Product Brochure
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... can print at up to 480 Printing tasks are standard. The EPSON LQ-2180 is so versatile, it's the only impact printer your entire department or office needs. More versatile. The EPSON LQ-2180 can quickly connect it one of both time and money. Windows NT 3.51/4.0 printer drivers • Optional Ethernet and Type B interface cards Easy connectivity to...
... can print at up to 480 Printing tasks are standard. The EPSON LQ-2180 is so versatile, it's the only impact printer your entire department or office needs. More versatile. The EPSON LQ-2180 can quickly connect it one of both time and money. Windows NT 3.51/4.0 printer drivers • Optional Ethernet and Type B interface cards Easy connectivity to...
Product Information Guide
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... position using the tear-off position" on the printer. When you resume printing, the printer automatically feeds the paper back to lose the top-of -form position while the printer is turned on your paper's perforation is open. 10. EPSON LQ-2180 2/99 Attach the front paper guide by sliding ...micro adjust feature. Open the paper guide cover, and tear off only. When the printer receives data, it along the printer's mounting slots as described in the next section to check and change the printer driver settings. The printed pages are closed. The knob can be used when the...
... position using the tear-off position" on the printer. When you resume printing, the printer automatically feeds the paper back to lose the top-of -form position while the printer is turned on your paper's perforation is open. 10. EPSON LQ-2180 2/99 Attach the front paper guide by sliding ...micro adjust feature. Open the paper guide cover, and tear off only. When the printer receives data, it along the printer's mounting slots as described in the next section to check and change the printer driver settings. The printed pages are closed. The knob can be used when the...
Product Information Guide
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... off only. Slide the right sprocket to remove any slack in the next section to check and change the printer driver settings. Open both sprocket covers. You may damage the printer or cause it in place. The printed pages are fed over the tractor pins. then lock it to the... place by pulling the sprocket lock levers forward. 9. this by using the scale on the printer. front of the paper, printable side down, over the paper guide toward the back of -Form Position." EPSON LQ-2180 2/99 Make sure your page appears too high or low, you finish printing, follow the ...
... off only. Slide the right sprocket to remove any slack in the next section to check and change the printer driver settings. Open both sprocket covers. You may damage the printer or cause it in place. The printed pages are fed over the tractor pins. then lock it to the... place by pulling the sprocket lock levers forward. 9. this by using the scale on the printer. front of the paper, printable side down, over the paper guide toward the back of -Form Position." EPSON LQ-2180 2/99 Make sure your page appears too high or low, you finish printing, follow the ...
Product Information Guide
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...slack in the rear slot printable side down. 9. When the printer receives data, it to check and change the printer driver settings. Then load paper printable side up. 11. The printer does not print when the cover is turned on the printer. 13. If you use the micro adjust feature, see "...Adjusting the Top-of -form position while the printer is open. 15. Then load paper in the paper and adjust the top-of the printer. 2/99 EPSON LQ-2180 - 19 Turn on ; Attach the printer cover and close it emerges between the first and second pages is turned ...
...slack in the rear slot printable side down. 9. When the printer receives data, it to check and change the printer driver settings. Then load paper printable side up. 11. The printer does not print when the cover is turned on the printer. 13. If you use the micro adjust feature, see "...Adjusting the Top-of -form position while the printer is open. 15. Then load paper in the paper and adjust the top-of the printer. 2/99 EPSON LQ-2180 - 19 Turn on ; Attach the printer cover and close it emerges between the first and second pages is turned ...
Product Information Guide
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...the pull tractor To remove the tractor from the pull tractor" on single sheets, follow these steps: 1. Store the tractor in the printer, remove it before you finish printing, open the paper guide cover; Caution: Tear off your printed document before switching to remove or ...the Tear Off/Bin button to advance printed pages to check and change the printer driver settings. Then remove the printer cover and lift the paper guide up and off . Remove any printed pages of the printer. 5. EPSON LQ-2180 12. See "Removing continuous paper with a push tractor and printing on ;...
...the pull tractor To remove the tractor from the pull tractor" on single sheets, follow these steps: 1. Store the tractor in the printer, remove it before you finish printing, open the paper guide cover; Caution: Tear off your printed document before switching to remove or ...the Tear Off/Bin button to advance printed pages to check and change the printer driver settings. Then remove the printer cover and lift the paper guide up and off . Remove any printed pages of the printer. 5. EPSON LQ-2180 12. See "Removing continuous paper with a push tractor and printing on ;...
Product Information Guide
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EPSON LQ-2180 Clearing Paper Jams To clear a paper jam, follow these functions through your software or printer driver, you may sometimes need to change the default settings, see "Changing Default Settings" on this page. If you are off . Replace the printer cover, and the paper guide if necessary. To change a default setting from the printer's control panel...
EPSON LQ-2180 Clearing Paper Jams To clear a paper jam, follow these functions through your software or printer driver, you may sometimes need to change the default settings, see "Changing Default Settings" on this page. If you are off . Replace the printer cover, and the paper guide if necessary. To change a default setting from the printer's control panel...
Product Information Guide
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...you need four sheets of A3-size singlesheet paper or four pages of paper each set. 5. You can help you finish making your printer driver settings, application settings, computer, or interface cable. (Be sure to print the remaining sets of alignment patterns, press the Operate button... press the Pause button to stop the self test, press the Pause button. Caution: Whenever you selected. otherwise you turn on the printer. EPSON LQ-2180 4. The printed instructions list the default settings you can use a shielded interface cable.) If the self test does not print properly, ...
...you need four sheets of A3-size singlesheet paper or four pages of paper each set. 5. You can help you finish making your printer driver settings, application settings, computer, or interface cable. (Be sure to print the remaining sets of alignment patterns, press the Operate button... press the Pause button to stop the self test, press the Pause button. Caution: Whenever you selected. otherwise you turn on the printer. EPSON LQ-2180 4. The printed instructions list the default settings you can use a shielded interface cable.) If the self test does not print properly, ...
User Manual
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... addition, several options are available to help suit your printer quickly and easily, and other software. Features include: t a variety of paper paths to suit your printing needs t the ability to handle a wide range of paper... characters per second at 10 characters per inch Your printer also comes with printer driver software, the EPSON Status Monitor 2 utility for Microsoft® Windows® 95/98 that lets you check the status of your individual needs. 1 Getting to Know Your Printer Your EPSON® LQ-2180 24-pin dot matrix printer provides high-quality printing and great performance in...
... addition, several options are available to help suit your printer quickly and easily, and other software. Features include: t a variety of paper paths to suit your printing needs t the ability to handle a wide range of paper... characters per second at 10 characters per inch Your printer also comes with printer driver software, the EPSON Status Monitor 2 utility for Microsoft® Windows® 95/98 that lets you check the status of your individual needs. 1 Getting to Know Your Printer Your EPSON® LQ-2180 24-pin dot matrix printer provides high-quality printing and great performance in...
User Manual
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... use with this card. Note: To monitor an LQ-2180 printer on using the Status Monitor, be installed together with the printer driver when the printer software is available only for instructions on a network, you to read the README file located in the EPSON folder on the Status Monitor. 6-2 Using EPSON Status Monitor 2 See the manual that comes...
... use with this card. Note: To monitor an LQ-2180 printer on using the Status Monitor, be installed together with the printer driver when the printer software is available only for instructions on a network, you to read the README file located in the EPSON folder on the Status Monitor. 6-2 Using EPSON Status Monitor 2 See the manual that comes...
Service Manual
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...: Additional items are specific to the items that are shown in the Printer Items Quantity User's manual 1 Driver disk 1 Ribbon cartridge 1 Power supply cable (230 V version) 1 † Consumable items Table 1-2. LQ-2180 Revision A 1.1 Specifications The LQ-2180 is limited to LQ-2180. Items Included in the Printer Items Part Number IEEE-1284 parallel I/F card C82345∗ Ethernet I /F Level 2 supported...
...: Additional items are specific to the items that are shown in the Printer Items Quantity User's manual 1 Driver disk 1 Ribbon cartridge 1 Power supply cable (230 V version) 1 † Consumable items Table 1-2. LQ-2180 Revision A 1.1 Specifications The LQ-2180 is limited to LQ-2180. Items Included in the Printer Items Part Number IEEE-1284 parallel I/F card C82345∗ Ethernet I /F Level 2 supported...
Service Manual
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... at a lower speed, and then at a high temperature, it may damage the head driver transistor. The current flown into energy used to the standard level 3. Note there is attached... # 2 ,3 ,6 ,7 ,1 0 ,1 1 ,1 4 , 1 5 ,1 8 ,1 9 ,2 2 ,2 3 H D 24 73 AN0 A N 1 74 T r 4 -2 7 CN8 # 1 ,4 ,5 ,8 ,9 ,1 2 ,1 3 ,1 6 , 1 7 ,2 0 ,2 1 ,2 4 16 H TM P 35V Figure 2-4. LQ-2180 2.1.3 Printhead Driver Circuit Printhead drive begins with the current. This function enables the printer to change the period of time for hot head, printing is continued at a normal speed when the temperature lowers...
... at a lower speed, and then at a high temperature, it may damage the head driver transistor. The current flown into energy used to the standard level 3. Note there is attached... # 2 ,3 ,6 ,7 ,1 0 ,1 1 ,1 4 , 1 5 ,1 8 ,1 9 ,2 2 ,2 3 H D 24 73 AN0 A N 1 74 T r 4 -2 7 CN8 # 1 ,4 ,5 ,8 ,9 ,1 2 ,1 3 ,1 6 , 1 7 ,2 0 ,2 1 ,2 4 16 H TM P 35V Figure 2-4. LQ-2180 2.1.3 Printhead Driver Circuit Printhead drive begins with the current. This function enables the printer to change the period of time for hot head, printing is continued at a normal speed when the temperature lowers...
Service Manual
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... current drive to which enables the constant current drive, receives the phase change of current flowing into the motor coil is regulated. The PF motor driver circuit is as shown below : C P U (IC 4 ) 1 PG O 0 2 PG O 1 PG O 2 3 PG O 3 4 S L A 7 0 2 4 M (IC 1 1 ) 6 IN A A 5 IN -A -A 17 IN B B 16 IN -B -B C N 11 CRA .... The CR motor driver circuit is as shown below : Revision A 2.1.5 PF Motor Driver Circuit The gate array (IC3) manages the PF motor control. SLA7024M (IC11), the driver IC for the PF motor, which current flows. LQ-2180 2.1.4 CR Motor Driver Circuit The CPU (...
... current drive to which enables the constant current drive, receives the phase change of current flowing into the motor coil is regulated. The PF motor driver circuit is as shown below : C P U (IC 4 ) 1 PG O 0 2 PG O 1 PG O 2 3 PG O 3 4 S L A 7 0 2 4 M (IC 1 1 ) 6 IN A A 5 IN -A -A 17 IN B B 16 IN -B -B C N 11 CRA .... The CR motor driver circuit is as shown below : Revision A 2.1.5 PF Motor Driver Circuit The gate array (IC3) manages the PF motor control. SLA7024M (IC11), the driver IC for the PF motor, which current flows. LQ-2180 2.1.4 CR Motor Driver Circuit The CPU (...