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Quick Reference
24-Pin Dot Matrix Printer
Guide
Contents
Loading Continuous Paper Onto the Rear
Push Tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Loading Continuous Paper Onto the Front
Push Tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Removing the Printed Document From
the Push Tractor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Removing Continuous Paper With Labels . . . .7
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Loading Continuous Paper Onto the Rear Push Tractor To load continuous paper onto the rear push tractor, follow the steps below. Caution: c Do not load continuous paper with labels onto the rear push tractor; the labels may come off the backing sheet and jam the printer. To use continuous paper with labels, you need to purchase the optional tractor unit (C80032✽). 1 2 paper guide paper guide cover Open the paper guide cover and Open both sprocket covers, and fit the remove the paper guide
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Loading Continuous Paper Onto the Rear Push Tractor 3 4 Attach the paper guide. Close the paper guide cover, and make sure the paper release lever is set to the rear push tractor position. Note: Always close the printer cover before printing. 3
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Loading Continuous Paper Onto the Front Push Tractor To load continuous paper onto the front push tractor, follow these steps. Note: To use the front push tractor, you need to purchase the optional tractor unit (C80032✽) and install it in the front push position. 1 2 tab Open the front paper guide by pulling Open both sprocket covers, and fit the the tab at the center of it, and then first four holes of the paper, printable remove the guide by grasping both side up, over the tractor pins.
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Loading Continuous Paper Onto the Front Push Tractor 3 4 Attach the front paper guide by Close the front paper guide, and make inserting it into the slots in the printer sure the paper release lever is set to the as shown. front push tractor position. Note: Always close the printer cover before printing. Q When you load continuous paper with To turn off the auto tear-off mode, enter labels, make sure that the auto tear-off the printer’s default-setting mode. See mode is off before you star
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Removing the Printed Document From the Push Tractor To remove the printed document from rear push tractor, follow the steps below. To remove con- tinuous paper from the optional pull tractor, see Chapter 2 of the User’s Guide. 1 Make sure the Tear Off/Bin lights are flashing. (You may need to press the Tear Off/Bin button.) When the Tear Off/Bin lights are flashing, your paper is in the tear-off position. 2 from the front push tractor from the rear push tractor Open the paper guide cover,
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Removing the Printed Document From the Push Tractor Removing Continuous Paper With Labels Removing Continuous Paper With Labels To avoid peeling labels off the backing sheet and jamming the printer, follow the steps below when you remove continuous paper with labels from the front push tractor. 1 Make sure that the printer finishes printing. You may need to press the Pause button to stop printing. (When the printer is paused, the Pause light is on.) 2 3 Hold down the LF/FF button to eject
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Replacing the Ribbon Cartridge Your printer uses EPSON black ribbon cartridge S015086. When printing becomes faint, you need to replace the ribbon cartridge. Genuine EPSON ribbon cartridges are designed and manufactured to work properly with your EPSON printer. They ensure proper operation and long life of the print head and other printer parts. To replace the ribbon cartridge, follow the steps below. Warning: You will need to move the print head by hand to replace the ribbon cartridge. If
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Replacing the Ribbon Cartridge 4 5 Make sure the print head is not hot; if Grasp the used ribbon cartridge and it is, let it cool for a few minutes before pull it up and out of the printer. touching it. Then slide the print head to the ribbon installation position (the indented portion of the paper tension unit) by hand. Q When the pull tractor is installed, you can replace the ribbon cartridge when the print head is not in the ribbon installation position. 9
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Replacing the Ribbon Cartridge 6 7 ribbon-tightening knob separator Remove the separator from the new Hold the cartridge with the ribbon- ribbon cartridge and discard it. Then tightening knob up. Fit the cartridge’s turn the ribbon-tightening knob in the two front notches (➀) over the small direction of the arrow to remove any pegs on each side of the printer as slack in the ribbon. shown. Then lay the cartridge flat so that the rear notches (➁) fit over the corresponding pegs. 10
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Replacing the Ribbon Cartridge 8 9 Gently press down the cartridge until Lift the cartridge’s ribbon guide (➀) both ends click into place. and insert it firmly over the metal pins behind the print head (➁). Make sure the ribbon is not twisted or creased and that it is in place behind the print head. Then press down the ribbon guide until it clicks into place. 10 Turn the ribbon-tightening knob in the direction of the arrow to remove any slack in the ribbon. 11
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Replacing the Ribbon Cartridge 11 12 Slide the print head from side to side to Replace the printer cover and close the make sure it moves smoothly. paper guide cover. 12
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Replacing the Ribbon Cartridge Clearing Paper Jams Clearing Paper Jams To clear a paper jam, follow these steps: 1 3 Press the Operate button to turn off the printer. 2 If an ejected single sheet of paper is stuck on the paper guide, remove it. Remove the printer cover. If continuous paper from the rear slot is jammed, also remove the paper guide. 13
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Clearing Paper Jams 4 5 Turn the knob on the right side of the printer away from you to eject the If continuous paper is jammed in the paper in the printer. Remove any printer, tear off the fresh supply at the remaining pieces of paper. perforation nearest the paper entry slot. Caution: c Turn the knob only when the printer is off. Otherwise, you may damage the printer or lose the top-of-form position or tear-off position. 14
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Clearing Paper Jams 6 8 Attach the paper guide, if necessary. Press the Operate button to turn on the printer. Make sure the Paper Out and Pause lights are off. 7 Replace the printer cover and close the paper guide cover. 15
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If Your Printer Stops Printing Unexpectedly... Check the printer’s control panel lights and follow the appropriate instructions below. For more information, see Chapter 7 of your User’s Guide. The printer stops printing and the Pause light is on. Cause Solution The printer is paused. Press the Pause button to resume printing. You moved the paper release lever while Move the paper release lever back to the appropriate Load/Eject paper from another paper source was in position and press the bu
