Control Panel; Control Panel; Buttons; Figure 1-7. Control Panel - Epson LQ-1170 Service Manual

1.4 CONTROL PANEL

There are seven non-lock buttons and 19 indicators on the control panel.
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1.4.1 Buttons

(1) Operate switch
Use this switch to turn on the po,wer supply to the printer.
(2) PAUSE button Press this button to toggle the printer between the PAUSE condition (in which there
is no printing or paper feeding and the printer does not accept data) and the RUNNING condition. Press
the PAUSE and ALT buttons at the same time to clear the input buffer and perform a software
initialization. Pressing the PAUSE and ALT buttons has the same effect as the ESC @ command.
(3)
LINE FEED/FORM FEED button Press this button to perform a line feed. Hold it down to perform a
form feed, whether the printer is in the PAUSE or the RUNNING condition. Press this button and the
(4) LOAD/EJECT button Press this button to load or eject paper. See Section 1.6.8, Paper Loading and
Ejection. Press this button and the ALT button at the same time to use the micro forward feed function.
(5) / l/ 2 button When the printer is in tractor feed mode, press this button to advance {" '",
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continuous paper to the tear-off position. The TEAR OFF indicator light comes on. When the printer is
in friction feed mode, press this button to select bin 1 or bin 2 of the cut-sheet feeder. The indicator
light of the selected bin comes on.
(6) ALT button Use this button with other buttons to perform a variety of functions.
(7) FONT button Press this button to select a font. Press it again to select the next font. The FONT
indicator light shows the currently selected font.
(8) CONDENSED button Press this button to select normal or condensed printing.
NOTE: FONT and CONDENSED button selections are stored as defaults and take effect when the printer
is initialized.
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Figure 1-7. Control Panel

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