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0000000000000000000000 ® 24-Pin Dot Matrix Printer All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION. The information contained herein is designed only for use with this EPSON printer. EPSON is not responsible for any use of this information as applied to other printers. Neit
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FCC Compliance Statement For Canadian Users For United States Users This Class B digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference- This equipment has been tested and found to Causing Equipment Regulations. comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Cet appareil numérique de la classe B respecte These limits are designed to provide reasonable toutes les exigences du Règlement sur le matériel protection against harmful in
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Printer Parts edge guides paper guide paper paper guide separator cover printer cover paper release lever front paper guide knob (closed) control panel paper thickness lever ribbon cartridge shield plate parallel interface paper tension unit tractor front paper guide front edge guides (open)
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Control Panel Buttons and Lights Font button Pitch button Pause button Paper Out light Selects the font. Selects the font size. Stops printing ● On when no paper is See Chapter 5. See Chapter 5. temporarily, and loaded in the selected resumes printing when paper source or paper Font lights Pitch lights pressed again. is not loaded correctly. Indicate which Indicate what font ● Flashes when paper font is selected. size is selected. Pause light has not been fully ● On when the prin
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Contents Getting to Know Your Printer Easy-to-Use Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Available Paper Paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Printing on continuous paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Printing on single sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Chapter 2 Printing on Continuous Paper Setting the Paper Release Lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2 Setting the Paper Thickness Lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3 Loading Multi-Part Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5 Loading Continuous Paper With Labels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5 Removing continuous paper with labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7 Using the Front Push Tractor . . . . .
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Chapter 3 Printing on Single Sheets Using Single Sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2 Available paper types and paper slots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-2 Loading single-sheet multi-part forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-4 Loading envelopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6 Loading postcards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7 Loading Single Sheets in the Top
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Chapter 5 Changing Printer Settings From the Printer’s Control Panel Selecting a Built-In Font and Pitch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2 About Your Printer’s Default Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4 Changing default settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9 Chapter 6 Using EPSON Status Monitor 2 About the EPSON Status Monitor 2 Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2 Installing EPSON Status Monitor 2 . . . . . . . . . .
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Appendix A Enhancing Your Printer With Options Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2 Paper handling options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2 Optional interface cards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3 Using the Optional Cut-Sheet Feeders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4 Installing the high-capacity or double-bin cut-sheet feeder . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Appendix C Specifications Printer Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-2 Mechanical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-2 Electrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-4 Environmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-5 Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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For Hong Kong Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-7 Internet home page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-8 Electronic bulletin board system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-8 Technical support hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-8 For Philippines Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-8 Glossary Index ix
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Getting to Know Your Printer ® Your EPSON LQ-2180 24-pin dot matrix printer provides high-quality printing and great performance in a compact design. Features include: ❏ a variety of paper paths to suit your printing needs ❏ the ability to handle a wide range of paper types, including continuous paper, multi-part forms with one original plus up to five copies, labels, single sheets, envelopes, and postcards ❏ high-speed printing of up to 480 characters per second at 10 characters per inch
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Easy-to-Use-Features This section highlights some easy-to-use features that you’ll find helpful. ❏ Use the tear-off feature to save paper. If you load paper on the front or rear push tractor, you can use the tear-off feature to advance your continuous paper to the printer’s tear-off edge when you finish printing. Then you can easily tear off the printed sheets and save the paper normally lost between documents. For more information, see Chapter 2. ❏ Use the paper release lever to change th
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paper release lever ❏ Use the micro adjust feature to adjust the top-of-form and tear-off positions. See the Glossary for explanations of the top-of-form and tear-off positions. The micro adjust feature allows you to move the paper forward or backward in 1/180-inch increments so that you can make precise adjustments to the top-of-form and tear-off positions. For more information, see Chapter 2. Available Paper Paths Your printer provides a variety of paper paths for printing on continuou
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Printing on continuous paper You can choose from three tractor positions (front push, rear push, and pull) and three paper entry slots (front, rear, and bottom) for continuous paper printing. This section helps you determine which paper paths and tractor positions are best for your continuous paper printing needs. See the appropriate sections in Chapter 2 for tractor installation and paper loading instructions. Using a push tractor If you often need to tear off sheets of continuous paper
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Tractor position Description To use this tractor, load paper in the front slot. If you print on thick paper such as multi-part forms or continuous paper with labels, load the paper in the front paper slot because the paper path from this slot is almost straight. This reduces the chance of paper jams. front push To use this tractor, load paper in the rear slot. Note: Because thick multi-part forms require a straight paper path, load them in the front slot. Caution: Do not load continuous pa
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As shown in the table below, three paper entry slots are available for use with the pull tractor: front, bottom, and rear. Paper slot Description If you print on thick paper such as multi-part forms or continuous paper with labels, load it using the front paper slot because the paper path from this slot is almost straight. This reduces the chance of paper jams. front Because the bottom paper slot has the straightest paper path, it is ideal for printing on thick paper, such as multi-part f
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Using the push and pull tractors in combination To improve continuous paper feeding and reduce paper jams, you can use two tractors at the same time. This is especially helpful for printing on continuous pre-printed forms, multi-part forms, or labels, and for printing high quality graphics. When using two tractors in combination, you can load paper in the front paper slot onto the front push tractor and the pull tractor, or load paper in the rear paper slot onto the rear push tractor and t
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Printing on single sheets As shown below, your printer has two paper entry slots for printing on single sheets: top and front. When continuous paper is loaded on the front or rear push tractor, you can load single sheets in the top or front slot without removing the continuous paper. This section helps you determine which paper slot best suits your single-sheet printing needs. See Chapter 3 for paper loading instructions. Loading paper in the top slot You can load ordinary single sheets, s
