EPSON FX-890/FX-2190

Control Panel Buttons and Lights

Button/Light

Function

 

 

 

1

Font button

Selects one of the fonts. See “Selecting a

 

 

Font and Pitch” on page 8.

 

 

 

 

Font lights

Indicate which font is selected.

 

 

 

2

Reset

When you press both the Font and Pitch

 

 

buttons simultaneously, the printer clears the

 

 

buffer and restores its default settings.

 

 

 

3

Pitch button

Selects one of the pitch settings. See

 

 

“Selecting a Font and Pitch” on page 8.

 

 

 

 

Pitch lights

Indicate which pitch is selected.

 

 

 

4

Tear Off/Bin

Feeds continuous paper forward to the

 

button

tear-off position.

 

 

Feeds continuous paper backward from the

 

 

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

 

 

Selects a cut-sheet feeder bin when the

 

 

cut-sheet feeder is installed.

 

 

 

 

Tear Off/Bin

Both flash when continuous paper is in the

 

lights

tear-off position.

 

 

Both off when continuous paper is not in the

 

 

tear-off position or when bin 1 of the optional

 

 

cut-sheet feeder is selected.

 

 

Left light is on when Card mode is selected.

 

 

Right light is on when bin 2 of the optional

 

 

cut-sheet feeder is selected.

 

 

 

5

Menu

When you press the Pitch and Tear Off/Bin

 

 

buttons at the same time, the printer enters

 

 

the default setting mode. See “Changing the

 

 

Default Settings” on page 14.

 

 

 

6

Set

In default setting mode, you can press the

 

 

Tear Off/Bin button to select a value.

 

 

 

7

Load/Eject button

Loads a single sheet of paper.

 

 

Ejects a single sheet of paper.

 

 

Loads continuous paper from the standby

 

 

position.

 

 

Feeds continuous paper backward to the

 

 

standby position if a sheet is loaded.

 

 

 

8

Micro Adjust

When you hold down the Pause button for

 

 

three seconds, the printer enters the Micro

 

 

Adjust mode. In this mode, you can press the

 

 

LF/FF D and Load/Eject U buttons to adjust

 

 

the top-of-form or tear-off position. See

 

 

“Using the Micro Adjust Function” on

 

 

page 11.

 

 

 

9

LF/FF button

Feeds paper line by line when pressed

 

 

quickly.

 

 

Ejects a single sheet or advances continuous

 

 

paper to the next top-of-form position when

 

 

held down.

 

 

 

10

Pause light

On when the printer is paused.

 

 

Flashes when the printer is in Micro Adjust

 

 

mode.

 

 

 

11

Pause button

Stops printing temporarily, and resumes

 

 

printing when pressed again.

 

 

When held down for three seconds, enters

 

 

the Micro Adjust mode. When pressed again,

 

 

exits the Micro Adjust mode.

 

 

 

12

Paper Out light

On when no paper is loaded in the selected

 

 

paper source or paper is not loaded correctly.

 

 

Flashes when paper has not been fully

 

 

ejected or paper is jammed.

 

 

 

 

Lock function

When Lock-out mode is on, the Paper Out

 

 

and Pause lights flash if a locked button is

 

 

pressed. See the Reference Guide for more

 

 

information.

 

 

 

Power-on Functions

The table below summarizes the power-on functions available through the control panel. To perform the function on the right, hold down the button(s) on the left while you turn on the printer.

Control panel button

Function

 

 

Load/Eject

NLQ self test

 

 

LF/FF

Draft self test

 

 

Load/Eject + LF/FF

Data (Hex) dump

 

 

Load/Eject + LF/FF + Pause

EEPROM reset

 

 

Pause

Bidirectional adjustment mode

 

 

Load/Eject + Pause

Control panel Lock-out mode (on/off)

 

 

LF/FF + Pause

Default settings for control panel

 

Lock-out mode

 

 

Font + Pitch

Quiet mode

 

 

Pitch + Pause

Copy mode

 

 

Font + Tear Off/Bin

Default setting, simple mode

 

 

Tear Off/Bin + Pause

Okidata ML 320T/321T mode

 

 

Tear Off/Bin + Load/Eject

Reset the Driving Line count for ribbon

 

change timing

 

 

Font + Pitch + Tear Off/Bin

Program reload mode

 

 

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