About Your EPSON LX-300+ This booklet briefly describes the new features provided by the EPSON LX-300+. It is intended for LX-300 users who are upgrading to the LX-300+. If you are not familiar with the LX-300, please see the LX-300+ User’s Guide for detailed instructions on using the printer.
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Height Weight LX-300 none 79 ms/line at 1/6-inch line spacing, intermittent 2.78 inches/second, continuous Parallel EPSON ESC/P, ® 2380 4 KB 3 million lines 4,000 hours 7.2 to 10.1 inches (182 to 257 mm), single sheets 14.4 inches (366 mm) 10.8 inches (275 mm)
❏ A printer driver which lets you control printing. ❏ The EPSON Status Monitor 3 utility for Windows versions 95, 98, 2000, and NT 4.0 (or later). The Status Monitor displays information about the printer’s status and lets you know if there is a problem with a print job.
The control panel also features a Paper Out light to let you know when the printer has run out of paper or paper is not loaded correctly. Additionally, because the LX-300+ has six built-in fonts (instead of four on the LX-300) the Tear Off lights now indicate which of the built-in fonts is currently selected.
* * * * M M M M i i i i c c c c r r r r o o o o A A A A d d d d j j j j u u u u s s s s t t t t m m m m o o o o d d d d e e e e 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/FFD and Load/EjectU buttons to adjust the top-of-form or tear-off position.
Selecting Fonts On the LX-300 you pressed the Font button to select one of the printer’s four built-in fonts. On the LX-300+, you can select from six built-in fonts as follows. Hold down the Pause button for 3 seconds. Make sure the Pause light is flashing. Then press the Tear Off button to select one of the fonts listed in the table below.
LX-300+. The following table compares the settings for both printers. Default settings are in bold. Note: You can also change the default settings from the DOS prompt using EPSON Remote!, which you may find easier to use. See page 10 for instructions.
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Using the EPSON Remote! Utility The printer software CD-ROM contains a new utility called EPSON Remote! which provides another way to change the default settings. Follow the steps below to install and use the utility.
CD-ROM drive is not E). Press Enter. 4. Select the LX-300+ in the Printer Model window and press Enter. C:\EPUTIL appears as the default directory. 5. Press Enter again. The EPSON Remote! utility is copied to the C:\EPUTIL directory. Accessing EPSON Remote! To run EPSON Remote!, type C:\EPUTIL\PRNSET at the DOS prompt and press Enter.
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SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION. The information contained herein is designed only for use with this EPSON printer. EPSON is not responsible for any use of this information as applied to other printers.