Top Panel Buttons And Lights - Epson FX-80 User Manual

Now, tum it on!
You get a little dance from the
print head and three lights go on:
the POWER light, the READY
light, and the ON LINE light. If the
ON LINE and READY lights are
not on, push the button marked
"ON LINE." If the PAPER OUT
light is on, then you will have to
reload the paper.
Top panel buttons and lights
When the ON LINE light is on,
the printer and computer are in di-
rect communication. The FF (form feed) and LF (line feed) buttons
have no effect when the printer is on line. Go ahead, try pushing one.
To use the FF and LF buttons, press the ON LINE button to tum its
light off. Now you can see what the other buttons do.
Press the LF button once. Okay, that gives one line feed. Now hold
the button down for a moment. Line by line advancement!! (We're
getting more and more advanced all the time.)
The FF button will advance the paper a complete page (form). If
you hold the button down, it will advance several forms.
The "top of form" (or TOF) is set at the paper's current position
when the printer is turned on. When you press the FF button, the
paper advances to the same relative position on the next page/form.
Ideally, you'll line up a form's top perforation with the top of the rib-
bon before you tum on the printer (see Figure 1-15). That way, your
printing can start on the first line of the paper.
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