EPSON DFX-8500

Control Panel Buttons and Lights

The control panel consists of indicator lights and buttons, and gives you access to several powerful features.

Lights

Copy

TOF

(Top of Form)

Tear Off

On when the printer is in copy mode (to select darker printing).

On when the printer is in top-of-form mode. The printer remembers any change you make to the top-of-form position when this light is on.

On when the printer is in tear-off mode. The printer remembers any change you make to the tear-off position when this light is on.

Power

On when the power switch is on and

 

power is supplied to the printer.

Paper Out

On when the printer is out of paper.

 

Comes on when there is no paper

 

positioned behind the print head, even

 

if paper is loaded on the tractors in the

 

standby position.

 

Flashes when paper is jammed in the

 

printer.

Ribbon

Blinks when the ribbon is jammed in

 

the printer.

Paper Select

Displays the paper memory that is

Pause

Tractor Select Front

Tractor Select Rear

On when printing is paused.

Blinks when the print head is hot. Press to temporarily stop printing and resume printing.

On when the front tractor is selected. The light is green when paper is loaded (even if the paper is in the standby position), and red when the tractor is out of paper.

On when the rear tractor is selected. The light is green when paper is loaded (even if the paper is in the standby position), and red when the tractor is out of paper.

 

registered in the printer.

Font

The font selection status is displayed by

 

two font lights on the control panel:

 

o o

Super Draft

 

o n

Draft

 

n o

Roman

 

n n

Sans serif

 

n = on, o = off

Pitch

The pitch selection status is displayed by

 

three pitch lights on the control panel:

 

o o n

10 cpi

 

o n o

12 cpi

 

o n n

15 cpi

 

n o o

17 cpi

 

n o n

20 cpi

 

n n o

PS (Proportional Spacing)

n = on, o = off

Buttons

Paper Select

Selects one of the following paper

 

numbers: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 0, a, or b.

 

Select a or b if you have registered paper

 

information using the DIP switches and

 

control panel.

 

Select 1 to 8 if you have registered paper

 

information using the paper memory

 

utility.

Font

Selects one of the following fonts: Super

 

Draft, Draft, Roman, or Sans Serif.

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