Epson LX-300+ Reference Manual
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- Page 1 EPSON ESC/P Reference Manual LX-300+,LX-1170 FX-880+,FX-1180+ LQ-300+, LQ-1150 LQ-570e/580 LQ-680Pro DLQ-3500 2002 Addendum...
- Page 2 Seiko Epson Corporation for any purpose other than the authorized users. No patent liability is assumed with respect to the use of the information contained within.
- Page 3 This addendum contains information relevant to EPSON Serial Impact Dot Matrix printers introduced from year 2000 onward. This document covers the following EPSON printer models: LX-300+, LX-1170, FX-880+, FX-1180+, LQ-300+, LQ-1150, LQ- 570e/580, LQ-680Pro and DLQ-3500.
- Page 4 Table of Content Recent Printer Models LX-300+ --------------------------------------------- FX-880+ --------------------------------------------- LX-1170 --------------------------------------------- FX-1180+ --------------------------------------------- LQ-300+ --------------------------------------------- LQ-570e/580 --------------------------------------------- LQ-680Pro --------------------------------------------- LQ-1150 --------------------------------------------- DLQ-3500 --------------------------------------------- Command Summary Tables 24-Pin Printers --------------------------------------------- 9-Pin Printers ---------------------------------------------...
- Page 5 8KB or 0KB Interface Bi-directional 8-bit Parallel (IEEE-1284 nibble mode supported), Serial I/F Fonts (typefaces) EPSON Draft, EPSON Roman, EPSON Sans Serif Bar codes EAN-13, EAN-8, Interleaved 2 of 5, UPC-A, UPC-E, Code 39, Code 128, POSTNET Nonprintable area 4.2 mm at the top and bottom of single sheets...
- Page 6 LX-300+ settings Setting Options Page length for tractor 3inch, 3.5inch, 4inch, 5.5inch, 6inch, 7inch, 8inch, 8.5inch, 11inch, 70/6inch, 12inch, 14inch, 17inch Skip over perforation OFF, ON Auto tear off OFF, ON Auto line feed OFF, ON Print direction Bi-d., Uni-d. Software ESC/P, IBM 2380 Plus OFF, ON...
- Page 7 Interface Bi-directional 8-bit Parallel (IEEE-1284 nibble mode supported), USB(ver. 1.1) I/F, Type B Optional Interface Slot Fonts (typefaces) EPSON Draft, EPSON Roman, EPSON Sans Serif Bar codes EAN-13, EAN-8, Interleaved 2 of 5, UPC-A, UPC-E, Code 39, Code 128, POSTNET Nonprintable area 4.2 mm at the top and bottom of single sheets...
- Page 8 FX-880+ settings Setting Options Page length for front tractor 3inch, 3.5inch, 4inch, 5.5inch, 6inch, 7inch, 8inch, 8.5inch, 11inch, 70/6inch, 12inch, 14inch, 17inch Page length for rear tractor 3inch, 3.5inch, 4inch, 5.5inch, 6inch, 7inch, 8inch, 8.5inch, 11inch, 70/6inch, 12inch, 14inch, 17inch OFF, ON Skip over perforation Auto tear off...
- Page 9 8KB or 0KB Interface Bi-directional 8-bit Parallel (IEEE-1284 nibble mode supported), Serial I/F Fonts (typefaces) EPSON Draft, EPSON Roman, EPSON Sans Serif Bar codes EAN-13, EAN-8, Interleaved 2 of 5, UPC-A, UPC-E, Code 39, Code 128, POSTNET Nonprintable area 4.2 mm at the top and bottom of single sheets...
- Page 10 LX-1170 settings Setting Options Page length for tractor 3inch, 3.5inch, 4inch, 5.5inch, 6inch, 7inch, 8inch, 8.5inch, 11inch, 70/6inch, 12inch, 14inch, 17inch Skip over perforation OFF, ON OFF, ON Auto tear off Auto line feed OFF, ON Print direction Bi-d., Uni-d. ESC/P, IBM 2381 Plus Software 0 slash...
- Page 11 Interface Bi-directional 8-bit Parallel (IEEE-1284 nibble mode supported), USB(ver. 1.1) I/F, Type B Optional Interface Slot Fonts (typefaces) EPSON Draft, EPSON Roman, EPSON Sans Serif Bar codes EAN-13, EAN-8, Interleaved 2 of 5, UPC-A, UPC-E, Code 39, Code 128, POSTNET Nonprintable area 4.2 mm at the top and bottom of single sheets...
- Page 12 FX-1180+ default-setting mode This printer has no DIP switches; however, the following settings can be made in a special default- setting mode. Setting Options Page length for front tractor 3inch, 3.5inch, 4inch, 5.5inch, 6inch, 7inch, 8inch, 8.5inch, 11inch, 70/6inch, 12inch, 14inch, 17inch Page length for rear tractor 3inch, 3.5inch, 4inch, 5.5inch, 6inch, 7inch, 8inch, 8.5inch, 11inch, 70/6inch, 12inch, 14inch, 17inch Skip over perforation...
- Page 13 ESC/P 2 LQ-300+ Year introduced: 2001 Market: America, Europe, Pacific Built-in features Print method 24-pin impact Speed LQ Condensed 128 cps @ 17 cpi 150 cps @ 20 cpi 75 cps @ 10 cpi 90 cps @ 12 cpi 112 cps @ 15 cpi Draft Condensed 192 cps @ 17 cpi 225 cps @ 20 cpi...
- Page 14 LQ-300+ default-setting mode This printer has no DIP switches; however, the following settings can be made in a special default-setting mode. Setting Options 3inch, 3.5inch, 4inch, 5.5inch, 6inch, 7inch, 8inch, 8.5inch, 11inch, 70/6inch, 12inch, 14inch, 17inch Page length for tractor Skip-over-perforation OFF, ON Auto tear off...
- Page 15 ESC/P 2 LQ-570e/580 Year introduced: 2000 Market: America, Europe, Pacific Built-in features Print method 24-pin impact Speed LQ Condensed 171 cps @ 17 cpi 200 cps @ 20 cpi 100 cps @ 10 cpi 120 cps @ 12 cpi 150 cps @ 15 cpi Draft Condensed 257 cps @ 17 cpi 300 cps @ 20 cpi...
- Page 16 LQ-570e/580 default-setting mode This printer has no DIP switches; however, the following settings can be made in a special default- setting mode. Setting Options 3inch, 3.5inch, 4inch, 5.5inch, 6inch, 7inch, 8inch, 8.5inch, 11inch, 70/6inch, 12inch, 14inch, 17inch Page length for tractor Skip over perforation OFF, ON Auto tear off...
- Page 17 ESC/P 2 LQ-680Pro Year introduced: 2000 Market: America, Europe, Pacific Built-in features Print method 24-pin impact Speed LQ Condensed 175 cps @ 17 cpi 206 cps @ 20 cpi 103 cps @ 10 cpi 124 cps @ 12 cpi 155 cps @ 15 cpi Draft Condensed 264 cps @ 17 cpi 310 cps @ 20 cpi...
- Page 18 LQ-680Pro default-setting mode This printer has no DIP switches; however, the following settings can be made in a special default- setting mode. Setting Options 3inch, 3.5inch, 4inch, 5.5inch, 6inch, 7inch, 8inch, 8.5inch, 11inch, 70/6inch, 12inch, 14inch, 17inch Page length for tractor Skip over perforation OFF, ON Auto tear off...
- Page 19 ESC/P 2 LQ-1150 Year introduced: 2001 Market: Pacific Built-in features Print method 24-pin impact Speed LQ Condensed 142 cps @ 17 cpi 166 cps @ 20 cpi 83 cps @ 10 cpi 100 cps @ 12 cpi 125 cps @ 15 cpi Draft Condensed 214 cps @ 17 cpi 250 cps @ 20 cpi...
- Page 20 LQ-1150 default-setting mode This printer has no DIP switches; however, the following settings can be made in a special default-setting mode. Setting Options 3inch, 3.5inch, 3.66inch, 4inch, 4.5inch, 5.5inch, 6inch, 7inch, 8inch, 8.5inch, 11inch, 70/6inch, 12inch, Page length for tractor 14inch OFF, ON Skip-over-perforation...
- Page 21 ESC/P 2 DLQ-3500 Year introduced: 2001 Market: America, Europe, Pacific Built-in features Print method 24-pin impact Speed LQ Condensed 282 cps @ 17 cpi 330 cps @ 20 cpi 165 cps @ 10 cpi 198 cps @ 12 cpi 247 cps @ 15 cpi Draft Condensed 424 cps @ 17 cpi 495 cps @ 20 cpi...
- Page 22 DLQ-3500 default-setting mode This printer has no DIP switches; however, the following settings can be made in a special default- setting mode. Setting Options 3inch, 3.5inch, 4inch, 5.5inch, 6inch, 7inch, 8inch, 8.5inch, 11inch, 70/6inch, 12inch, 14inch, 17inch Page length for tractor Skip over perforation OFF, ON Auto tear off...
- Page 23 Table 1 SIDM ESC/P2 Command Summary for 24-Pin Printers 2000 2001 S: Standard model N: NLSP model Command Description LQ-580 LQ-570e LQ-680Pro LQ-680Pro LQ-300+ LQ-300+ LQ-1150 DLQ-3500 DLQ-3500 Beeper Backspace Tab horizontally Line feed Tab vertically Form feed Carriage return Select double-width printing (one line) Select condensed printing...
- Page 24 ESC/P2 2000 2001 S: Standard model N: NLSP model Command Description LQ-580 LQ-570e LQ-680Pro LQ-680Pro LQ-300+ LQ-300+ LQ-1150 DLQ-3500 DLQ-3500 ESC ( i Select MicroWeave ESC ( t Assign character table 0 0 Italic 1 0 PC437 (US) 1 16 PC437 (Greek) 2 0 PC932 (Japanese) 3 0 PC850 (Multilingual) 4 0 PC851 (Greek)
- Page 25 ESC/P2 2000 2001 S: Standard mode N: NLSP model Command Description LQ-580 LQ-570e LQ-680Pro LQ-680Pro LQ-300+ LQ-300+ LQ-1150 DLQ-3500 DLQ-3500 29 16 ISO 8859-1 (Latin 1) 30 0 TSM (Thai sys. manager) 31 0 ISO Latin 1 T (Turkish) 32 0 Bulgaria 33 0 Hebrew 7 34 0 Hebrew 8 35 0 Roman 8...
- Page 26 ESC/P2 2000 2001 S: Standard model N: NLSP model Command Description LQ-580 LQ-570e LQ-680Pro LQ-680Pro LQ-300+ LQ-300+ LQ-1150 DLQ-3500 DLQ-3500 ESC . Print raster graphics 0 Print uncompressed raster graphics 1 Enter RLE compression 2 Enter TIFF compression** ESC / Select vertical tab channel ESC 0 Select 1/8-inch line spacing...
- Page 27 ESC/P2 2000 2001 S: Standard model N: NLSP model Command Description LQ-580 LQ-570e LQ-680Pro LQ-680Pro LQ-300+ LQ-300+ LQ-1150 DLQ-3500 DLQ-3500 ESC @ Initialize printer ESC A Set n/60-inch line spacing ESC B Set vertical tabs ESC C Set page length in lines ESC C0 Set page length in inches ESC D...
- Page 28 ESC/P2 2000 2001 S: Standard mode N: NLSP model Command Description LQ-580 LQ-570e LQ-680Pro LQ-680Pro LQ-300+ LQ-300+ LQ-1150 DLQ-3500 DLQ-3500 12 Latin America 13 Korea 64 Legal Select superscript/subscript ESC S printing Cancel superscript/subscript ESC T printing ESC U Turn unidirectional mode on/off Turn double-width printing ESC W on/off...
- Page 29 ESC/P2 2000 2001 S: Standard model N: NLSP model Command Description LQ-580 LQ-570e LQ-680Pro LQ-680Pro LQ-300+ LQ-300+ LQ-1150 DLQ-3500 DLQ-3500 3 Table 3 Turn double-height printing ESC w on/off ESC x Select letter quality or draft ESC y Select Draft / Super Draft Delete last character in buffer...
- Page 30 Table 1 SIDM ESC/P2 Command Summary for 9-Pin Printers ESC/P2 2000 2001 S: Standard model N: NLSP model Command Description LX-300+ LX-300+ LX-1170 LX-1170 FX-880+ FX-880+ FX-1180+ FX-1180+ Beeper Backspace Tab horizontally Line feed Tab vertically Form feed Carriage return Select double-width printing (one line) Select condensed printing Select printer...
- Page 31 ESC/P2 2000 2001 S: Standard model N: NLSP model Command Description LX-300+ LX-300+ LX-1170 LX-1170 FX-880+ FX-880+ FX-1180+ FX-1180+ 1 16 PC437 (Greek) 2 0 PC932 (Japanese) 3 0 PC850 (Multilingual) 4 0 PC851 (Greek) 5 0 PC853 (Turkish) 6 0 PC855 (Cyrillic) 7 0 PC860 (Portuguese) 8 0 PC863 (Canadian-French) 9 0 PC865 (Norwegian)
- Page 32 ESC/P2 2000 2001 S: Standard model N: NLSP model Command Description LX-300+ LX-300+ LX-1170 LX-1170 FX-880+ FX-880+ FX-1180+ FX-1180+ 35 0 Roman 8 36 0 PC774(LST 1283:1993) 37 0 Estonia (Estonia) 38 0 ISCII 39 0 PC-ISCII 40 0 PC APTEC (Arabic) 41 0 PC708 (Arabic) 42 0 PC720 (Arabic) 44 0 PC858...
- Page 33 ESC/P2 2000 2001 S: Standard model N: NLSP model Command Description LX-300+ LX-300+ LX-1170 LX-1170 FX-880+ FX-880+ FX-1180+ FX-1180+ ESC < Unidirectional mode (one line) ESC = Set MSB to 0 ESC > Set MSB to 1 ESC ? Reassign bit-image mode ESC @ Initialize printer ESC A...
- Page 34 ESC/P2 2000 2001 S: Standard model N: NLSP model Command Description LX-300+ LX-300+ LX-1170 LX-1170 FX-880+ FX-880+ FX-1180+ FX-1180+ 7 Spain I 8 Japan (English) 9 Norway 10 Denmark II 11 Spain II 12 Latin America ESC S Select superscript/subscript printing ESC T Cancel superscript/subscript printing ESC U...