Control Panel Buttons And Lights - Epson LQ-680 User Manual

Control Panel Buttons and Lights

Font button
Selects the font.
Condensed button
Turns on and off the condensed mode.
Reset
When you press both the Font and Condensed buttons
simultaneously, the printer clears its buffer and return to
its default settings.
Tear Off/Bin button (LQ-680)
Advances continuous paper to the tear-off position.
Feeds continuous paper backward from the tear-off
position to the top-of-form position.
Selects a cut-sheet feeder bin.
Turns on the card mode to print on postcards and envelopes.
Tear Off/Bin lights (LQ-680)
f f when continuous paper is in the tear-off position.
o n when bin 1 of the optional cut-sheet feeder is selected.
n o when bin 2 of the optional cut-sheet feeder is selected.
n n when the printer is in the card mode.
LQ-680
LQ-680Pro
Paper Source button & lights (LQ-680Pro)
Select a paper source. See Chapter 2.
Tear Off/Special Paper button (LQ-680Pro)
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 the card mode or envelope
mode.
Tear Off/Special Paper lights (LQ-680Pro)
f f when continuous paper is in the
tear-off position.
o n when the printer is in the card
mode.
n o when the printer is in the envelope
mode.
Pause button
Stops printing temporarily, and
resumes printing when pressed
again. When pressed for three
seconds, turns on the *micro adjust
mode. To turn off, press again.
Pause light
On when the printer is paused.
Flashes when the printer is in the
*micro adjust mode.
Flashes when the print head has
overheated.
Paper Out light
*Micro Adjust mode
When you hold down the Pause button for three
seconds, the printer enters the micro adjust mode.
In this mode, you can press the LF/FFD and
Load/EjectU buttons to adjust the top-of-form or
tear-off position. See Chapter 2.
LF/FF button
Feeds paper line by line when pressing shortly.
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 if a sheet is loaded.
Loads continuous paper from the standby
position.
Feeds continuous paper backward to the
standby position.
n = On
f = Flashing
o = Off
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.