Epson 570e manual

Read This First What’ s ne w abou t the EPS ON ® LQ-5 70e? It’ s fast er, more dura ble, an d handles more pa rts per f orm. B ut don’t worry; i t works the same way as the EPSON LQ-570+. Ta ke a few minutes to re a d this booklet so yo u can get up and r un ning q uickly. Here’s what you ’ll fi n d inside this booklet: New Specification[...]

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3 About Your EPSON LQ-57 0e This boo k let brief ly describes th e new features provid ed by the EPSON L Q-570e. It i s inte n ded for LQ-570+ us ers who are up gradi ng to the LQ -570e . If y ou are no t famili ar with the LQ-570+, please see the LQ-570e U ser’s Guide for de tai led ins tru ctions on u si ng the pr inter. Your new LQ-570e p rint[...]

4 Printer Software The LQ-57 0e comes wit h print er softw ar e on a CD-ROM which incl u des a pr inter driver for Microsoft ® Win dow s ® and som e helpfu l utilities . You do not need t o install thi s driver if you ar e hap py w ith th e dr iver( s) yo u ar e curr ently u sin g for yo ur LQ-5 70+. The LQ -570e p rinte r har dware is b a ckw ar[...]

5 Turning On the Printer The OP ERATE bu tton h as be en rem oved . T o turn the p rinter on and of f, pre ss th e power switc h. The Control Panel The control panel has been m odified, as shown on the next pag e. The OPE RA TE an d ALT butt o ns hav e be en rem oved , a long w ith the OP ERAT E, D ATA , and MULTI-PART lights . Note: To det ermine [...]

6 Control Panel n = O n f = Flashing o = Off T ear O f f/B in bu tto n Advanc es contin uous p aper to the tear-o f f position . Feeds contin uous paper back w ard from the tear- off position to the top-of- form position . Selects a cut-she et feeder bin when the cut-s heet feeder is installed. Turns on Ca rd mode to print on postcards and envelope[...]

7 Location of the Knob The kn o b (fo r clea ring pa per ja ms) is loc ate d on the le ft side of the LQ-570e. Use this knob onl y when the printer is of f. Otherwise, you may d am ag e the p ri nter o r los e the top -of -fo rm or tea r-of f pos ition . Paper Handling While th e LQ-570e handles paper much lik e the LQ-570+, there are c er tai n di[...]

8 Adjusting for Different Top and Bottom Margins The L Q- 570e a llow s for smalle r top a nd botto m marg ins —4.2 mm (.17 i n ch ) for b o th— inc rea sing the m axim um pri n table area on th e page. Yo u wi ll no t notice an y diff erenc e in print ing un less yo u have s p ecif ied margins in y our so ftware applic ations that are less tha[...]

9 Changing Settings Through the Default Setting Mode The L Q-5 70e inc lud es a D efault Se tt ing m ode w hich lets you set the func tions cont r o lled by DIP swit ch setting s on the LQ-570+, plus a number of ad ditional f eatures. The table below summ ariz es the differences . (Defaul t settings are in bo ld .) To ente r the Defau lt Setti n g [...]

10 * T hese se tting s tak e effec t only when IB M 2390 Plus emu latio n is se lected. See Chapter 5 i n your LQ-570e User’s Guide for in st ruc tions o n usi ng the defa ult s ettin g mod e. Clearing the Input Buffer On the LQ-570+, you cleared the input buffer by pressing the ALT and PAUSE button s. On the LQ-570e , press the Fo nt an d Con de[...]

11 Printing a Self Test To print a s elf test on the LQ-5 70+, you h eld down either the LF/ FF or Load/Eje ct but ton an d th en pressed the OPERATE butto n t o turn on the prin ter. Her e i s ho w to pr int th e sel f test o n the LQ-570e: ❏ Fo r dr af t mod e, hol d do wn the LF/ FF button and t hen p ress the power sw itch t o turn o n the pr[...]

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