Epson LQ-680Pro - Manual (Page 6)

EPSON LQ-680Pro
6 - EPSON LQ-680Pro 11/00
Control Panel Buttons and Lights
Font button
Selects the font.
Font lights
Indicate which font is selected.
Condensed button
Turns condensed mode on and off.
Condensed light
On when condensed mode is on.
Reset
When you press both the Font and Condensed buttons
simultaneously, the printer clears its buffer and restores its
default settings.
Paper Source button and lights
Select a paper source.
Tear Off/Special Paper button
❏ Advances continuous paper to the tear-off position.
❏ Feeds continuous paper backward from the tear-off position
to the top-of-form position.
❏ Turns on card mode or envelope mode.
Tear Off/Special Paper lights
f f When continuous paper is in the tear-off position.
o n When the printer is in envelope mode.
n o When the printer is in card mode.
Pause button
Stops printing temporarily, and resumes printing when pressed
again. When pressed for 3 seconds, turns on micro adjust mode.
Pause light
❏ On when the printer is paused.
❏ Flashes when the printer is in micro adjust mode or when
the print head has overheated.
LF/FF button
❏ Feeds paper line by line when pressed quickly.
❏ 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 when a sheet is loaded.
❏ Loads continuous paper from the standby position.
❏ Feeds continuous paper backward to the standby position in
micro adjust mode.
Micro adjust mode
When you hold down the Pause button for 3 seconds, the
printer enters the micro adjust mode. In this mode, you can
press the
LF/FF D and Load/Eject U buttons to adjust the
top-of-form or tear-off position.
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.
Error Indicators
You can identify many common printer problems using the
lights on the control panel. If your printer stops working
and one or more control panel lights are on or flashing, or the
printer beeps, use the following table to diagnose and fix
the problem.
State of
panel lights Beep
pattern
Problem
Solution
n Pause — The printer is paused.
Press the Pause button to resume
printing.
••• The printer cover is open.
Close the printer cover and press the
Pause button.