Contents
Reference Guide
Page
Contents
Control Panel
Glossary Index
Page
Chapter
Paper Handling
Paper source and paper types
Selecting a Paper Source
Setting the paper release lever
Adjusting the Paper-Thickness Lever
Paper Handling
Positioning the continuous paper supply
Loading Continuous Paper
Loading continuous paper with the tractor
Sprocket lock lever
Sprocket cover
CCaution
Using the tear-off function
Removing continuous paper
Loading Single Sheets
Slide the edge guide until it rests against the guide mark
Multipart forms
Loading Special Paper
Printing on the edge of a label can damage the print head
Labels
To tear off and eject labels
Switching to single sheets
Switching Between Continuous Paper and Single Sheets
Switching to continuous paper
Adjusting the tear-off position
Using the Micro Adjust Function
Adjusting the top-of-form position
Paper Handling
Paper Handling
Printer Software
About Your Printer Software
Using the Printer Driver with Windows Me, 98,
Accessing the printer driver from Windows applications
Click Printers
Accessing the printer driver from the Start menu
Changing the printer driver settings
Using the Printer Driver with Windows XP, 2000 and NT
Printer Software
Accessing the printer driver from the Start menu
Printer Software
Changing the printer driver settings
Printer settings
Printer Driver Settings Overview
Monitoring settings
Using Epson Status Monitor
Setting up Epson Status Monitor
Following settings are available
Accessing Epson Status Monitor
Control Panel
LF/FF button
Buttons and Lights
Pause light
Bitmap font
Selecting a Font
Understanding default settings
About Your Printer’s Default Settings
Default-setting mode
PC 866 LAT., PC 866UKR, PC Aptec
Skip over perforation
Length for tractor
Auto tear-off
Auto line feed
Parallel I/F interface bidirectional mode For LQ-630 only
Interface mode
Slash
High speed draft
Baud rate For LQ-630S only
Packet mode
Parity For LQ-630S only
Data length For LQ-630S only
International character set for italic table
Character table
Pitch
Font
Changing default settings
Page
Turning on or off the lock-out mode
Lock-Out Mode
Changing the lock-out mode setting
CCaution
Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting
Using the Error Indicators
Problems and Solutions
Printer does not work and the control panel lights are off
Power supply problems
Single sheets
Paper loading or feeding problems
Paper feeding is crooked or the paper jams
Printer does not fully eject the paper
Continuous paper
Printer does not eject your continuous paper properly
Troubleshooting
Wrong top-of-form position
Printing position problems
Your printing appears too high or low on
Wrong tear-off position
Change Page length for tractor setting
Pause light is off but the printer does not print
Printing or printout quality problems
Printer makes a strange noise and stops abruptly
Printer sounds like it is printing, but nothing prints
Lines of dots are missing in the printout as shown below
Incorrect characters are printed
Printing starts too high or too low on
Printout has extra blank lines between lines of text
All the text is printed on the same line
Vertical printed lines are not aligned
Correcting USB Problems
Click the Device Manager tab
Troubleshooting
Printer does not work correctly with the USB cable
Clearing a Paper Jam
Aligning Vertical Lines in Your Printout
Printing a Self Test
CCaution
Printing Hex Dump
Contacting Customer Support
France
Germany
Centres de maintenance
Bordeaux
Dijon
Lezennes Limoges
Metz
Nice
Paris Nord
Rennes ST Gregoire Rouen
Epson IBÉRICA, S.A
Spain
Albacete Departament
Cáceres Paitron
Lugo Label
United Kingdom
Italy
Republic of Ireland
Elenco Centri Assistenza Autorizzati Epson
Computer Informaint S.N.C
Epson Portugal, S.A
Portugal
Netherlands
Austria
Denmark
Belgium
Finland
Macedonia
Croatia
Luxemburg
Slovenia
Hungary
Switzerland
Czek. Republic
Slovac Republic
Norway
Sweden
Greece
Yugoslavia
Romar Pazarlama Sanayi VE Ticaret A.S
Turkey
Istanbul
Ankara
Antalya
Denizli
Gaziantep
Kocaeli
Cyprus
Samsun
Poland
Romania
Bulgaria
Estonia
Latvia
Israel
Lithuania
Middle East
South Africa
Argentina
Bosnia Herzgovina
Chile
Brazil
Colombia
Mexico
Costa Rica
Peru
USA Latin America
Venezuela
Options and Consumables
Genuine Epson ribbon cartridge
Ribbon Cartridge
Replacing the ribbon cartridge
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Print Server
Appendix a
Product Information
Hot parts caution symbol
Safety Instructions
Important safety instructions
125
For United Kingdom users
Safety information
Energy Star compliance
Use of options
If you have to fit a plug
A a a A a a a a
Printer Parts
Mechanical
Printer Specifications
Page
Epson OCR-B
Electronic
Epson Sans Serif H10.5, 8 to 32 points,
Environmental
Electrical
Paper
Single sheets
135
Multipart forms
137
Labels single-sheet
139
Labels continuous forms
Product Information
141
Single sheets including single-sheet multipart forms
Printable area
Continuous paper including continuous multipart forms
Standards and Approvals
Epson ESC/P 2 control codes
Command Lists
ESC C, ESC C0, ESC X, ESC N, ESC O, ESC
IBM Ppds Emulation Control Codes
Cleaning the Printer
Transporting the Printer
Product Information
Glossary
Glossary
Line feed LF
Unidirectional printing
Numerics
Index
Index