Printer User Manual
Table Of Contents
- FRONT MATTER
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAP 1-SETTING UP THE PRINTER
- CHAP 2-PAPER HANDLING
- CHAP 3-USING THE PRINTER
- CHAP 4-USING SOFTWARE AND GRAPHICS
- Using the LQ-2550 With Application Programs
- Computer-Printer Communication
- Enhancing Your Printing
- Graphics
- User-Defined Characters
- Designing Your Characters
- Design Grids
- Data Numbers
- Sending Information to Your Printer
- Printing User-Defined Characters
- Copying ROM Characters to RAM
- Letter Quality Characters
- Proportional Mode Characters
- Superscripts and Subscripts
- The Graphics Command
- Column Reservation Numbers
- A simple Graphics Program
- Using Hand-Calculated Data to Print Graphics
- Using Software and Graphics
- Mixing Print Styles
- CHAP 5-MAINTENANCE AND TRANSPORTATION
- CHAP 6-TROUBLESHOOTING
- Troubleshooting
- Problems and Solutions
- The Printer Does Not Print
- The Printer Stops Printing
- The Printout is Spaced Incorrectly
- The Printout is Faint or Uneven
- The Printout is Not what You Expect
- Single Sheets Do Not Feed Properly
- Continuous Paper Does Not Feed Properly
- Cut Sheet Feeder Does Not Load Paper Correctly
- The Short Tear-Off Feature Does Not Work Properly
- Color Printing Is Not What You Expect
- Data Dump Mode
- CHAP 7-USING PRINTER OPTIONS
- CHAP 8-COMMAND SUMMARY
- APPENDIX A-TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
- GLOSSARY
- INDEX
All Epson interfaces have the EPSON name printed on them. If the
board has an identification code printed on it, it is a four-digit number
beginning with 8, and should correspond to one of the numbers listed in
the table above.
Installing the interface board
The optional interface boards available for your printer are easy to
install. The only tool needed is a cross-head screwdriver.
Before installing an optional interface board, be sure that:
l
Continuous feed paper is removed.
l
The printer and computer are turned off.
l
The parallel cable is disconnected from the printer and the computer.
l
The paper guide and the paper guide cover are removed.
l
The printer cover is removed.
l
Any installed printer option (such as the cut sheet feeder or pull
tractor) is removed.
l
The cable cover is removed.
l
Any DIP switches or jumpers on the interface board are set
according to the instructions in your interface board manual.
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Using Printer Options