Epson EPI-4000 How, LQ Mode, FX Mode, SQ-2500, How Your Printer Prints, 1-50Setting Up the Printer

Using Your Printer with Software

If none of the printers listed above are available from your program, use the Epson LQ or FX mode. If you use LQ or FX mode, choose one of the following printers (listed in order of preference).

LQ Mode	FX Mode
LQ-1050/850	FX-1050/850
SQ-2500	FX-286e/86e
LQ-2500	FX-286/185/85
LQ-1000/800 (expanded ESC/P)	FX-100/80
LQ-500/510	FX printer
LQ-1500 (with version 2 ROM)
LQ printer

If none of these printers are listed among your program’s options, choose the first available of the following: EX, JX, LX, RX, MX, Epson printer, Standard printer, or Draft printer.

How Your Printer Prints

When you print a document, the data for the document is temporarily stored in the printer’s memory. The printer’s memory contains data from the time it receives a print command until it finishes the last page of the print job.

If the print mechanism is not moving during a print job, the printer may be composing a page in memory. It may take a few minutes to image a complex page or graphics before printing it.

If you don’t know whether a print job is complete, look at the display. If the display reads FF, the print job is not finished and the printer’s memory contains data.

If you want to stop a print job before it has finished and clear the printer’s memory, cancel the print job using your application program and then press RESET to reset the printer.

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