Epson 1010 User Manual page 185

Dots are missing in the printed characters or graphics.
A line of dots is missing in the printout.
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The print head is damaged. Stop printing and contact your
dealer to have the printer repaired.
Dots are missing in random positions.
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There is either too much slack in the ribbon or the ribbon has
come loose. Reinstall the ribbon cartridge.
Printed characters are not what you expected.
The typestyle
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printed.
Check that the software is correctly installed for your printer.
You selected a font using SelecType, but the characters are printed in a
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different font.
Your software may be overriding your SelecType setting. Check
the font selected by your software.
The wrong characters are printed.
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The wrong graphics character set or international character set is
selected. Check the DIP switch settings.
The characters printed are smaller than expected.
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Check the font selected through your software.
Check the CONDENSED light on the control panel. If it is on, press
the CONDENSED button to cancel the mode.
7-4 Troubleshooting
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