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74, 74 Maintenance and Troubleshooting Chapter 4 Maintenance and Troubleshooting This chapter explains how to clean and transport the printer, and provides basic troubleshooting information. Cleaning the Printer To keep your printer operating at its best, you should clean it thoroughly several times a year. Follow these steps: 1. Remove any paper loaded in the printer and turn it off. 2. Remove the paper guide. If a pull tractor or an optional cut- sheet feeder is installed, re…
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69, Epson LX-300+II Using the Control Panel 69 Auto tear off When Auto tear off is on and you are using continuous paper with the push tractor, the printer automatically advances the paper perforation to the tear-off position, where you can easily tear off the printed pages. When the printer receives the next print job, it automatically moves the unused paper back to the top-of-form position and starts printing, so you can use all of the next page. When Auto tear off is off, you need to move the perforation to th…
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3, 3 Contents Introduction About This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Warnings, Cautions, and Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Hot parts caution symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 When setting up the printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 When operating the printer. . . . . . . . . . .…
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22, Epson LX-300+II 22 Paper Handling Adjusting the top-of-form position The top-of-form position is the position on the page where the printer starts printing. If your printing appears too high or too low on the page, you can use the Micro Adjust mode to adjust the top-of-form position. c Caution: Never use the paper feed knob to adjust the top-of-form position; this may damage the printer or cause it to lose the top-of-form position. 1. Make sure the printer…
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60, Epson LX-300+II 60 Using the Printer Software 4. Select EPSON Printer Software, and click Add/Remove or Change/Remove. 5. On the Printer Model tab, select the LX-300+II icon, and click OK. 1 2
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12, 12 Paper Handling Printing with the push tractor Follow these steps to load continuous paper on the push tractor: 1. Turn off the printer. 2. Remove the printer cover and the paper guide, and pull the paper release lever forward to the continuous paper position. 3. Unlock the sprockets on the tractor by pulling the blue lock levers forward.
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111, Product Information 111 Specifications Mechanical Printing method: 9-pin impact dot matrix Printing speed: High speed draft 300 cps at 10 cpi 337 cps at 12 cpi 337 cps at 15 cpi High speed draft condensed 321 cps at 17 cpi 300 cps at 20 cpi Draft 225 cps at 10 cpi 270 cps at 12 cpi 225 cps at 15 cpi Draft condensed 191 cps at 17 cpi 225 cps at 20 cpi Draft emphasized 112 cps at 10 cpi NLQ 56 cps at 10 cpi 67…
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91, Epson LX-300+II Maintenance and Troubleshooting 91 If your drivers are correctly installed, EPSON USB Printer Devices should appear on the Device Manager menu. If EPSON USB Printer Devices does not appear on the Device Manager menu, click the plus (+) sign beside Other devices to view the installed devices. If USB Printer appears under Other devices, the USB printer device driver is not installed correctly. If EPSON LX-300+II ap…
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61, Using the Printer Software 61 6. If you need to uninstall Monitored Printers, click Yes in the displayed dialog box. Note: You can uninstall only the Monitored Printers utility of EPSON Status Monitor 3. When the utility is uninstalled, you cannot change the setting of Monitored Printers from Status Monitor 3. 7. If you want to uninstall EPSON Status Monitor 3, click Yes in the window that appears. 8. Follow the on-screen instructions. Uninstalling the USB device …
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9, Introduction 9 When operating the printer ❏ Adjust only those controls that are covered in the user documentation. Improper adjustment of other controls may result in damage requiring extensive repair by a qualified technician. ❏ Whenever you turn off the printer, wait at least five seconds before turning it back on; otherwise, you may damage it. ❏ Do not turn off the printer while it is printing the self test. Always press the Pause button to stop printing and then turn off the printer…
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95, Maintenance and Troubleshooting 95 Follow these steps to perform a self test: 1. Turn off the printer and load continuous or single-sheet paper in the printer. 2. Set the paper release lever to the correct position. w Caution: Whenever you turn off the printer, wait at least five seconds before turning it back on; otherwise you may damage the printer. 3. While holding down the LF/FF button or Load/Eject button, turn on the printer. The s…
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109, Product Information 109 Chapter 6 Product Information This chapter identifies the printer parts and contains detailed specifications. Printer Parts a. edge guides e. knob b. paper supports f. control panel c. paper guide g. printer cover d. paper release lever h. paper guide cover a c b d e f h g
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32, 32 Paper Handling ❏ To remove the labels from the printer, tear off the fresh supply at the back of the printer; then press the LF/FF button to advance the remaining labels out of the printer. c Caution: Never feed labels backward through the printer; they can easily peel off the backing sheet and jam the printer. Envelopes You can feed envelopes individually using the paper guide. Keep the following tips in mind: ❏ Set the paper thickness lever to the proper position. See page 29. ❏ To load an envelo…
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114, Epson LX-300+II 114 Product Information Character tables: One Italic and 12 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 The following 26 graphical character tables are also available in some countries: PC 437 Greek, PC 852 (Eastern Europe), PC 853 (Turkish), PC 85…
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28, 28 Paper Handling 4. Insert a sheet of paper between the edge guides until it meets resistance. The printer automatically pulls it into the correct printing position. When the printer receives data, it begins printing. If the document is more than one page, the printer beeps three times after printing each page. Load the next sheet and the printer will continue printing. c Caution: Use the paper feed knob on the right side of t…
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23, Epson LX-300+II Paper Handling 23 Note: ❏ The printer has a minimum and a maximum top-of-form position. If you try to adjust it beyond these limits, the printer beeps and stops moving the paper. ❏ When the paper reaches the default top-of-form position, the printer beeps and stops moving the paper briefly. You can use the default position as a reference point when adjusting the top-of-form position. 5. After you set the top-of-form position, press the Pause button to exit Micro Adjust mode. Note: ❏ Your top-of-form position setting remains …
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94, 94 Maintenance and Troubleshooting 3. Gently remove any paper inside the printer, including any torn pieces. You can use the knob on the right side of the printer to help feed the paper out. c Caution: Use the paper feed knob to clear paper jams only when the printer is off. Otherwise, you may damage the printer or change the top-of-form or tear-off position. 4. Replace the printer cover and paper guide, and turn on the printer.…
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86, Epson LX-300+II 86 Maintenance and Troubleshooting Paper feeding is crooked or the paper jams. Cause What to do The paper supply is obstructed. Make sure the paper supply is not obstructed by a cable or some other object. The paper supply is too far away from the printer. Make sure that your paper supply is within 3 feet (1 meter) of the printer. The printer cover may be opened. Close the printer cover. The edge guide positions may be incorrect. Position the edge guides at the diamond- shaped guide marks. The holes on the s…
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31, Paper Handling 31 ❏ If you need to adjust the loading position, use your application software, or change the loading position as described on page 22. ❏ When you use side-crimped continuous multipart forms, the copies may not align with the original. If this happens, raise the paper guide. For multipart forms, you should not print any closer than 0.5 inch (13 mm) from either side of the paper. For information on the printable area of envelopes, see the paper specifications on page 115. Labels To print on lab…
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71, Using the Control Panel 71 Data length Set the data length of the serial interface to 7 bit or 8 bit. See your computer manual and software documentation for the proper setting. Parallel I/F bidirectional mode The parallel interface bidirectional transfer mode is used when this feature is turned on. If bidirectional transfer mode is unnecessary, turn this off. Packet mode Select Auto for Packet mode to print from Windows applications using the printer …
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51, Using the Printer Software 51 5. Click the computer or server that is connected to the shared printer, and the name of the shared printer. Then click OK. Note: The name of the shared printer may be changed by the computer or server it is connected to. If you’re not sure about the shared printer’s name, ask the network administrator. 6. Click Next. If the printer driver was installed on the client previously, you need to select the new printer driver or the current printer driver when you are prompted. If the operating sys…
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59, Epson LX-300+II Using the Printer Software 59 To cancel printing of all documents, select Purge Print Documents (Windows 98 or Me) or Cancel All Documents (Windows 2000, XP, or NT) on the Printer menu. Uninstalling the Printer Software If you need to reinstall or upgrade the printer driver, first uninstall the current printer driver. Uninstalling the printer driver and EPSON Status Monitor 3 1. Quit all applications. 2. Click Start > Control Panel or Start > Settings > Control Panel. 3. Double-click the A…
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13, Paper Handling 13 4. Slide the left sprocket so the pins are aligned with the 0 mark on the printer scale (which is beneath the tractor). Push the lock lever back to lock it in place. Then slide the right sprocket to match the width of your paper, but do not lock it. Move the paper support so it is midway between the sprockets. 5. Stack your continuous paper behind the printer. Make sure there are no obstructions between the…
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115, Product Information 115 Electrical Environmental Paper Use recycled paper, envelopes, labels and single-sheet multipart forms only under normal temperature and humidity conditions, as follows: ❏ Temperature: 59 to 77 °F (15 to 25 °C) ❏ Humidity: 30 to 60% RH Do not load paper that has been folded or is damaged, wrinkled, or curled. 120 V Model 220 to 240 V Model Input voltage range AC 99 to 132 V AC 198 to 264 V Rated frequency range 50 to 60 Hz Input frequency range 49.5 to…
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70, 70 Using the Control Panel High speed draft When you choose On for High speed draft, the printer prints up to 300 cps (characters per second) at 10 cpi (characters per inch). When you choose Off, the printer prints up to 225 cps at 10 cpi. I/F (interface) mode The printer comes with three kinds of interfaces; parallel, serial, and USB. If your printer is connected to only one computer, choose Parallel, Serial, or USB for the interface …
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64, 64 Using the Control Panel 2 Tear Off (Font) button ❏ Advances continuous paper to the tear-off position. ❏ Feeds continuous paper backward from the tear-off position to the top-of-form position. ❏ In Micro Adjust mode, selects one of the six built-in fonts. 3 LF/FF button ❏ Feeds paper line by line when pressed and released. ❏ Ejects a single sheet or advances continuous paper to the next top-of-form position when held down. ❏ In Micro Adjust mode, adjusts the top-of-form and tear- off position. 4 Load/Eject button ❏ Loads a …
