Epson LQ-570e Bedienungsanleitung

24-Pin Dot

Matrix Printer

User's Guide 4011804

XXX-00

Control Panel Buttons and Lights

n= On

f= Flashing

o= Off

Tear Off/Bin button

●Advances continuous paper to the

tear-off position.

●Feeds continuous paper backward

from the tear-off position to the top-

of-form position.

●Selects a cut-sheet feeder bin when

the cut-sheet feeder is installed.

●Turns on the card mode to print on

postcards and envelopes. See

Chapter 3.

Tear Off/Bin lights

●f f when continuous paper is in the

tear-off position.

●o n when bin 1 of the optional cut-

sheet feeder is selected.

●n o when bin 2 of the optional cut-

sheet feeder is selected.

●n n when the printer is in the card

mode. *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/FFDand Load/EjectU

buttons to adjust the top-of-form or tear-off position.

See Chapter 2.

Pause button

Stops printing temporarily,

and resumes printing

when pressed again.

When pressed for three

seconds, turns on the

*micro adjust mode. To

turn off, press again.

Pause light

●On when the printer is

paused.

●Flashes when the

printer is in the *micro

adjust mode.

●Flashes when the print

head has overheated.

Font button

Selects the font.

See Chapter 5.

Font lights

Indicate which

font is selected.

Paper Out light

●On when no paper is

loaded in the

selected paper

source or paper is not

loaded correctly.

●Flashes when paper

has not been fully

ejected or a paper

jam has occurred.

LF/FF button

●Feeds paper line by

line when pressing

shortly.

●Ejects a single sheet

or advances

continuous paper to

the next top-of-form

position when held

down.

Load/Eject button

●Loads a single sheet of

paper.

●Ejects a single sheet of

paper if a sheet is

loaded.

●Loads continuous paper

from the standby

position.

●Feeds continuous paper

backward to the

standby position.

Condensed button

Turns on and off the

condensed mode.

Condensed light

Lights up when the

condensed mode is

on.

User’s Guide

24-Pin Dot Matrix Printer

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.

Neither SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION nor its affiliates shall be liable to the purchaser of

this product or third parties for damages, losses, costs, or expenses incurred by the purchaser

or third parties as a result of: accident, misuse, or abuse of this product or unauthorized

modifications, repairs, or alterations to this product, or (excluding the U.S.) failure to strictly

comply with SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION’s operating and maintenance instructions.

SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION shall not be liable for any damages or problems arising from

the use of any options or any consumable products other than those designated as Original

EPSON Products or EPSON Approved Products by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION.

EPSON and EPSON ESC/P are registered trademarks of SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION.

Microsoft, Windows, and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.

IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation.

General Notice: Other product names used herein are for identification purposes only and may be

trademarks of their respective owners. EPSON disclaims any and all rights in those marks.

FCC Compliance Statement For United States Users

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital

device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable

protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment

generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in

accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio or television

reception. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular

installation. If this equipment does cause interference to radio and television reception, which

can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to

correct the interference by one or more of the following measures.

❑Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna

❑Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver

❑Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that towhich the receiver

is connected

❑Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

WARNING

The connection of a non-shielded equipment interface cable to this equipment will invalidate

the FCC Certification of this device and may cause interference levels which exceed the limits

established by the FCC for this equipment. It is the responsibility of the user to obtain and

use a shielded equipment interface cable with this device. If this equipment has more than

one interface connector, do not leave cables connected to unused interfaces.

Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the manufacturer could void the user’s

authority to operate the equipment.

For Canadian Users

This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.

Cet appareil numérique de la classe B est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada.

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Contents

Getting to Know Your Printer

Easy-to-Use Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Available Paper Paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Printing on continuous paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Printing on single sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Ribbon Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Important Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Print Head Caution Symbol. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

ENERGY STAR Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

For United Kingdom Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Use of options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

How To Use Your Manuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Warnings, Cautions, and Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Chapter 1 Setting Up the Printer

Unpacking the Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

Choosing a Place for the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

Positioning the continuous paper supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

Installing or Replacing the Ribbon Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

Attaching the Paper Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11

Plugging in the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13

Connecting the Printer to Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14

Installing the Printer Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16

Installing the printer software in Windows 95, 98, or NT 4.01-16

Installing the printer software in Windows 3.1 or NT 3.5x 1-18

For DOS programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-19

Chapter 2 Printing on Continuous Paper

Setting the Paper Release Lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

Setting the Paper Thickness Lever. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

Using the Push Tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6

Loading paper onto the push tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6

Removing a printed document from the push tractor. . . . 2-11

Removing the push tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12

Reinstalling the tractor in the push position . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13

Using the Tractor in the Pull Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14

Installing the tractor in the pull position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14

Loading paper onto the pull tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16

Removing the paper from the pull tractor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21

Using two tractors in the push/pull combination . . . . . . . 2-22

Removing the pull tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-24

Loading Multipart Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-26

Loading Continuous Paper With Labels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-27

Removing continuous paper with labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-28

Switching Between Printing on Continuous Paper and Printing on Sin-

gle Sheets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-29

Switching to printing on single sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-29

Switching to printing on continuous paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-30

Adjusting the Top-of-Form Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-31

Advancing the Paper to the Tear-Off Edge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-34

Using the Tear Off/Bin button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-34

Advancing the paper to the tear-off position automatically2-35

Adjusting the tear-off position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-35

Chapter 3 Printing on Single Sheets

Using Single Sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2

Available paper types and paper slots. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2

Loading single-sheet multipart forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4

Loading envelopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5

Loading postcards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6

Loading Single Sheets in the Top Paper Slot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8

Loading Single Sheets in the Front Paper Slot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11

Chapter 4 Using the Printer Software

About Your Printer Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2

Using the Printer Driver With Windows 95 and 98 . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3

Accessing the printer driver from Windows applications . 4-3

Accessing the printer driver from the Start menu. . . . . . . . 4-5

Printer driver settings overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5

Using the Printer Driver With Windows 3.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12

Accessing the printer driver from Windows applications . 4-12

Accessing the printer driver from the Control Panel . . . . . 4-14

Printer driver settings overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14

Using the Printer Driver With Windows NT 4.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16

Accessing the printer driver from Windows applications . 4-16

Accessing the printer driver from the Start menu. . . . . . . . 4-18

Printer driver settings overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18

Using the Printer Driver With Windows NT 3.5x . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-25

Accessing the printer driver from Windows applications . 4-25

Accessing the printer driver from the Control Panel . . . . . 4-27

Printer driver settings overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-28

Using the EPSON Remote! Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-30

Installing EPSON Remote! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-30

Accessing EPSON Remote! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-30

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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10

Chapter 6 Using EPSON Status Monitor 3

About the EPSON Status Monitor 3 Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2

Accessing EPSON Status Monitor 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2

Chapter 7 Troubleshooting

Using the Error Indicators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2

Problems and Solutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4

Power supply problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5

Single-sheet paper loading or feeding problems . . . . . . . . 7-6

Continuous paper loading or feeding problems . . . . . . . . 7-8

Wrong top-of-form position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9

Wrong tear-off position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10

Printing or printout quality problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-11

Clearing Paper Jams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-16

Aligning Vertical Lines in Your Printout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-17

Printing a Self Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-18

Printing a Hex Dump. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-19

Appendix A Enhancing Your Printer With Options

Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2

Paper handling options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2

Optional interface cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4

Using the Optional Cut-Sheet Feeders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-5

Installing an optional cut-sheet feeder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-6

Loading paper in the single-bin cut-sheet feeder . . . . . . . . A-8

Loading paper in the high-capacity cut-sheet feeder. . . . . A-12

Assembling the double-bin cut-sheet feeder. . . . . . . . . . . . A-16

Selecting your paper path (bin 1 or bin 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-17

Switching between continuous paper and single-sheet paper in

the cut-sheet feeder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-18

Using the Roll Paper Holder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-20

Assembling the roll paper holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-20

Installing the roll paper holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-21

Loading roll paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-22

Removing roll paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-24

Using an Optional Front Sheet Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-25

Installing the front sheet guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-25

Loading paper in the front sheet guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-27

Installing an Interface Card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-29

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Appendix B Cleaning and Transporting the Printer

Cleaning the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2

Transporting the Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-3

Appendix C Specifications

Printer Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-2

Mechanical. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-2

Electrical. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-5

Environmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-6

Paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-6

Paper alignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-10

Printable area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-11

Safety approvals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-14

CE marking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-14

Command Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-15

EPSON ESC/P2 control codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-15

IBM 2390 Plus emulation control codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-19

Character Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-20

International character sets for the Italic table . . . . . . . . . . . C-31

Appendix D Customer Support Information

Contacting Customer Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-2

For North American Users. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-3

Electronic support services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-3

Automated telephone services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-3

For United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland Users. . . . . . . D-5

Enquiry Desk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-5

Customer Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-5

Faxon EPSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-6

EPtec-Bulletin Board Service for latest drivers and utilitiesD-6

World Wide Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-7

For Australian Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-7

EPSON FAXBACK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-7

EPSON Bulletin Board System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-7

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Internet URL http://www.epson.com.au . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-7

Your dealer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-8

EPSON Helpdesk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-8

For Singapore Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-8

For Hong Kong Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-9

Internet home page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-9

Electronic bulletin board system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-9

Technical support hotline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-9

For Philippines Users. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-10

Glossary

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