LQ-570+

The Control Panel

The indicator lights give you the current status of the printer. The buttons let you control many of the printer settings.

Lights

OPEMTE(green)
On when operate switch is on and power is supplied.
PAUSE(yellow)

On when the printer is not ready to print data. Stays off unless you press the PAUSE button to prevent printing.

DATA(yellow)
On when data is present in the printer’s buffer.
MULTI-PART (green)

On when you move the paFer-thickness lever to position 2 or higher. The printing speed is reduced when this light is on

PAPEROUT (red)
On when the printer runs out of paper.BIN 1 (green)On when bin 1 of the optional cut-sheet feeder is selected for paper feeding.BIN 2 (green)On when bin 2 of the optional cut-sheet feeder is selected for paper feeding.
TEAROFF(yellow)

On when you press the TEAR OFF button to feed the paper to the tear- off position

Fonts(green)
On when a specific font is selected.

Buttons

PAUSE

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

LOAD/EJECT

Press this button to load single-sheet or continuous paper to the loading position (however, the printer normally loads paper automatically). If single-sheet paper is already in the loading position, use this button to elect the sheet. If continuous paper is in the loading or tear-off posib;on, press this button to feed it backward to the standby position.

LWFF (Line feed/Form feed)

Tap this button briefly to feed the paper forward one line. Hold this button down to elect a single sheet of paper or advance continuous paper to the top of the next page. You can also use this button to load a single sheet of paper from the cut-sheet feeder or to feed

continuous paper from the standby position to the loading position.
ALT

While holding down this button, pressing certain other buttons results in the following:

BUFFER CLEAR(PAUSE) clears the printer’s buffer and initializes the printer settingsMICRO FEED?(LOAD/EJECT) feeds paper forward in l/ 180-inc :h increments& (LF/FF) feed paper backward in 1/18@inch increments
BinSelect/TEAR OFF

This button selects the paper bin when both optional cut-sheet feeders are installed and you are printing on single sheets. When printing on continuous paper, press this button once to feed paper from the loading position to the tear-off position Press this button again to feed the paper backward to the loading position

CONDENSED

Press this button to print condensed characters. Press again to return to normal character printing.

FONT
Press this button to select from among the built-in fonts.

Note: The panel’s font name typestyles are meant as guides only; actual printed results may differ slightly.

Other control-panel features

The control panel also gives you access to two special functions:

selftest Hold down the LF/FF button (for LQ printing) or the LOAD/EJECT button (for draft printing) while turning on the printer to perform the self test. The self test lets you check that your printer is operating properly and gives you a printout of the current DIP-switch settings.

Data dump: Hold down both the LF/FF button and LOAD/EJECT button while turning on the printer to enter data dump mode. Data dump mode allows advanced users to find the cause of communication problems between the printer and the computer.

Setting the DIP Switches

DIP-switch tables

The section below shows the settings and functions of each DIP switch. You can see the current DIP-switch settings at any time by running the self test.

Table 1 DIP switch 2

 

SW

DWlXlptlOll

O N

1 OFF

 

 

 

l - l

International character sets/

See Tables 3 and 4 below

 

 

 

l-2

character tables

 

 

 

 

 

l-3

 

 

 

 

 

 

l-4

 

 

 

 

 

 

1-5

Print direction

Unldirectlonal

Bldirectlonal

 

 

 

l-6

Not used

 

 

 

 

 

. ”

 

 

 

 

 

l-7

Input buffer

None

8 Kbytes

 

 

 

l-8

I -inch skip-over-perforation

On

Off

 

 

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