Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product 880 Epson
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EPSO N FX -880/ FX-11 80 11/98 EPSON FX- 880/FX-1180 - 1 13 User Replaceable Par ts FX-880 FX-1180 Options Paper Handling Options High-cap acity cut-sh eet feeder (C806381 fo r FX-880, C806401 for FX -1180) Feeds up to 150 sheets of paper or 25 plain bond envelo pes into th e printer without reloa ding.
EPSON FX - 880 /FX-1180 2 - EPSON FX-880/FX-1180 11/98 Front paper gu ide (C8140 21 for FX-880, C814031 for FX-1180 ) Allows you to l oad single sheets an d carbonl ess single- sheet m ulti-par t form s of up to 6 part s with out rem oving the trac tor from th e front push posi tion.
EPSO N FX -880/ FX-11 80 11/98 EPSON FX- 880/FX-1180 - 3 Dimens ions and we ight: Electrical Note: Check the label on the back of the printer f or your printer’s v oltage.
EPSON FX - 880 /FX-1180 4 - EPSON FX-880/FX-1180 11/98 Single sheets: Singl e-shee t multi-pa rt form s (for th e optiona l front sheet or front paper guide only ): Envelo pes (rear entry o nly): Roll.
EPSO N FX -880/ FX-11 80 11/98 EPSON FX- 880/FX-1180 - 5 Single sheets: A The minimum top and bottom m argins are 0.1 7 inch (4.2 mm). B The minimum left and right margins are 0.12 inch (3 mm). For the FX-880, the maximum printable width is 8 inches (203.
EPSON FX - 880 /FX-1180 6 - EPSON FX-880/FX-1180 11/98 LF/FF Button ❏ Feeds paper line b y line. ❏ Ejects a s ingle sheet or advances conti nuous paper to t he next top-of -form posit ion when held down . Load/Eject Button ❏ Loads a single sheet of paper.
EPSO N FX -880/ FX-11 80 11/98 EPSON FX- 880/FX-1180 - 7 Status Monitor The EPS ON Stat us Mo nitor 2 utili ty pro gram comes wi th the prin ter an d is for use only with Windows ® 95. It moni tors t he status of th e printer , indicates when er rors occur, and provid es troubles hooting tips .
EPSON FX - 880 /FX-1180 8 - EPSON FX-880/FX-1180 11/98 Caution: Do not load continuous paper w ith labels in the rear slot; the labels may come off the backing sheet inside the printer a nd cause a jam.
EPSO N FX -880/ FX-11 80 11/98 EPSON FX- 880/FX-1180 - 9 Paper Thickness Lever Positions The paper thick ness le ver is located und er the printer cove r. You ne ed to se t the paper thickne ss lever for the type of paper you are us ing, as sh own in th e table below.
EPSON FX - 880 /FX-1180 10 - EPSON FX-880/FX-1180 11/98 2. Tear of f the pri nted do cument at the per forati on using t he tear- off edge of t he printer cover. (P ull it towar d you fo r a clean cut.) 3. Press the Load/E ject button t o feed t he continuo us paper backward out of th e printer and into the standby positi on.
EPSO N FX -880/ FX-11 80 11/98 EPSON FX- 880/FX-1180 - 11 Adjusting the Top-of-Form Position If your printi ng begins too high or low on the page, you can use th e micro adjust feature to adjus t the t op-of-form po sition as described below .
EPSON FX - 880 /FX-1180 12 - EPSON FX-880/FX-1180 11/98 Note: Your tear-off p osition setting remains in effect until you cha nge it, even if you tur n off the printer. 1. M ake sure the Tear Off/Bin ligh t is flashing (the paper is at the current tear-off position) .
EPSO N FX -880/ FX-11 80 11/98 EPSON FX- 880/FX-1180 - 13 6. Hold the ribbon car tridge by its handl e and pus h it fir mly down into positi on; then press down both ends of the cartridge to fit the plastic hooks into the slots.
EPSON FX - 880 /FX-1180 14 - EPSON FX-880/FX-1180 11/98 Default-Setting Mode 1 * These settings are available only in IBM 2380/2381 Plus emulati on mode (IBM 2380 Plus for FX-880, IBM 2381 Plus for FX-1180). Default-Setting Mode 2 * The options available for this setting vary depending on the country.
EPSO N FX -880/ FX-11 80 11/98 EPSON FX- 880/FX-1180 - 15 Note: To print the instruction sheet and alignment patterns, you need four single sheets or four pages of continuous paper of at least the following sizes: ❏ If you use single sheets, you need to load a new s heet of paper each time the printer ejects a printed sheet from the paper guide.
EPSON FX - 880 /FX-1180 16 - EPSON FX-880/FX-1180 11/98 2. To enter hex dump mode, hol d down both the LF/F F and Load/Ejec t button s while you press the O perate bu tton to turn on the pr inter. 3. O pen a so ftwar e progr am and s end a p rint job to the printer.
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