Technical Brief (Impact Printers)
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... more connectivity compatibility. Most EPSON impact printers also offer an IBM emulation, which prints with Windows applications. Some EPSON impact printers also include additional tractor units, and all include a rear tractor. Available in front and rear paper paths. In some models this tractor is moveable, and in a single pass of the print head and enhances printing with 360 dpi in...
... more connectivity compatibility. Most EPSON impact printers also offer an IBM emulation, which prints with Windows applications. Some EPSON impact printers also include additional tractor units, and all include a rear tractor. Available in front and rear paper paths. In some models this tractor is moveable, and in a single pass of the print head and enhances printing with 360 dpi in...
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... print head EPSON Sales Training EPSON is a registered trademark of the ribbon Ensures sharp printed edges Reduces fraying which gives the printer greater overall reliability. L EPSON brand ribbons are the property of the ribbon, the printer can achieve faster print speeds. Technical Brief-Multimedia projectors Page 6 Reliability-Ribbon quality EPSON brand impact printer ribbons are superior to move the ribbon with the print head...
... print head EPSON Sales Training EPSON is a registered trademark of the ribbon Ensures sharp printed edges Reduces fraying which gives the printer greater overall reliability. L EPSON brand ribbons are the property of the ribbon, the printer can achieve faster print speeds. Technical Brief-Multimedia projectors Page 6 Reliability-Ribbon quality EPSON brand impact printer ribbons are superior to move the ribbon with the print head...
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... assembly, versus the on-carriage motor used in competitive printers. Technical Brief-Multimedia projectors Page 7 Reliability-Total Print Volume vs. LL Reliability-Off-carriage motor assembly Most EPSON impact printers use an off -carriage motor allows the print head to r EPSON Sales Training EPSON is less wear and tear on printing conditions, and is not carrying the extra motor weight...
... assembly, versus the on-carriage motor used in competitive printers. Technical Brief-Multimedia projectors Page 7 Reliability-Total Print Volume vs. LL Reliability-Off-carriage motor assembly Most EPSON impact printers use an off -carriage motor allows the print head to r EPSON Sales Training EPSON is less wear and tear on printing conditions, and is not carrying the extra motor weight...
Product Information Guide
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...7753: 2,000,000 characters (in Letter Quality characters, at 48 dots/character) For all components excluding print head: 3,000,000 lines MTBF: 4000 power on hours (duty 25%) Print head life: 200,000,000 strokes/wire Dimensions and weight: (excluding knobs and paper guides) Height: ...Epson interfaces that are compatible with its long side horizontal. Total thickness must not exceed 0.01 inches (0.25 mm). LQ-510-2 5/1/89 24 - Mechanical Paper feeding methods; Note: Label printing is only available at up to 55 HZ Storage: Up to 242 mm) width paper is used . MATRIX PRINTER...
...7753: 2,000,000 characters (in Letter Quality characters, at 48 dots/character) For all components excluding print head: 3,000,000 lines MTBF: 4000 power on hours (duty 25%) Print head life: 200,000,000 strokes/wire Dimensions and weight: (excluding knobs and paper guides) Height: ...Epson interfaces that are compatible with its long side horizontal. Total thickness must not exceed 0.01 inches (0.25 mm). LQ-510-2 5/1/89 24 - Mechanical Paper feeding methods; Note: Label printing is only available at up to 55 HZ Storage: Up to 242 mm) width paper is used . MATRIX PRINTER...
User Manual
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Assembling the Printer 3. Install the ribbon cartridge as follows. 1. Setting Up the Printer 1-7 CAUTION: Do not use the platen knob to the middle of the paper. This interferes with the automatic paper loading system and may cause a paper jam. Push firmly on the platen knob until it fits against the printer case. Installing the Ribbon Cartridge Your printer's ribbon cartridge is turned off. Slide the print head to adjust the position of the printer. Before installing the ribbon cartridge, make sure the printer is designed for easy installation and removal.
Assembling the Printer 3. Install the ribbon cartridge as follows. 1. Setting Up the Printer 1-7 CAUTION: Do not use the platen knob to the middle of the paper. This interferes with the automatic paper loading system and may cause a paper jam. Push firmly on the platen knob until it fits against the printer case. Installing the Ribbon Cartridge Your printer's ribbon cartridge is turned off. Slide the print head to adjust the position of the printer. Before installing the ribbon cartridge, make sure the printer is designed for easy installation and removal.
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Also, if you have been using the printer, the print head may be hot; This removes slack in the direction of the arrow. Turn the ribbon-tightening knob in the ribbon and makes it . 2. Open the paper tension unit cover. 1-8 Setting Up the Printer Assembling the Printer CAUTION: Never move the print head while the printer is turned on because this can damage the printer. let it cool for a few minutes before touching it easier to install. 3.
Also, if you have been using the printer, the print head may be hot; This removes slack in the direction of the arrow. Turn the ribbon-tightening knob in the ribbon and makes it . 2. Open the paper tension unit cover. 1-8 Setting Up the Printer Assembling the Printer CAUTION: Never move the print head while the printer is turned on because this can damage the printer. let it cool for a few minutes before touching it easier to install. 3.
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Use a pointed object, such as a ball point pen, to guide the ribbon between the print head and ribbon guide while you turn the ribbon-tightening knob to make sure the plastic hooks are properly seated. 5. Assembling the Printer 4. Note: Press lightly on both ends of the cartridge to help feed the ribbon into the slots. Setting Up the Printer 1-9 Hold the ribbon cartridge by its handle and push it firmly down into position, making sure the plastic hooks fit into place.
Use a pointed object, such as a ball point pen, to guide the ribbon between the print head and ribbon guide while you turn the ribbon-tightening knob to make sure the plastic hooks are properly seated. 5. Assembling the Printer 4. Note: Press lightly on both ends of the cartridge to help feed the ribbon into the slots. Setting Up the Printer 1-9 Hold the ribbon cartridge by its handle and push it firmly down into position, making sure the plastic hooks fit into place.
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Close the paper tension unit cover. Slide the print head from side to side to feed the paper smoothly and efficiently into the printer. Also check that the ribbon is not twisted or creased. 7. Attach the paper guide using the following procedure. 1-10 Setting Up the Printer Attaching the Paper Guide When you use single sheets, the paper guide helps to make sure it moves smoothly. Assembling Printer 6.
Close the paper tension unit cover. Slide the print head from side to side to feed the paper smoothly and efficiently into the printer. Also check that the ribbon is not twisted or creased. 7. Attach the paper guide using the following procedure. 1-10 Setting Up the Printer Attaching the Paper Guide When you use single sheets, the paper guide helps to make sure it moves smoothly. Assembling Printer 6.
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The self test continues until the paper runs out or until you press the ON LINE button. Press the ON LINE button to load the paper. 7. Press the LOAD/EJECT button to start the self test. A list of DIP switch settings is narrower than A4 size (8.27 inches or 210 mm) or letter size (8.5 inches or 216 mm) to prevent the print head from printing directly onto the platen. 6. Setting Up the Printer 1-17 Testing the Printer WARNING: Never run the self test using paper that is printed first, followed by a series of characters.
The self test continues until the paper runs out or until you press the ON LINE button. Press the ON LINE button to load the paper. 7. Press the LOAD/EJECT button to start the self test. A list of DIP switch settings is narrower than A4 size (8.27 inches or 210 mm) or letter size (8.5 inches or 216 mm) to prevent the print head from printing directly onto the platen. 6. Setting Up the Printer 1-17 Testing the Printer WARNING: Never run the self test using paper that is printed first, followed by a series of characters.
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...repeat the self test. See page 9. Replace the ribbon cartridge. If the printer still does not print the self test correctly, contact your Epson dealer or Epson authorized service center. Turn off the printer, reinstall the ribbon cartridge, and then tighten the ribbon by turning the ribbon-... the print head and ribbon guide. Turn off the printer. Try the self test again. The test did not print when you are turning on the printer. The printer sounds like it is printing, but nothing is jammed, turn off the printer and disconnect the cable from inside the printer. (...
...repeat the self test. See page 9. Replace the ribbon cartridge. If the printer still does not print the self test correctly, contact your Epson dealer or Epson authorized service center. Turn off the printer, reinstall the ribbon cartridge, and then tighten the ribbon by turning the ribbon-... the print head and ribbon guide. Turn off the printer. Try the self test again. The test did not print when you are turning on the printer. The printer sounds like it is printing, but nothing is jammed, turn off the printer and disconnect the cable from inside the printer. (...
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Tear off line. 2. If the printer is on line, press the ON LINE button to a point where it can be easily removed. If the paper has advanced past the print head, you to easily switch to single-sheet printing without removing the continuous paper from continuous paper to single ...sheets, follow the steps below. 1. Switching Between Continuous and Single Sheets Even with continuous paper loaded in the printer, the SmartPark feature allows...
Tear off line. 2. If the printer is on line, press the ON LINE button to a point where it can be easily removed. If the paper has advanced past the print head, you to easily switch to single-sheet printing without removing the continuous paper from continuous paper to single ...sheets, follow the steps below. 1. Switching Between Continuous and Single Sheets Even with continuous paper loaded in the printer, the SmartPark feature allows...
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WARNING: If the printer has just been in use, the print head may be hot. Paper Handling 2-21 Make sure that the printer is turned off. Slide the print head to cool before touching it to the middle of the printer. Allow it . 2. Printing on Special Paper To change the paper thickness setting, follow these steps. 1. Then remove the printer cover.
WARNING: If the printer has just been in use, the print head may be hot. Paper Handling 2-21 Make sure that the printer is turned off. Slide the print head to cool before touching it to the middle of the printer. Allow it . 2. Printing on Special Paper To change the paper thickness setting, follow these steps. 1. Then remove the printer cover.
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... forms 2-sheet 3-sheet Labels Envelopes Air mail Plain Bond (20 lb) Bond (24 lb) Lever Position 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 or 5 6 6 7 Note: Lever position 1 is used only when the printed characters are using thin paper may damage the print head. • If the lever is set to position 4 or higher, the...
... forms 2-sheet 3-sheet Labels Envelopes Air mail Plain Bond (20 lb) Bond (24 lb) Lever Position 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 or 5 6 6 7 Note: Lever position 1 is used only when the printed characters are using thin paper may damage the print head. • If the lever is set to position 4 or higher, the...
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...the lever to position 2 when you go back to the proper position; Paper Handling 2-23 Printing on page 2-22. Make sure you check the position of the print head. see the table on Special Paper 4. Reattach the printer cover as shown below. Multi-part Forms With the built-in tractor unit, your... printer can print on if the lever is set the paper thickness lever to printing on ordinary paper. To help you ...
...the lever to position 2 when you go back to the proper position; Paper Handling 2-23 Printing on page 2-22. Make sure you check the position of the print head. see the table on Special Paper 4. Reattach the printer cover as shown below. Multi-part Forms With the built-in tractor unit, your... printer can print on if the lever is set the paper thickness lever to printing on ordinary paper. To help you ...
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... Special Paper Envelopes You can feed envelopes individually using the single-sheet loading feature. Make sure that your application program page setup keeps the printing entirely within this printable area. 2-26 Paper Handling When manually feeding an envelope, you may have to push it down slightly while pressing ...the LOAD/EJECT button to get it to the table on page 2-2. Printing on the next page. The print head must not go past the left or right edge of the paper thickness lever according to feed properly. For details on paper...
... Special Paper Envelopes You can feed envelopes individually using the single-sheet loading feature. Make sure that your application program page setup keeps the printing entirely within this printable area. 2-26 Paper Handling When manually feeding an envelope, you may have to push it down slightly while pressing ...the LOAD/EJECT button to get it to the table on page 2-2. Printing on the next page. The print head must not go past the left or right edge of the paper thickness lever according to feed properly. For details on paper...
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Printing direction With unidirectional printing, the print head prints in this chapter. CAUTION: Do not use the short tear-off , the printer prints unidirectionally; When DIP switch 2-6 is off mode with labels. This feature automatically advances continuous paper to the tear-off later in one direction only. Using the Printer... on . Input buffer capacity The input buffer stores data from your computer for other tasks while the printer prints, change the setting of your bidirectional print settings. If you want to 8 KB (on). Before using short tear-off position, and then reverse...
Printing direction With unidirectional printing, the print head prints in this chapter. CAUTION: Do not use the short tear-off , the printer prints unidirectionally; When DIP switch 2-6 is off mode with labels. This feature automatically advances continuous paper to the tear-off later in one direction only. Using the Printer... on . Input buffer capacity The input buffer stores data from your computer for other tasks while the printer prints, change the setting of your bidirectional print settings. If you want to 8 KB (on). Before using short tear-off position, and then reverse...
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... 4-9 The Print Head 4-10 The Graphics Command 4-13 Column Reservation Numbers 4-14 A Simple Graphics Program 4-14 Designing Your Own Graphics 4-15 User-defined Characters 4-20 Designing Your Characters 4-20 Defining Your Characters 4-22 Sending Information to Your Printer 4-24 Printing User-defined Characters... 4-27 Copying ROM Characters to RAM 4-28 Letter Quality Characters 4-29 Mixing Print Styles 4-30 Software and Graphics 4-1
... 4-9 The Print Head 4-10 The Graphics Command 4-13 Column Reservation Numbers 4-14 A Simple Graphics Program 4-14 Designing Your Own Graphics 4-15 User-defined Characters 4-20 Designing Your Characters 4-20 Defining Your Characters 4-22 Sending Information to Your Printer 4-24 Printing User-defined Characters... 4-27 Copying ROM Characters to RAM 4-28 Letter Quality Characters 4-29 Mixing Print Styles 4-30 Software and Graphics 4-1
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.... Special Effects and Emphasis The LQ-510 offers two ways of emphasizing text and also allows you to keep the margins correct if you may need to change character widths. These features can be controlled directly by using the condensed mode. This mode is printed twice as the print head moves across the paper, with...
.... Special Effects and Emphasis The LQ-510 offers two ways of emphasizing text and also allows you to keep the margins correct if you may need to change character widths. These features can be controlled directly by using the condensed mode. This mode is printed twice as the print head moves across the paper, with...
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... text. You can be used to score spaces, subscripts, and superscripts without a break. This is ROMAN italics. This is ROMAN printing. See the ESC ( - Enhancing Your Printing In double-strike mode, the print head prints each line twice, making the text bolder. Software and Graphics 4-5 command in combination. Underlining, strike-through, and overlining The underline...
... text. You can be used to score spaces, subscripts, and superscripts without a break. This is ROMAN italics. This is ROMAN printing. See the ESC ( - Enhancing Your Printing In double-strike mode, the print head prints each line twice, making the text bolder. Software and Graphics 4-5 command in combination. Underlining, strike-through, and overlining The underline...
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..., as well as text because graphic images are formed on the printer in about how your printer's print head works. Each time a pin fires, it strikes the inked ribbon and presses it is that of 24 pins arranged in Letter Quality mode, it against ..., the letters and symbols seem to overlap vertically, the pins in the print head are printed. As the print head moves along, the pins fire time after time in newspapers and magazines are in more than one column, but the intelligence of the printer handles the timing of unbroken lines. Because the dots overlap each other...
..., as well as text because graphic images are formed on the printer in about how your printer's print head works. Each time a pin fires, it strikes the inked ribbon and presses it is that of 24 pins arranged in Letter Quality mode, it against ..., the letters and symbols seem to overlap vertically, the pins in the print head are printed. As the print head moves along, the pins fire time after time in newspapers and magazines are in more than one column, but the intelligence of the printer handles the timing of unbroken lines. Because the dots overlap each other...