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Epson LQ-850, LQ-950 manual

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Contents

Page Page Page Contents About This Guide Introduction Chapter Paper Handling Using the Printer Chapter 4 Software and Graphics Maintenance Troubleshooting Chapter 7 Using Printer Options Chapter 8 Technical Specifications Glossary Index About This Guide Finding your way around Conventions used in this Guide Introduction Features Options Page Page Unpacking the Printer Checking the parts Removing the protective materials Page Choosing a Place for the Printer Assembling the Printer Installing the platen knob Installing the ribbon Page Attaching the paper guide Page Testing the Printer Loading a sheet of paper POWER Page Running the self test Page Page Connecting the Printer to Your Computer The parallel interface The serial interface Page Using Single Sheets Page Page Reloading during printing Using Continuous Paper Page Page Page Page Positioning your continuous paper supply f33Etiing Between Continuous and Single Page Page Switching back to continuous paper Printing on Special Paper The paper thickness lever MULTI- PART Multi-partforms Labels Envelopes Page Page Operating the Control Panel Lights Buttons SelecType Other control panel features Setting the DIP Switches Setting (DIP _-^OFF (LF) Page Length Skip Over Perforation Page Adjusting the Loading Position The loading position Micro adjustment Page Short Tear Off Page Selecting Typestyles Character fonts DRAFT a d miniature zebras g r o s s ROMAN Character pitch Condensed mode If SelecType does not work Selecting Character Sets Choosing a character set Choosing a character table Epson Extended Graphics character table Xp~aJt)eD ; ? 0 _ 0 Etf~~+mn selecting Character sets Italics character table XbCScs Page Page Software Choosing from a menu A quick test Computer-printercommunications Word processors Page Spreadsheets Graphics programs Graphics The print head Eight-pingraphics Twenty-four-pingraphics Pin labels The graphics command Column reservation numbers A simple graphics program Using hand-calculateddata to print graphics Page Page Page Individual graphics options commands The reassigning command User-DefinedCharacters Designing your characters Page Defining Your Own Characters Data numbers Page Sending information to the LQ Page Page Printing user-definedcharacters Copying ROM characters to RAM Letter Quality characters Superscripts and subscripts Page Page Replacing the Ribbon Page Transporting the printer Page Cleaning the Printer Page Troubleshooting Problems and solutions The printer stops printing Single sheets do not feed properly ON LINE Continuous paper does not feed properly The printout is not what you expect Data dump mode Page The Cut Sheet Feeder The Font Modules The Cut Sheet Feeder Assembly Installation Page Page Setting the sheet feeder mode Recommended paper Paper loading Page Envelope Using the cut sheet feeder Software operation Setting up your software Control panel operation Testing the printer in the cut sheet feeder mode Switching between cut sheet feeder and continuous paper Page The Pull Tractor Installation and use Page Page Page Page When you are finished printing Using the pull tractor alone Removing the pull tractor Interface Boards Installing the interface board Page Page Page FG wire not attached Page Page FG wire attached Page The Multi-FontModule OCR-A ! “#$%&’ ( )*t, - * /0123456789:;(=>?@ABCDEFGHIJK LMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^-‘ ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUV Using the Multi-FontModule SLOT A Page The Emulation Module Page Printer Specifications Printing Paper Mechanical Electrical Environment Interface Specifications Parallel interface Page Notes: Interface timing Serial interface Handshaking Error handling Connector Page The Command Summary Page Page Commands in Numerical Order Page Page Commands Arranged by Topic Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Glossary Glossary Continuous paper Control code Cut sheet feeder Decimal See also Letter Quality See Data dump This sentence is italicized Page Micro adjustment Page Index Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page m ln 0 cl ul 0 =o II\ El