EPSON LQ-680Pro

Control Panel Buttons and Lights

Font button

Selects the font.

Font lights

Indicate which font is selected.

Condensed button

Turns condensed mode on and off.

Condensed light

On when condensed mode is on.

Reset

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

Paper Source button and lights

Select a paper source.

Tear Off/Special Paper button

❏Advances continuous paper to the tear-off position.

❏Feeds continuous paper backward from the tear-off position to the top-of-form position.

❏Turns on card mode or envelope mode.

Tear Off/Special Paper lights

ff When continuous paper is in the tear-off position.

on When the printer is in envelope mode.

no When the printer is in card mode.

Pause button

Stops printing temporarily, and resumes printing when pressed again. When pressed for 3 seconds, turns on micro adjust mode.

Pause light

❏On when the printer is paused.

❏Flashes when the printer is in micro adjust mode or when the print head has overheated.

LF/FF button

❏Feeds paper line by line when pressed quickly.

❏Ejects a single sheet or advances continuous paper to the next top-of-form position when held down.

Load/Eject button

❏Loads a single sheet of paper.

❏Ejects a single sheet of paper when a sheet is loaded.

❏Loads continuous paper from the standby position.

❏Feeds continuous paper backward to the standby position in micro adjust mode.

Micro adjust mode

When you hold down the Pause button for 3 seconds, the printer enters the micro adjust mode. In this mode, you can press the LF/FF D and Load/Eject U buttons to adjust the top-of-form or tear-off position.

Paper Out light

❏On when no paper is loaded in the selected paper source or paper is not loaded correctly.

❏Flashes when paper has not been fully ejected or a paper jam has occurred.

Error Indicators

You can identify many common printer problems using the lights on the control panel. If your printer stops working and one or more control panel lights are on or flashing, or the printer beeps, use the following table to diagnose and fix the problem.

State of

Beep

Problem

 

 

panel lights

pattern

Solution

 

 

 

n Pause

—

The printer is paused.

 

 

 

 

 

Press the Pause button to resume

 

 

printing.

 

 

 

 

•••

The printer cover is open.

 

 

 

 

 

Close the printer cover and press the

 

 

Pause button.

 

 

 

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