Control Panel Buttons and Lights

Font button

Pause button

Selects the font.

Stops printing temporarily, and

Condensed button

resumes printing when pressed again.

When pressed for three seconds,

Turns on and off the condensed mode.

turns on the *micro adjust mode. To

Reset

turn off, press again.

 

When you press both the Font and Condensed buttons

Pause light

simultaneously, the printer clears its buffer and return to its

On when the printer is paused.

default settings.

Flashes when the printer is in the

 

 

*micro adjust mode.

Tear Off/Bin button (LQ-680)

Flashes when the print head has

Advances continuous paper to the tear-off position.

overheated.

Feeds continuous paper backward from the tear-off

Paper Out light

 

position to the top-of-form position.

Selects a cut-sheet feeder bin.

On when no paper is loaded in

Turns on the card mode to print on postcards and envelopes.

the selected paper source or

Tear Off/Bin lights (LQ-680)

paper is not loaded correctly.

Flashes when paper has not

f f when continuous paper is in the tear-off position.

been fully ejected or a paper

o n when bin 1 of the optional cut-sheet feeder is selected.

jam has occurred.

n o when bin 2 of the optional cut-sheet feeder is selected.

n n when the printer is in the card mode.

LQ-680

LQ-680Pro

Paper Source button & lights (LQ-680Pro)

*Micro Adjust mode

Select a paper source. See Chapter 2.

When you hold down the Pause button for three

Tear Off/Special Paper button (LQ-680Pro)

seconds, the printer enters the micro adjust mode. In

this mode, you can press the LF/FFD and Load/EjectU

Advances continuous paper to the tear-off

buttons to adjust the top-of-form or tear-off position. See

position.

Chapter 2.

Feeds continuous paper backward from

LF/FF button

the tear-off position to the

top-of-form position.

Feeds paper line by line when pressing shortly.

Turns on the card mode or envelope mode.

Ejects a single sheet or advances continuous paper

Tear Off/Special Paper lights (LQ-680Pro)

to the next top-of-form position when held down.

Load/Eject button

f f when continuous paper is in the tear-

off position.

Loads a single sheet of paper.

o n when the printer is in the card mode. Ejects a single sheet of paper if a sheet is loaded.

n o when the printer is in the envelope Loads continuous paper from the standby position.

mode.

Feeds continuous paper backward to the standby

 

position.