9-PinDot Matrix Printer
User’s Guide
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Printer Parts
Control Panel Buttons and Lights
Contents
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Getting to Know Your Printer
Features
tear-off
feature
paper release lever
micro adjust feature
Available Paper Paths
Printing on continuous paper
Using the push tractor positions
Using the pull tractor position
Printing on single sheets
6Getting to Know Your Printer
Options
Ribbon Cartridges
Important Safety Instructions
If you plan to use the printer in Germany, observe the following:
Note for German-speakingusers:
Print Head Caution Symbol
ENERGY STAR Compliance
For United Kingdom Users
Use of options
Safety information
Warning:
If you have to fit a plug:
How To Use Your Manuals
Warnings, Cautions, and Notes
This guide uses the following conventions:
Warnings
Cautions
Notes
Setting Up the Printer
Unpacking the Printer
c voltages, and it is not possible to adjust the printer for use with
There are several models of the printer designed for different
Choosing a Place for the Printer
Follow the guidelines below when selecting a location for your printer
qLeave adequate room around the printer for easy operation and maintenance
Positioning the continuous paper supply
Installing or Replacing the Ribbon Cartridge
This section describes how to install or replace the ribbon
Warning:
Make sure the printer is turned off. The printer is off when the surface of the
c Moving the print head while the printer is on may damage the printer
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Plugging in the Printer
2. Check the label on the back of the printer to make sure its
voltage matches that of your electrical outlet. Also make
sure the plug on your printer’s power cord matches your
electrical outlet
4.Plug the power cord into a properly grounded electrical outlet
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5. Plug the other end of the cable into the computer. (If the cable
has a ground wire at the computer end, attach it to the
ground connector at the back of the computer.)
Installing the Printer Driver on Your PC
For Windows 95 or NT
Using Windows 95 plug-and-play
2. Turn off your printer and computer, if necessary
Cancel
5.Click the Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer radio button
Do not install a driver
6.Click OK. You see the Install From Disk screen
Yes
Finish
For Windows 3.1 or NT
Follow the steps below to install the printer driver for Windows 3.1 or NT
2.Insert Disk 1 of your printer driver software in a disk drive
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Optional printer drivers for DOS program users
For FX-880: FX-870 FX-850 FX-800 FX-85 FX-80+ FX-80
For FX-1180: FX-1170 FX-1050 FX-1000 FX-105 FX-100+ FX-100
EPSON printer
Standard printer
Using the Printer Software
About Your Printer Software
Using the Printer Driver With Windows
Accessing the printer driver from Windows applications
Select
Print Setup
Print
Make sure that your printer is selected and then click
Printer
Setup
Properties
Accessing the printer driver from the Start menu
Paper menu
Graphics menu
Device Options menu
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See “Printer driver settings overview” on page 2-10for
detailed information about the printer driver settings
Accessing the printer driver from the Control Panel
To access the printer driver from the Control Panel, follow the steps below
1.In the Main window, double-clickthe Control Panel icon
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Using the Printer Driver With Windows NT
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1.Click the Start button, and then point to Settings
2.Click Printers
Right-click
Document Defaults
Page Setup menu
Advanced menu
qDocument Options
Double-click Halftone Color
Adjustment
Print Text as Graphics
Metafile Spooling
1. Select Print Setup or Print from the File menu of your
application software. The Print or Print Setup dialog box
Print Manager
Details
Job Default
Document Properties dialog box
Advanced Document Properties dialog box
Using the EPSON Remote! Utility
Installing EPSON Remote
Accessing EPSON Remote
Printing on Continuous Paper
Setting the Paper Release Lever
The table below describes each paper release lever position
3-2 Printing on Continuous Paper
Setting the Paper Thickness Lever
oWhen the temperature is 35°C (95°F) or more, set the paper
thickness lever one position higher to improve print quality
Loading Multi-PartForms
Loading Continuous Paper With Labels
Removing continuous paper with labels
Using the Tractor in the Front Push Position
Installing the tractor in the front push position
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Loading paper with the front push tractor
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Removing the printed document from the front push tractor
To remove the printed document, follow the steps below
Press the
2.Tear off the printed document using the tear-offedge of the printer cover
Always tear off your printed document before you press the
Removing the tractor from the front push position
To remove the tractor from the front push position, follow the steps below
2.Remove any paper from the tractor as described in the
previous section
Using the Tractor in the Rear Push Position
Installing the tractor in the rear push position
Loading paper with the rear push tractor
3-16 Printing on Continuous Paper
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Removing the printed document from the rear push tractor
3-18 Printing on Continuous Paper
Removing the tractor from the rear push position
Using the Tractor in the Pull Position
Installing the tractor in the pull position
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Loading paper with the pull tractor
To load paper onto the pull tractor, follow the steps below
1. Make sure the printer is turned off, and the printer cover is
2. Set the paper release lever to the pull tractor position
3.Release the sprockets by pulling the sprocket lock levers forward
Make sure your paper has a clean, straight edge. Then open the sprocket covers
3-24 Printing on Continuous Paper
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position.3
Send a print job to the printer. The printer starts printing from the
Removing the paper from the pull tractor
Removing the tractor from the pull tractor position
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Using two tractors in a push/pull combination
To use two tractors at once, follow these steps:
Turn on the printer. Press the
Fit the holes of the paper over the pins on both sprockets of the pull tractor
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3-32 Printing on Continuous Paper
Switching Between Printing on Continuous Paper and Single Sheets
4. Set the paper release lever to the single-sheetposition
5. Load single sheets as described in Chapter
Switching to printing on continuous paper
If a single sheet remains in the printer, press the
Your printer loads the continuous paper automatically when you begin printing
Adjusting the Top-of-FormPosition
Your
The top margin setting made in some application software overrides the
1.Make sure the printer is turned on
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Advancing the Paper to the Tear-OffEdge
If you are using the tractor in the front or rear push position
you can use the tear-offfeature to advance your continuous
paper to the printer’s tear-offedge when you finish printing
You can then easily tear off the printed document. When you
Advancing paper to the tear-offposition automatically
Adjusting the tear-offposition
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4.Tear off the printed pages
5.Press the Pause button to turn off micro adjust mode
Printing on Single Sheets
Available Paper Types
Using the Paper Guide
Installing the paper guide
Loading paper in the paper guide
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Loading Envelopes
Changing Printer Settings From the Printer’s Control Panel
Selecting a Built-InFont
Follow these steps to select a built-infont from the control panel:
Make sure that the printer is not printing. If it is, press the
Making Default Settings
Understanding default settings
Default-settingmode
Skip over perforation
Auto tear-off
Auto line feed
Print direction
Software
I/F (interface) mode
Auto I/F (interface) wait time
0 slash
High speed draft
Input buffer
Buzzer (beeper)
Auto CR (carriage return)
IBM character table
Page length for front tractor
Page length for rear tractor
Character table
International character set for Italic table
To change settings in
Paper Out
When you finish making settings, press the
Using EPSON Status Monitor
About the EPSON Status Monitor 2 Utility
Installing EPSON Status Monitor
1.Insert Disk 1 of the EPSON Status Monitor 2 software in a disk drive
2.Click the Start button on the task bar, and then click Run
A:\Setup
Accessing EPSON Status Monitor
Toolbar and Status bar
Installed Printers list
Printer menu
View menu
Settings menu
Help menu
Current Status menu
Printer Information menu
Monitoring Preferences
3.Use the slider to adjust the monitoring interval, if necessary
Monitor this printer
Using the background monitoring icon
Troubleshooting
Using the Error Indicators
7-2 Troubleshooting
Problems and Solutions
Power supply problems
Paper loading or feeding problems
Wrong top-of-formposition
Wrong tear-offposition
Paper loading or feeding problems
The printer does not load single-sheetpaper or does not feed it properly
The printer does not fully eject a single sheet
The paper does not feed properly with the optional cut-sheetfeeder
The printer does not load continuous paper or does not feed it properly
The printer does not feed continuous paper to the standby position
Wrong top-of-formposition
Your printing appears too high or low on the page
Wrong tear-offposition
Printing or printout quality problems
The printer does not print when the computer sends data
The printer makes noise, but nothing prints or printing stops abruptly
The printout is faint
Part of the printout is missing, or dots are missing in random positions
Lines of dots are missing in the printout
All the text is printed on the same line
The printout has extra blank lines between lines of text
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Vertical printed lines are not aligned
Clearing Paper Jams
To clear a paper jam, follow these steps:
1 Press the Operate button to turn off the printer
2.Open the printer cover
Aligning Vertical Lines in Your Printout
Printing a Self Test
To perform a self test, follow these steps:
To run the test using the Draft font, hold down the
To end the self test, press the
Printing a Hex Dump
To print a hex dump, follow the steps below
To enter hex dump mode, hold down both the
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Enhancing Your Printer With Options
Paper Handling Options
A-2 Enhancing Your Printer With Options
Enhancing Your Printer With Options A-3
Using the Optional Cut-SheetFeeders
Installing an optional cut-sheetfeeder
A-4 Enhancing Your Printer With Options
Enhancing Your Printer With Options A-5
Loading paper in the single-bin cut-sheetfeeder
A-6 Enhancing Your Printer With Options
Enhancing Your Printer With Options A-7
A-8 Enhancing Your Printer With Options
Enhancing Your Printer With Options A-9
Loading paper in the high-capacity cut-sheetfeeder
A-10 Enhancing Your Printer With Options
Enhancing Your Printer With Options A-11
A-12 Enhancing Your Printer With Options
Assembling the double-bin cut-sheetfeeder
Enhancing Your Printer With Options A-13
Selecting your paper path (bin 1 or bin 2)
A-14 Enhancing Your Printer With Options
Using an Optional Front Sheet or Front Paper Guide
Enhancing Your Printer With Options A-15
Installing the front sheet or front paper guide
A-16 Enhancing Your Printer With Options
Enhancing Your Printer With Options A-17
Loading paper in the front sheet or front paper guide
A-18 Enhancing Your Printer With Options
Enhancing Your Printer With Options A-19
Using the Roll Paper Holder
Assembling the roll paper holder
A-20 Enhancing Your Printer With Options
Installing the roll paper holder
Enhancing Your Printer With Options A-21
Loading roll paper
A-22 Enhancing Your Printer With Options
Enhancing Your Printer With Options A-23
A-24 Enhancing Your Printer With Options
Removing roll paper
Installing an Interface Card
Enhancing Your Printer With Options A-25
A-26 Enhancing Your Printer With Options
Using a Serial Interface Card (C82305] or 82306]) A
Selecting a baud rate
Handshake timing
Error handling
Enhancing Your Printer With Options A-27
Cleaning and Transporting the Printer
Cleaning the Printer
B-2 Cleaning and Transporting the Printer
Transporting the Printer
Cleaning and Transporting the Printer B-3
Specifications
Printer Specifications
Mechanical
C-2 Specifications
Specifications C-3
Electrical
C-4 Specifications
Environmental
Paper
Specifications C-5
C-6 Specifications
Specifications C-7
C-8 Specifications
Printable area
C-10 Specifications
Safety approvals
CE marking
Specifications C-11
Command Lists
EPSON ESC/P control codes
C-12 Specifications
Barcode commands
Barcode data
Specifications C-15
IBM 2380/2381 Plus emulation control codes
C-16 Specifications
Character Tables
Specifications C-17
PC 437 (USA, Standard Europe)
PC 850 (Multilingual)
PC 860 (Portuguese)
PC 863 (Canadian-French)
PC 865 (Norwegian)
PC 861 (Icelandic)
BRASCII (Brazilian Portuguese)
Abicomp (Brazilian Portuguese) ISO Latin
Roman
PC 437 Greek (Greek)
PC 869 (Greek)
ISO 8859-7(Latin/Greek)
PC 857 (Turkish)
PC 855 (Cyrillic)
PC 852 (East Europe)
MAZOWIA (Poland)
Code MJK (CSFR)
Bulgaria
Estonia
ISO 8859-2
PC 866 LAT. (Latvian)
Italic
International character sets for the Italic table
Customer Support Information
Contacting Customer Support
For United States and Canada Users
Electronic support services
D-2 Customer Support Information
Automated telephone services
For United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland Users
Enquiry Desk
Customer Support
D-4 Customer Support Information
Faxon EPSON
EPtec - Bulletin Board Service for latest drivers and utilities
World Wide Web
For Australian Users
EPSON FAXBACK
EPSON Bulletin Board System
Internet URL http://www.epson.com.au
Your dealer
EPSON Helpdesk
For Singapore Users
For Hong Kong Users
Internet home page
Electronic Bulletin Board System
Technical support hotline
For Philippines Users
D-8 Customer Support Information
Glossary
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Index
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