Epson LQ 630S Bedienungsanleitung

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 and EPSON ESC/P2 is a trademark

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.

Reference Guide

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Contents

Chapter 1 Paper Handling

Selecting a Paper Source. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Paper source and paper types. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Setting the paper release lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Adjusting the Paper-Thickness Lever. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Loading Continuous Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Positioning the continuous paper supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Loading continuous paper with the tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Using the tear-off function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Loading Single Sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Loading Special Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Multipart forms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Switching Between Continuous Paper and Single Sheets. . . . . . . .17

Switching to single sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

Switching to continuous paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

Using the Micro Adjust Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Adjusting the tear-off position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Adjusting the top-of-form position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Chapter 2 Printer Software

About Your Printer Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Using the Printer Driver with Windows Me, 98, and 95 . . . . . . . . .24

Accessing the printer driver from Windows applications . . .25

Accessing the printer driver from the Start menu. . . . . . . . . .26

Changing the printer driver settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

Using the Printer Driver with Windows XP, 2000 and NT 4.0 . . . .28

Accessing the printer driver from Windows applications . . .28

Accessing the printer driver from the Start menu. . . . . . . . . .30

Changing the printer driver settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

Printer Driver Settings Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

Using EPSON Status Monitor 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Setting up EPSON Status Monitor 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Accessing EPSON Status Monitor 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Chapter 3 Control Panel

Buttons and Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Selecting a Font. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

About Your Printer’s Default Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Understanding default settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Changing default settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Lock-Out Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Turning on or off the lock-out mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Changing the lock-out mode setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Chapter 4 Troubleshooting

Using the Error Indicators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Problems and Solutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Power supply problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Paper loading or feeding problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Printing position problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Printing or printout quality problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Correcting USB Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Clearing a Paper Jam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Aligning Vertical Lines in Your Printout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Printing a Self Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Printing Hex Dump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Contacting Customer Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Chapter 5 Options and Consumables

Ribbon Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Genuine EPSON ribbon cartridge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Replacing the ribbon cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Print Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Appendix A Product Information

Safety Instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124

Warnings, cautions, and notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124

Hot parts caution symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124

Important safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124

For United Kingdom users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126

Printer Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128

Printer Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129

Mechanical. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129

Electronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131

Electrical. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133

Environmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133

Paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133

Printable area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142

Standards and Approvals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143

Command Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144

EPSON ESC/P 2 control codes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144

IBM PPDS Emulation Control Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145

Cleaning the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146

Transporting the Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147

Glossary

Index

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