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EPSON LQ-2180
edge guides
User Replaceable Part Parts Price List Name Part Number
paper guide
paper guide
Paper guide cover Rear printer cover 1028340
cover
paper
separator
Paper separator Paper separator n/a
Paper tension unit Paper eject assembly 1039457
printer cover
Paper thickness lever cap Lever cap 1039412
Printer cover Printer cover assembly 1025024
Rear edge guides Rear edge guides 1039459
Rear push tractor Rear tractor assembly 1039012
Ribbon cartridge Ribbon cartridge S015086
Tracto
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EPSON LQ-2180 Interfaces One standard bidirectional, 8-bit, Optional Interface Cards parallel interface with IEEE 1284 You can install an optional interface card to supplement your nibble mode support and one optional printer’s built-in parallel interface and provide added network interface slot compatibility. The EPSON interface cards in the table below are compatible with your printer. (Not all interfaces are Paper feed methods Friction (front or top paper entry) available in all countr
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EPSON LQ-2180 Bitmap fonts Built-in fonts Electrical EPSON Draft 10, 12, 15 cpi EPSON Roman 10, 12, 15 cpi, proportional 120 V Model 220 to 240 V Model EPSON Sans Serif 10, 12, 15 cpi, proportional EPSON Courier 10, 12, 15 cpi Input voltage range 99 to 132 V 198 to 264 V EPSON Prestige 10, 12 cpi Rated frequency range 50 to 60 Hz EPSON Script 10 cpi Input frequency range 49.5 to 60.5 Hz EPSON OCR-B 10 cpi EPSON Orator 10 cpi Rated current 1.0 A (maximum 4 A 0.5 A (maximum 2 A EPSON Orator-S 10
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EPSON LQ-2180 Continuous paper (standard and multi-part): Thickness 0.0025 to 0.0055 inch (0.065 to 0.14 mm) front, rear, and bottom entry 2 ) Weight 14 to 24 lb (52 to 90 g/m Width 4.0 to 16.0 inches (101 to 406 mm) Single-sheet multi-part forms: Length 4.0 to 22.0 inches (101 to 558 mm) front, top, and cut-sheet feeder entry Copies 1 original + up to 5 copies Width Front and Top Thickness Printable area 3.9 to 16.5 inches (100 to 420 mm) 0.0025 to 0.018 inch (0.065 to 0.46 mm) High-capacity cu
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EPSON LQ-2180 Paper Alignment Printable Area Front entry Single sheets, envelopes, and postcards A B Printing starts at the arrow mark. The unprintable area is to the left of the arrow mark. A B printable printable area area B A A A The minimum top and bottom margins are 0.17 inch (4.2 mm). B The minimum left and right margins are 0.12 inch (3 mm). The maximum width is 16.5 inches (420 mm). The maximum printable width is 13.6 inches (345 mm). For paper wider than 13.8 inches (351 mm), the side
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EPSON LQ-2180 Roll paper Control Panel Buttons and Lights A B B printable area Font button Selects the font. Font lights Indicate which font is selected. A Pitch button Selects the font size. A The minimum top and bottom margins are 0.17 inch (4.2 mm). B The minimum left and right margins are 0.12 inch (3 mm). Pitch lights The maximum printable width is 8 inches (203 mm). Indicate what font size is selected. Safety Approvals Pause button 120 V model: Stops printing temporarily, and
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EPSON LQ-2180 LF/FF button Problem State of Beep panel lights pattern Solution ❏ Feeds paper line by line. n Paper Out ••• No paper is loaded in the selected ❏ Ejects a single sheet or advances continuous paper to the n Pause paper source. next top-of-form position when held down. Load paper in the printer. Then press the Pause button to turn off the Load/Eject button Pause light, if necessary. ••• The paper is not loaded correctly. ❏ Loads a single sheet of paper. Remove
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EPSON LQ-2180 Status Monitor Available Paper Paths The EPSON Status Monitor 2 utility comes with your printer Your printer provides a variety of paper paths for printing on ® but is available only for use with Microsoft Windows 95 continuous and single-sheet paper. As described in this and 98. It allows you to monitor your printer’s status, alerts section, paper can be fed into the printer from the top, front, you when printer errors occur, and provides troubleshooting bottom, or rear. You se
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EPSON LQ-2180 Using a pull tractor Using the push and pull tractors in combination If you often print on thick or heavy continuous paper, such as To improve continuous paper feeding and reduce paper jams, multi-part forms or continuous paper with labels, use a tractor you can use two tractors at the same time. This is especially in the pull position. The pull tractor provides the best paper helpful for printing on continuous preprinted forms, multi- jam prevention, and allows you to load conti
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EPSON LQ-2180 Loading paper in the top slot Paper Release Lever Positions You can load ordinary single sheets, single-sheet multi-part forms, envelopes, or postcards in the top slot. You can load paper in the printer from various paper sources, such as the front push tractor or the paper guide. You set the paper release lever to indicate the paper source you want to use. The table below describes each paper release lever position. paper release lever Note: Load envelopes only in the top sl
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0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 -1 EPSON LQ-2180 Paper Thickness Lever Positions Paper Handling Setting the paper thickness lever allows the printer to Loading Multi-Part Forms accommodate various thicknesses of paper. The paper You can use carbonless multi-part forms of up to six parts (five thickness lever is located under the printer cover. You can copies in addition to the original). Make sure you set the select one of nine positions identified by the scale next to paper thickness lever to the proper
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EPSON LQ-2180 You load labels the same way you load ordinary continuous Using the Front Push Tractor paper, except you must set the paper thickness lever to 2 To use the front push tractor, load continuous paper in the before printing. front slot. For more information on when to use the front Caution: push tractor, see “Available Paper Paths” on page 8. Do not load continuous paper with labels in the rear paper slot because the paper path from the rear slot is Note: curved; labels may com
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EPSON LQ-2180 Loading paper onto the front push tractor 4. Slide the left sprocket to the left margin of your paper using the arrow mark inside the printer. (Printing starts at the To load paper onto the front push tractor, follow these steps: arrow mark.) Then pull the lever forward to lock it in place. 1. Open the front paper guide by pulling the tab at the center of the guide. Then remove the guide by grasping both sides and pulling it straight out of the printer. Check that the tractor
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EPSON LQ-2180 8. Attach the front paper guide by sliding it along the 11. After you finish printing, follow the steps in the next section printer’s mounting slots as shown below. Then close the to tear off your printed document. front paper guide. If the first printed line on your page appears too high or low, you can fix this using the micro adjust feature as described in “Adjusting the Top-of-Form Position” on page 22. Caution: Never use the knob to adjust the top-of-form position while th
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EPSON LQ-2180 To remove the remaining paper from the printer, press the Using the Rear Push Tractor Load/Eject button to feed the paper backward to the standby To use the rear push tractor, load continuous paper in the rear position. Then open the sprocket covers of the tractor and slot. For information on when to use the rear push tractor, see remove the paper. “Available Paper Paths” on page 8. Caution: Always tear off your printed document before you press Loading paper onto the rear
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EPSON LQ-2180 4. Release the left and right sprockets by pulling the sprocket 9. Attach the paper guide and slide the edge guides (c) lock levers forward. to the middle of the paper guides. Then close the paper guide cover (d). front of the printer 5. Slide the left sprocket to the left margin of the paper using Note: the scale on the printer. (Printing starts at the “0” mark.) Always close the printer cover before printing. The printer does not print when the cover is open. Then push the l
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EPSON LQ-2180 Removing the printed document from the rear Using the Tractor in the Pull Position push tractor Using the tractor in the pull position is ideal for printing on To remove the printed document, follow these steps: thick and heavy continuous paper, such as multi-part forms or 1. Make sure the Tear Off/Bin lights are flashing. (This continuous paper with labels. However, you cannot use the indicates your paper is at the current tear-off position.) You tear-off feature with the pul
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EPSON LQ-2180 2. Push up the tabs on each side of the paper tension unit and 3. Set the paper release lever to the pull tractor position. Also lift the unit up and off the printer. Store the paper tension set the paper thickness lever to the proper position for your unit in a safe place. paper’s thickness. 4. Release the left and right sprockets by pulling the sprocket lock levers forward. 3. Lower the tractor into the printer’s mounting slots and press down both ends of the tractor to make
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EPSON LQ-2180 8. Insert the paper into the front, bottom, or rear paper slot as 11. If you use the front slot, attach the front paper guide with described below until it emerges between the platen and the the continuous paper positioned as shown below. Then ribbon guide. Then pull up the paper until the perforation close it. between the first and second pages is even with the top of If you use the rear slot, replace the paper guide and make the printer’s ribbon. sure the edge guides are toge
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EPSON LQ-2180 16. After you finish printing, open the paper guide cover; then To load paper onto two tractors, follow these steps: tear off the printed document at the perforation nearest the 1. Remove the printer cover and paper guide. paper exit slot. 2. Make sure one tractor is in the front or rear push position tear off here and one tractor is in the pull position. Set the paper release lever to either the front push or rear push tractor position, depending on which push tractor you are
