Epson LQ-1170 The Control Panel, Buttons, ALT, BIN, FONT, down, Show, POWER, PITCH, LFIFF, PAUSE, 7/16/91, the PAUSE, the PAUSE, LOAD/EJECT, LOAD/EJECT, MICRO FEED:

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Table 5 Page length for continuous paper	LOAD/EJECT
	Press this button to load paper, if it is not loaded, or to eject it if
	paper is loaded. If the paper-release lever is set to the single-sheet
	position, paper is ejected forward. If the paper-release lever is set to
	the front-tractor or rear-tractor position, paper is ejected backward to
	Press this button briefly to feed the paper forward one line. Hold
	down this button to eject a single sheet of paper or advance
	continuous paper to the top of the next page.
The Control Panel
	ALT
The indicator lights give you the current status of the printer. The	Holding down this button while pressing certain other buttons
	results in the following alternate functions:
buttons let you control many of the printer settings.			BUFFER CLEAR
			(ALT + PAUSE) clears the printer’s buffer and
			intitializes the printer settings
			MICRO FEED:
			(ALT + LOAD/EJECT) feeds paper forward in
			1/18!Xnch increments
			(ALT + LFIFF) feed paper backward in l/18&nch
			increments
Lights	TEAR OFF (Bin Select)
	This button selects the paper bin when both optional cut-sheet
POWER (green)	feeders are installed and you are printing on single sheets. When
On when the power switch is on and power is supplied.	printing on continuous paper, press this button once to feed paper
DATA (orange)	from the loading position to the tear-off position. Press this button
	again to feed the paper backward to the loading position.
On when data is present in the printer’s memory buffer.	FONT
MULTI-PART (green)
	Press this button to select one of the 10 built-in fonts. lf an optional
On when the paper-thickness lever is set to 2nd position or higher.	font module has been installed, it can be selected by choosing SLOT.
PAPER OUT (red)	PITCH
On when the printer runs out of paper.	Press this button to select one of the six character pitches (characters
PAUSE (orange)	per inch).
On when you press the PAUSE button. This light stays off unless you	The control panel also gives you access to two special functions.
press the PAUSE button to prevent printing.	selftest	Hold down the LF/FF (LQ mode) or LOAD/EJECT (Draft
TEAR OFF (orange)
		mode) button while turning on the printer to perform
On when you press the TEAR OFF button to feed the paper to the tear-		the self test. The self test lets you check that your
off position.		printer is operating properly and gives you a printout
BIN 1 (green)		of the current DIP-switch settings.
On when bin 1 of the optional cut-sheet feeder is selected for paper	Data dump:	Hold down both the LFIFF button and LOAD/EJECT
feeding.		button while turning on the printer to enter data-dump
BIN 2 (green)		mode. The data-dump mode allows advanced users to

On when bin 2 of the optional cut-sheet feeder is selected for paper	find the cause of communication problems between the
	printer and the computer.
feeding.
Fonts Qpen)
Show which font is selected.
Pitches (green)
Show which pitch is selected.

Buttons

PAUSE

Press this button to temporarily stop printing. Press this button again to resume printing.

24-Pin Printers 7/16/91 LQ-870/1170-3