EPSON FX-980

Control Panel Buttons and Lights

Font button

Selects the font.

Font lights

Indicate which font is selected.

Pitch button

Selects the font size.

Pitch lights

Indicate what font size is selected.

Pause button

Stops printing temporarily, and resumes printing when pressed again.

Pause light

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.

Load/Eject button

❏Loads a single sheet of paper.

❏Ejects a single sheet of paper when a sheet is loaded.

❏Loads continuous paper from the standby position.

❏Feeds continuous paper backward to the standby position in micro adjust mode.

Micro Adjust buttons

When you hold down the Pause button for 3 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.

Operate button

Turns the printer on and off. The printer is off when the top of this button is even with the button protectors.

❏On when the printer is paused.

❏Flashes when the printer is in the micro adjust mode.

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 a paper jam has occurred.

Tear Off/Bin button

❏Advances continuous paper to the 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.

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

Tear Off/Bin lights

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

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

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

❏n n when the printer is in the card mode. n = on, o = off, f = flashing

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Error Indicators

You can identify many common printer problems using the lights on the control panel. If your printer stops working and one or more control panel lights are on, flashing, or the printer beeps, use the following table to diagnose and fix the problem.

State of

Beep

Problem

 

panel lights

pattern

Solution

 

 

 

n Pause

—

The printer is paused.

 

 

 

 

 

Press the Pause button to resume printing.

 

 

 

 

•••

The printer cover is open.

 

 

 

 

 

Close the paper guide cover.

 

 

 

 

•••••

Paper from another paper source is currently in

 

 

the paper path.

 

 

 

 

 

Move the paper release lever back to the

 

 

appropriate position and press the Load/Eject

 

 

button to feed the paper out of the paper path.

 

 

Then set the lever to the position you want to use.

 

 

Press the Pause button to turn off the Pause light,

 

 

if necessary.

 

 

 

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