n = On
f = Flashing o = Off
Pause button
Stops printing temporarily, and resumes printing when pressed again. When pressed for three seconds, turns on the *micro adjust mode. To turn off, press again.
Pause light
● On when the printer is paused. ● Flashes when the printer is in the
*micro adjust mode.
● Flashes when the print head has overheated.

Control Panel Buttons and Lights

Font button

Selects the font.

Condensed button

Turns on and off the condensed mode.

Reset

When you press both the Font and Condensed buttons simultaneously, the printer clears its buffer and return to its default settings.

Tear Off/Bin button (LQ-680)

● Advances continuous paper to the tear-off position.

●Feeds continuous paper backward from the tear-off

 

position to the top-of-form position.

Paper Out light

● Selects a cut-sheet feeder bin.

● On when no paper is loaded

● Turns on the card mode to print on postcards and envelopes.

in the selected paper source

Tear Off/Bin lights (LQ-680)

or paper is not loaded

correctly.

●

f f when continuous paper is in the tear-off position.

● Flashes when paper has not

●

o n when bin 1 of the optional cut-sheet feeder is selected.

been fully ejected or a

●

n o when bin 2 of the optional cut-sheet feeder is selected.

paper jam has occurred.

●n n when the printer is in the card mode.

LQ-680

LQ-680Pro

Paper Source button & lights (LQ-680Pro)

*Micro Adjust mode

Select a paper source. See Chapter 2.

When you hold down the Pause button for three

Tear Off/Special Paper button (LQ-680Pro)

seconds, the printer enters the micro adjust mode.

In this mode, you can press the LF/FFD and

● Advances continuous paper to the

Load/EjectU buttons to adjust the top-of-form or

tear-off position.

tear-off position. See Chapter 2.

● Feeds continuous paper backward

LF/FF button

from the tear-off position to the

top-of-form position.

● Feeds paper line by line when pressing shortly.

●Turns on the card mode or envelope ● Ejects a single sheet or advances continuous

 

mode.

paper to the next top-of-form position when held

Tear Off/Special Paper lights (LQ-680Pro)

down.

Load/Eject button

●

f f when continuous paper is in the

 

tear-off position.

● Loads a single sheet of paper.

●

o n when the printer is in the card

● Ejects a single sheet of paper if a sheet is loaded.

 

mode.

● Loads continuous paper from the standby

●

n o when the printer is in the envelope

position.

 

mode.

● Feeds continuous paper backward to the

 

 

standby position.