User manual EPSON LX-400 ESCP MANUAL

[. . . ] Feeds continuous paper backward from the tear-off position to the top-of-form position. Load/Eject button Loads a single sheet of paper. Feeds continuous paper backwards to the standby position. Pause button Stops printing temporarily, and resume printing when pressed again. Flashes when the print head has overheated. *Micro Adjust mode When you hold down the Pause button for three seconds, the printer enters the micro adjust mode. In this mode, you can press the LF/FFD and Load/EjectU buttons to adjust the top-of-form or tear-off position. [. . . ] For normal use, turn on the printer without pressing any other buttons. When the printer receives data, it begins to print. c 2 Caution: Use the paper-feed knob on the right side of the printer only to clear paper jams and only when the printer is off. Otherwise, you may damage the printer or cause it to lose the top-of-form position. Printing on Special Paper Your printer can also print on a wide variety of paper types, including multipart forms, labels, and envelopes. For multipart forms and labels, you should not print any closer than 13 mm from either side of the paper. For information on the printable area of envelopes, see "Printable area" on page A-14. c Caution: When printing on multipart forms, thicker-than-normal paper, labels, or envelopes, make sure your application software settings keep the printing entirely within the printable area. Printing past the edge of these papers can damage the print head. Adjusting the paper-thickness lever Before printing on special paper, you need to change the paper thickness setting. Using the Printer 2-27 Follow these steps to adjust the paper thickness setting: 1. Use the table below to select the appropriate paper thickness. Paper type Lever position 0 0 1 2 3 1 2 to 4 Standard paper (single sheets or continuous) Multipart forms 2-sheet 3-sheet 4-sheet 5-sheet Labels Envelopes 3. Close the printer cover. 2-28 Using the Printer Multipart forms You can use continuous or single-sheet carbonless multipart forms of up to five parts (one original plus four copies). Before you print on the forms, set the paper thickness lever as described in the previous section. The following tips will help you get good results: t Use only continuous multipart forms that are joined by spot gluing or side-crimping. Never load continuous multipart forms joined by metal staples, tape, or continuous gluing. Releasing the latch levers locks the cut-sheet feeder in place. latch lever 2-32 Using the Printer 5. Next, slide the right edge guide to roughly match the width of your paper. Pull the paper-set levers all the way forward until the edge guides retract and lock open to allow for paper loading. Using the Printer 2-33 7. Next, tap the side and bottom of the paper on a flat surface to even up the stack. c Caution: Do not use envelopes, multipart forms, carbon paper, or labels in the cut-sheet feeder. 8. Adjust the position of the right edge guide so that it matches your paper's width. Make sure the position of the guide allows the paper to move up and down freely. Push the paper-set levers back to clamp the paper against the guide rollers. Remove the paper supports from the edge guides and insert them into the holes on the back of the paper tension unit. Insert the two stacker supports packed with the cut-sheet feeder into the holes on the edge guides. Attach the paper guide to the cut-sheet feeder as shown below. View from above Release tab Release tab 2-34 Using the Printer 13. Slide the left edge guide to the center until it stops at the guide mark. [. . . ] Unidirectional text or graphics printing can be selected using software commands. 1/6-inch or programmable in 1/216-inch increments LX-300+: 80 columns (at 10 cpi) LX-1170: 136 columns (at 10 cpi) 240 × 144 dpi maximum Line spacing: Printable columns: Resolution: Paper feed methods: Friction (top paper entry) Push tractor (rear paper entry) Pull tractor (bottom or rear paper entry) Push and pull tractor (optional) Cut-sheet feeder (optional) Roll paper holder (optional) A-4 Paper feed speed: Continuous Intermittent 76 mm/second 88 msec/line at 1/6-inch line spacing Print ribbon shifting Black, Magenta, Cyan and Yellow 12 million lines (except print head) MTBF 6, 000 POH (25% duty) Black ribbon: approx. 6. 3 kg Color printing (optional, LX-300+ only): Reliability: Method Ribbon color Total print volume Print head life A Dimensions and Height weight (for LX-300+): Width Depth Weight Dimensions and Height weight (for LX-1170): Width Depth Weight Black ribbon (for LX-300+): Black ribbon cartridge (#8750) Black ribbon life 3 million characters (Draft 10 cpi, 14 dots/character) A-5 Black ribbon (for LX-1170): Black ribbon cartridge (#8755) Black ribbon life 3 million characters (Draft 10 cpi, 14 dots/character) Color ribbon cartridge (S015073) Color ribbon life black 1 million characters cyan 0. 7 million characters magenta 0. 7 million characters yellow 0. 5 million characters (Draft, 10 cpi, 14 dots/character) 49 dB (A) (ISO 7779 pattern) Color ribbon (LX-300+ only): Acoustic noise: Electronic Interfaces: One standard bidirectional, 8-bit, parallel interface with IEEE-1284 nibble mode support and One EIA-232D serial interface 8KB Bitmap fonts EPSON Draft EPSON Roman EPSON Sans Serif 10, 12, 15 cpi 10, 12, 15 cpi, proportional 10, 12, 15 cpi, proportional Buffer: Built-in fonts: Barcode fonts EAN-13, EAN-8, Interleaved 2 of 5, UPC-A, UPC-E, Code 39, Code 128, POSTNET A-6 Character tables: One Italic and 35 graphical character tables: Italic table, PC 437 (US, Standard Europe), PC 850 (Multilingual), PC 860 (Portuguese), PC 861 (Icelandic), PC 865 (Nordic), PC 863 (French-Canadian), BRASCII, Abicomp, ISO Latin 1, Roman 8, PC 858, ISO 8859-15 PC 437 Greek, PC 852 (Eastern Europe), PC 853 (Turkish), PC 855 (Cyrillic), PC 857 (Turkish), PC 866 (Russian), PC 869 (Greek), MAZOWIA (Poland), Code MJK (CSFR), ISO 8859-7 (Latin/Greek), ISO 8859-2, ISO Latin 1T (Turkish), Bulgaria (Bulgarian), PC 774 (LST 1283: 1993), Estonia (Estonian), PC 771 (Lithuanian), ISO 8859-2, PC 866 LAT. (Latvian), PC 866 UKR (Ukrainian), PC APTEC (Arabic), PC 708 (Arabic), PC 720 (Arabic), PC AR 864 (Arabic) 13 international character sets: USA, France, Germany, UK, Denmark I, Sweden, Italy, Spain I Japan, Norway, Denmark II, Spain II, Latin America A Character sets: A-7 Electrical Input voltage range Rated frequency range Input frequency range Rated current 198 to 264 V 50 to 60 Hz 49. 5 to 60. 5 Hz 0. 3 A (maximum 1. 4 A depending on the character type) Approx. [. . . ]