Epson MX-80 User Manual page 17

At Last
The big moment is here.
T U R N I T O N !
Mmmm! Look at that! A little startup sound, 3 green lights, and it just sits there
waiting. The old days were never like this.
Where is all the motor noise? How about some big levers, lights and alarms? Looks
like dynamite in a small silent package!
If we did everything right, the POWER, READY and ON LINE lights should be
lit. If we got the paper in wrong, the NO PAPER light will be lit too.
Press the ON LINE b u t t o n several times. It "toggles" the printer-to-computer
connection, alternately hooking us up and disconnecting us from the computer
(which we haven't connected to, yet). Finish fiddling with the Printer ON LINE
and READY.
Now try pushing the F F (Form Feed) and LF (Line Feed) buttons.
Nothing! What's wrong? Nothing. We have to "toggle" the Printer " O F F LINE"
to use them. Oh.
Press the ON LINE button so the READY light goes out. Now press FF.
Good grief — look at that paper go. Now look at where the paper stopped. Right
at the top of the next page. Unless (until) we change it otherwise, the Form Feed
button will always advance the paper to the top of the next Form (or piece of
paper).
Now tap the Line Feed button.
It advanced the paper 1/6 of an inch. Unless (until) we tell the printer otherwise,
it prints 6 lines to an inch, and 66 lines to a page. Now hold the Line Feed button
down for a bit.
How about that? Both manual and automatic transmission!