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® 24-pin dot matrix printer All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION. The information contained herein is designed only for use with this EPSON printer. EPSON is not responsible for any use of this information as applied to other printers. Neither SEIKO EPSON CORPORAT
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Getting to Know Your Printer Warnings, Cautions, and Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Important Safety Instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Hot Parts Caution Symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 ® ENERGY STAR Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 For United Kingdom Users. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Use of o
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Using the Printer Software Using the Printer Driver with Windows Me, 98, and 95 . . . . . . . . .66 Accessing the printer driver from Windows applications . . .66 Accessing the printer driver from the Start menu. . . . . . . . . .68 Changing the printer driver settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68 Using the Printer Driver with Windows 3.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69 Accessing the printer driver from Windows applications . . .69 Accessing the printer driver from the Cont
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Printer Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Printer Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Mechanical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Electronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Electrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Getting to Know Your Printer ® Your EPSON LQ-300+ 24-pin dot matrix printer provides high-quality printing and superior performance in a compact design. Its features include: ❏ A variety of paper paths to suit your printing needs. ❏ The ability to handle a wide range of paper types, including continuous paper, multipart forms (with one original and up to three copies), labels, single sheets, and envelopes. ❏ High-speed printing of up to 300 cps (characters per second) at 10 cpi (characters
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Important Safety Instructions Read all of these safety instructions before using the printer. In addition, follow all warnings and instructions marked on the printer itself. ❏ Do not place the printer on an unstable surface or near a radiator or heat source. ❏ Place the printer on a flat surface. The printer will not operate properly if it is tilted or placed at an angle. ❏ Do not block or cover the slots and openings in the printer’s cabinet, and do not insert objects through the slots. ❏
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❏ Unplug the printer and refer servicing to qualified personnel under the following conditions: i. If the power cord or plug is damaged. ii. If liquid has entered the printer. iii. If the printer has been dropped or the cabinet damaged. iv. If the printer does not operate normally or exhibits a distinct change in performance. ❏ Adjust only those controls that are covered by the operating instructions. ❏ If you plan to use the printer in Germany, observe the following: To provide adequate sho
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® ENERGY STAR Compliance ® As an ENERGY STAR partner, EPSON has determined that this product meets the ® ENERGY STAR guidelines for energy efficiency. ® The International ENERGY STAR Office Equipment Program is a voluntary partnership with the computer and office equipment industry to promote the introduction of energy-efficient personal computers, monitors, printers, fax machines, copiers, and scanners in an effort to reduce air pollution caused by power generation. For United Kingdom U
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Safety information Warning: This appliance must be earthed. Refer to the rating plate for w voltage and check that the appliance voltage corresponds to the supply voltage. Important: The wires in the mains lead fitted to this appliance are coloured in accordance to the following code: Green and yellow — Earth Blue — Neutral Brown — Live If you have to fit a plug: As the colours of the mains lead of this appliance may not match coloured markings used to identify the terminals in a plug, plea
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12 Getting to Know Your Printer
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Chapter 1 Using the Printer Using the Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Control Panel Buttons and Lights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Selecting a built-in font. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 About Your Printer’s Default Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Changing default settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Using the Control Panel You
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Control Panel Buttons and Lights Tear Off (Font) lights* LF/FF button** Paper Out light Flash when continuous paper is in the Feeds paper line by line On when no paper is tear-off position; otherwise, the lights when pressed and loaded in the selected indicate the selected font. released. paper source or when paper is not loaded Ejects a single sheet or correctly. advances continuous paper to the next Flashes when paper has top-of-form position not been fully ejected or when held down. a
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Selecting a built-in font Follow these steps to select a built-in font using the buttons on the printer’s control panel: 1. Make sure that the printer is not printing. If it is, wait until printing is complete. 2. Hold down the Pause button for three seconds to enter the Micro Adjust mode. The Pause light begins to flash. The three Tear Off (Font) lights show the current font selection. 3. Press the Tear Off (Font) button repeatedly to cycle through all of the available selections; then sto
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About Your Printer’s Default Settings The default settings control many printer functions. While you can often set these functions through your software or printer driver, you may sometimes need to change a default setting from the printer’s control panel using the Default Setting mode. The following table lists the default settings and the options you can select in the Default Setting mode. The settings are explained in detail after the table. For instructions on changing the default set
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Settings Options Page length for tractor* Length in inches: 3, 3.5, 4, 5.5, 6, 7, 8, 8.5, 11, 70/6, 12, 14, 17 Skip over perforation On, Off Auto tear off On, Off Auto line feed On, Off Print direction Bi-D, Uni-D Software ESC/P2, IBM 2390 Plus 0 slash 0, 0 High speed draft On, Off I/F mode Auto, Parallel, Serial Auto I/F wait time 10 seconds, 30 seconds Baud rate 19200, 9600, 4800, 2400, 1200, 600, 300 BPS Parity None, Odd, Even, Ignore Data length 8 bit, 7 bit Parallel I/F bidirectional mode
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Settings Options International character set for Italic U.S.A., Italic France, Italic Germany, Italic table Italic U.K., Italic Denmark1, Italic Sweden, Italic Italy, Italic Spain1 Pitch 10 cpi, 12 cpi, 15 cpi, 17 cpi, 20 cpi, Proportional Font OCR-B, Orator, Orator-S, Script C, Roman T (PS), Sans Serif H (PS) Auto CR (IBM 2390 Plus)** On, Off A.G.M. (IBM 2390 Plus)** On, Off Manual feed wait time 1 second, 1.5 seconds, 2 seconds, 3 seconds, Others Buzzer On, Off Roll paper On, Off * The opt
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Auto tear off When auto tear off is on and you are using continuous paper with the push tractor, the printer automatically advances the paper perforation to the tear-off position, where you can easily tear off the printed pages. When the printer receives the next print job, it automatically moves the unused paper back to the top-of-form position and starts printing, so you can use all of the next page. When auto tear off is off, you need to move the perforation to the tear-off position by
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0 slash The zero character has a slash ( ) when this feature is turned on. 0 It has no slash (0) when this feature is turned off. The slash allows you to easily distinguish between the uppercase letter O and a zero. High speed draft When you choose On, the printer prints up to 413 cps (characters per second) at 10 cpi (characters per inch). When you choose Off, the printer prints up to 310 cps at 10 cpi. I/F (interface) mode The printer comes with a built-in parallel interface and serial i
