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LQ-300+ manual
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Contents
Main
24-pin dot matrix printer
Users Guide
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Getting to Know Your Printer
Warnings, Cautions, and Notes
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Important Safety Instructions
Hot Parts Caution Symbol
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E NERGY STAR C
ENERGY STAR guidelines for energy
For United Kingdom Users
Use of options
Safety information
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Chapter 1
Using the Printer
Using the Control Panel
Control Panel Buttons and Lights
Selecting a built-in font
About Your Printers Default Settings
Using the Printer 17
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Page length for tractor
Skip over perforation
Auto tear off
Auto line feed
Print direction
Software
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Changing default settings
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Printing on Continuous Paper
Printing with the push tractor
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Removing a printed document from the push tractor
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Switching back to single sheets
Printing with the pull tractor
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Adjusting the top-of-form position
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Advancing the paper to the tear-off edge
Using the Tear Off button
Advancing the paper to the tear-off position automatically
Adjusting the tear-off position
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Printing on Single Sheets
Loading single sheets
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Printing on Special Paper
Adjusting the paper-thickness lever
Multipart forms
Labels
Envelopes
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Installing and Using Options
Cut-sheet feeder
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Pull tractor unit
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Roll paper holder
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Print server
Replacing the Ribbon Cartridge
Genuine EPSON ribbon cartridge
Replacing the ribbon cartridge
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Chapter 2
Using the Printer Software
Using the Printer Driver with Windows Me, 98, and 95
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Accessing the printer driver from the Start menu
Using the Printer Driver with Windows 3.1
Accessing the printer driver from the Control Panel
Using the Printer Driver with Windows 2000 and NT 4.0
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Accessing the printer driver from the Start menu
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Using the Printer Driver with Windows NT 3.5x
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Accessing the printer driver from the Control Panel
Printer Driver Settings Overview
The monitoring settings are shown below.
About the EPSON Status Monitor 3 Utility
Setting up EPSON Status Monitor 3
Accessing EPSON Status Monitor 3
Using the EPSON Remote! Utility
Installing EPSON Remote!
Accessing EPSON Remote!
Chapter 3
Troubleshooting
Using the Error Indicators
Troubleshooting 87
Problems and Solutions
Power Supply
Power is not being supplied
The printer does not print
Printing
The lights on the control panel do not go on.
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The Paper Out light is on and the printer beeps three times.
The printer sounds like it is printing, but nothing is printed.
The printer makes a strange noise, the beeper sounds five times, and the printer stops abruptly.
The beeper sounds five times and the PAUSE light comes on.
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The print is faint or uneven
Dots are missing in printed characters or graphics
Printed characters are not what you expected
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The print position is not what you expected
Paper does not feed.
Paper Handling
Single sheets do not feed properly
Page length does not match the length of the paper.
Regular gaps occur in the printout.
Paper feeding is crooked or the paper jams.
Paper does not eject completely.
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Continuous paper does not feed properly
The tractor does not feed the paper.
Paper feeding is crooked or the paper jams.
The paper does not eject properly.
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Options
When you use the cut-sheet feeder, the paper does not feed properly
The paper does not feed.
Two or more sheets feed at one time.
The paper feed is crooked.
One page of printing has spread to two pages.
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Printing a Self Test
The desired color or certain characters are not printed.
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Appendix
Cleaning the Printer
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Transporting the Printer
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Printer Parts
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Printer Specifications
Mechanical
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Electronic
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Electrical
Environmental
Paper
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Printable area
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Command Lists
EPSON ESC/P2 control codes
IBM 2390 Plus emulation control codes
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Contacting Customer Support
For users in North America
For users in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland
http://www.epson.co.uk
For users in the Middle East
For users in Scandinavia
For users in South Africa
For users in Australia
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For users in Singapore
World Wide Web (http://www.epson.com.sg)
Epson HelpDesk (Phone: (65) 6586 3111)
For users in Thailand
World Wide Web (http://www.epson.co.th)
For users in Indonesia
EPSON Support Center
For users in Hong Kong
Internet Home Page
For users in Malaysia
For users in India
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For users in the Philippines
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Numerics
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