10 for details

Note:When you printpage forward atthe printer coveand prevents pa

Pull tractor unit

An additional

You can improby using two twith continuoWhen you useto Double.

1. Make surecontinuoupush-tracttractor pos

2. Load conttractor. (Se

3. Turn on thin one pagUsing the Printer 2-35

switch between continuous paper and cut-sheet on. See Switching back to single sheets on page .

several pages of continuous paper, fold the first printed the perforation after the perforation emerges from below r. This helps the printer feed the printed pages properly per jams.

pull tractor (C80030]) is available as an option.

ve the performance of continuous paper handling ractors at the same time. This is especially useful us pre-printed forms, multipart forms, and labels. two tractors, set Tractor in the Printer Setting mode

the paper-release lever is pulled forward to the s-paper position. Install the included tractor in the or position. Install the optional tractor in the pull-ition.

inuous paper on the sprocket units of the push-e Printing on Continuous Paper on page 2-5.)

e printer. Hold down the LF/FF button to feed paper e.

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4. Release the sprocket lock levers of the pull tractor and adjust the sprocket units to match the width of the paper. Be sure that the sprocket units on both tractors are aligned so that the paper is not crooked.

5. Open the sprocket covers. Fit the holes of the paper over the tractor pins of the sprocket units and adjust the sprocket units as necessary. (See Printing on Continuous Paper on page 2-5.) Close

6. If there is stractors, turemove th

7. See that thsprocket u

8. Re-install tinter

the sprocket covers.

lack in the paper between the push and pull rn the knob on the left side of the pull tractor to

e slack.

e paper is not crooked or wrinkled and lock the nits in place.

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Roll paper holder

The optional roll paper holder (#8310) allows you to use your printer with 8.5-inch roll paper like that used with telex machines. To use the roll paper holder, follow the steps below. This option is not available in all countries.

1. Turn off the printer and remove the paper guide.

2. Position thbelow. Fit pegs on th

3. Push the p

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e roll paper holder beneath the printer as shown the two holes in the base onto the two positioning e bottom of the printer.

aper-release lever to the single-sheet position.

:l to avoid dropping the roll paper holder when lifting er. Only the printers weight holds it in place.

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4. Cut the leading edge of the roll paper straight across. Slide the roll paper holder shaft through the center of the paper roll.

5. Set the shathe roll so turn on the

6. Bring the lguide for ssingle shee

7. Install the until it stopto the oppinter

ft and paper roll onto the roll paper holder. Orient that paper feeds from the bottom of the roll. Then printer.

eading edge of the paper up over the paper path ingle sheets and insert it into the printer path for ts until you feel resistance.

paper guide. Slide the left edge guide to the center s at the guide mark. Then slide the right edge guide

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Color upgrade kit

The optional color upgrade kit (C83208]) includes a color ribbon cartridge and a motor unit. Heres how to install the kit:

1. Turn off the printer and remove the printer cover and paper tension unit. Slide the connector cover on the printer and pull it out as shown below.

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motor unit in the right hand corner of the printer, ear facing the center of the printer. Push it down it the metal pins into the slots.

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