User manual EPSON LX-300 PLUS

[. . . ] EPSON LX-300+ paper supports paper guide edge guides Options Single-bin Cut-sheet Feeder (C806371) Feeds up to 50 sheets of ordinary single-sheet paper. printer cover Additional Tractor Unit (C800301) Used in combination with the other tractor, improves continuous paper handling and reduces the chance of paper jams. This is especially useful for printing on continuous multipart forms. knob Roll Paper Holder (#8310) Allows you to use your printer with 8. 5-inch roll paper. control panel paper release lever Printer Specifications ribbon cartridge paper tension unit Mechanical Printing method Emulation Printing speed 9-pin impact dot matrix EPSON ESC/P® and IBM® 2380 Plus High-speed draft 300 cps at 10 cpi 337 cps at 12 or 15 cpi High-speed draft condensed 321 cps at 17 cpi 300 cps at 20 cpi serial interface tractor parallel interface paper thickness lever (gap) power switch Draft 225 cps at 10 cpi 270 cps at 12 cpi 225 cps at 15 cpi Draft condensed 191 cps at 17 cpi 225 cps at 20 cpi NLQ 56 cps at 10 cpi 67 cps at 12 cpi 56 cps at 15 cpi 47 cps at 17 cpi 56 cps at 20 cpi Printing direction Bidirectional logic seeking for text and graphics printing. Unidirectional text or graphics printing can be selected using software commands. User Replaceable Parts User replaceable part Knob Logo plate Paper supports Paper eject assembly Printer cover assembly Sheet guide assembly Reference number 106 120 180 570 105 109 Part number 1051718 1056595 1054395 1050616 1050626 1054395 5/00 EPSON LX-300+ - 1 EPSON LX-300+ Line spacing Printable columns 1/6 inch or programmable in 1/216-inch increments 80 columns (at 10 cpi) Reliability Total print volume 12 million lines (except print head) MTBF 6, 000 POH (25% duty) Print head life approximately 400 million strokes per wire (black); 100 million strokes per wire (color) Dimensions and weight Height Width Depth Weight Ribbon 6. 3 inches (160 mm) 14. 4 inches (366 mm) 10. 8 inches (275 mm) 9. 8 lb (4. 4 kg) Resolution (maximum) 240 × 144 dpi (NLQ) Interfaces 1 standard bidirectional, 8-bit parallel interface with IEEE-1284 nibble mode support, and 1 EIA-232D serial interface Friction (top paper entry) Push tractor (rear paper entry) Pull tractor (bottom or rear paper entry) Push and pull tractor (optional) Cut-sheet feeder (optional) Roll paper holder (optional) Paper feed speed Continuous 3 inches/second Intermittent 88 ms/line at 1/6-inch line spacing Buffer Built-in fonts 8KB Bitmap fonts EPSON Draft 10, 12, 15 cpi EPSON Roman 10, 12, 15 cpi, proportional EPSON Sans Serif 10, 12, 15 cpi, proportional Bar code fonts EAN-13, EAN-8, Interleaved 2 of 5, UPC-A, UPC-E, Code 39, Code 128, POSTNET Character tables 1 Italic table and 12 graphical character tables (35 graphical character tables are available in some countries) 13 international character sets and 1 legal character set Printing method: ribbon shifting Colors: black, magenta, cyan, yellow Power consumption Input voltage range Rated frequency range Input frequency range Rated current Paper feed methods Black ribbon cartridge (#8750) Color ribbon cartridge (#S015073) Black ribbon life: 3 million characters (Draft: 10 cpi, 14 dots/character) Film ribbon life (draft, 10 cpi, 14 dots/ character): Black: 1 million characters Cyan: 0. 7 million characters Magenta: 0. 7 million characters Yellow: 0. 5 million characters Electrical 120 V 99 to 132 V 220 to 240 V 198 to 264 V 50 to 60 Hz 49. 5 to 60. 5 Hz 0. 6 A (maximum 1. 4 A depending on the character type) 0. 3 A (maximum 0. 7 A depending on the character type) Approx. 23 W (ISO/IEC 10561 letter pattern) Environmental Temperature Operation Storage 41 to 95 °F (5 to 35 °C) ­22 to 140 °F (­30 to 60 °C) Humidity (without condensation) 10 to 80% RH 0 to 85% RH Character sets Color printing (optional) 2 - EPSON LX-300+ 5/00 EPSON LX-300+ Paper Use recycled paper, envelopes, and single-sheet multipart forms only under normal temperature and humidity conditions, as follows: Temperature: 59 to 77 °F (15 to 25 °C) Humidity: 30 to 60% RH Do not load paper that has been folded or is damaged, wrinkled, or curled. Ordinary single sheets: paper guide and cut-sheet feeder entry Continuous paper (standard and multipart): rear and bottom entry Width Length Copies Thickness 4 to 10 inches (101. 6 to 254 mm) 4 to 22 inches (101. 6 to 558. 8 mm) 1 original + up to 4 copies Printable area 0. 0025 to 0. 015 inch (0. 065 to 0. 39 mm) Perforated edges up to 0. 035 inch (0. 9 mm) 14 to 22 lb (52 to 82 g/m2) Weight (not multipart) Binding t Weight (1 multipart sheet) 12 to 15 lb (40 to 58 g/m2) Spot glued or crimp bound on both sides (bottom or rear entry) Width Paper guide 3. 9 to 10. 1 inches (100 to 257) Cut-sheet feeder 7. 2 to 8. 5 inches (182 to 216 mm) Paper guide 3. 9 to 10. 1 inches (100 to 257 mm) Cut-sheet feeder 10. 1 to 14 inches (257 to 356 mm) 0. 0028 to 0. 0047 inch (0. 07 to 0. 12 mm) Cut sheet feeder: 0. 0028 to 0. 0055 inch (0. 07 to 0. 14 mm) 14 to 24 lb (52 to 90 g/m2) Cut sheet feeder: 18 to 24 lb (64 to 90 g/m2) Length The continuous multipart forms should be securely joined together along the left and right edges by crimping. [. . . ] To eject the paper, tear off the paper entering the printer; then press the LF/FF button to feed the paper forward. plastic ribbon cover The printer has a minimum and maximum top-ofform position. If you try to adjust it beyond these limits, the printer beeps and stops moving the paper. When the paper reaches the default top-of-form position, the printer also beeps and stops moving the paper briefly. You can use the default setting as a reference point when adjusting the top-of-form position. 5/00 EPSON LX-300+ - 9 EPSON LX-300+ To adjust the top-of-form position for continuous paper loaded on the pull tractor, see the following example: First mark a point 0. 1 inch (2. 5 mm) above the paper's perforation; then position the paper so that the mark is even with the top edge of the plastic ribbon cover. This gives you a 0. 33-inch (8. 5-mm) margin on the next page, meaning the printer starts printing 0. 33 inch (8. 5 mm) below the perforation. If you mark a point 0. 22 inch (5. 5 mm) above the perforation, you get a 0. 22-inch (5. 5-mm) margin on the next page. Advancing the paper to the tear-off position automatically To automatically advance your printed documents to the tear-off position, turn on the Auto tear-off mode and select the appropriate page length for continuous paper in the default setting mode. See "Changing Default Settings" on page 13. When Auto tear-off is on, the printer automatically advances the paper to the tear-off position when it receives a full page of data or a form feed command followed by no more data. Adjusting the tear-off position If the paper perforation is not aligned with the tear-off edge, you can use the Micro Adjust feature to move the perforation to the tear-off position. Follow the steps below. Never use the knob to adjust the tear-off position; this may damage the printer or cause it to lose the tear-off position. Your tear-off position setting remains in effect until you change it, even if you turn off the printer. 5. After you set the top-of-form position, press the Pause button to exit Micro Adjust mode. Advancing Paper to the Tear-Off Edge When you use the push tractor, you can use the tear-off feature to advance your continuous paper to the tear-off edge when you finish printing. You can then easily tear off the printed document. When you resume printing, the printer automatically feeds the paper back to the top-of-form position, saving the paper normally lost between documents. You can use the tear-off feature manually by pressing the Tear Off button, or automatically by turning on the Auto tear-off mode. If the perforation between pages is not aligned with the tear-off edge, you can adjust the position of the perforation using the Micro Adjust feature. Never use the tear-off feature to feed continuous paper with labels backward; they may come off their backing sheet and jam the printer. 1. Make sure the Tear Off lights are flashing (the paper is at the current tear-off position). If necessary, press the Tear Off button to advance the paper to the tear-off position. Hold down the Pause button for 3 seconds. The Tear Off lights flash and the printer enters the Micro Adjust mode. Press the LF/FF D button to feed the paper backward, or press the Load/Eject U button to feed the paper forward until the paper perforation is aligned with the tear-off edge. tear-off edge Using the Tear Off button After your document prints, check that the Tear Off lights are not flashing. The printer advances the paper to the tear-off edge. If the Tear Off lights are flashing, the paper is in the tear-off position. If you press the Tear Off button again, the printer feeds your paper to the top-of-form position. [. . . ] Either self test can help you determine the source of your printing problem; however, the draft test prints faster than the letterquality test. After a few seconds, the printer loads the paper automatically and begins printing the self test. A series of characters is printed. If characters are printable, they appear in the right column as ASCII characters. Nonprintable codes, such as control codes, are represented by dots. [. . . ]