Epson DFX-8500 Incorrect characters are printed, Printing starts too high or too low on the page, The font selected using the the control panel does not print

Incorrect characters are printed.

Cause	What to do
Your printer and the	Make sure that you use the correct
computer may not be	interface cable and that the
communicating correctly.	communications protocol is correct.
The wrong character table is	Select the correct character table using
selected in your software.	your software or DIP switch 1 as
	described in Chapter 4. Note that the
	character table setting in your software
	overrides the setting selected with the
	DIP switch.

The font selected using the the control panel does not print.

Cause	What to do
Software settings override the	Use your software to select the font.
control panel settings.

Printing starts too high or too low on the page.

Cause	What to do
The top margin setting in	Check that the margins are set
your software may be	correctly in your program. See
incorrect.	“Printable area” in Appendix A.
The size of the paper loaded	Load the correct size of paper, or
in the printer does not match	change the paper size setting within
the paper size setting within	your application software or printer
your application software.	driver to match the size of paper you
	are using.

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