EPSON FX-980
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EPSON FX-980
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Control Panel Buttons and Lights
Font button
Selects the font.
Font lights
Indicate which font is selected.
Pitch button
Selects the font size.
Pitch lights
Indicate what font size is selected.
Pause button
Stops printing temporarily, and resumes printing when pressed
again.
Pause light
❏
On when the printer is paused.
❏
Flashes when the printer is in the micro adjust mode.
Paper Out light
❏
On when no paper is loaded in the selected paper source or
paper is not loaded correctly.
❏
Flashes when paper has not been fully ejected or a paper jam
has occurred.
Tear Off/Bin button
❏
Advances continuous paper to the tear-off position.
❏
Feeds continuous paper backward from the tear-off position
to the top-of-form position.
❏
Selects a cut-sheet feeder bin when the cut-sheet feeder
is installed.
❏
Turns on the card mode to print on postcards and
envelopes.
Tear Off/Bin lights
❏
f f
when continuous paper is in the tear-off position.
❏
o n
when bin 1 of the optional cut-sheet feeder is selected.
❏
n o
when bin 2 of the optional cut-sheet feeder is selected.
❏
n n
when the printer is in the card mode.
n
= on,
o
= off,
f
= flashing
LF/FF button
❏
Feeds paper line by line when pressed quickly.
❏
Ejects a single sheet or advances continuous paper to the
next top-of-form position when held down.
Load/Eject button
❏
Loads a single sheet of paper.
❏
Ejects a single sheet of paper when a sheet is loaded.
❏
Loads continuous paper from the standby position.
❏
Feeds continuous paper backward to the standby position in
micro adjust mode.
Micro Adjust buttons
When you hold down the
Pause
button for 3 seconds, the
printer enters the micro adjust mode. In this mode, you can
press the
LF/FF
D
and
Load/Eject
U
buttons to adjust the top-
of-form or tear-off position.
Operate button
Turns the printer on and off. The printer is off when the top of
this button is even with the button protectors.
Error Indicators
You can identify many common printer problems using the
lights on the control panel. If your printer stops working
and one or more control panel lights are on, flashing, or the
printer beeps, use the following table to diagnose and fix
the problem.
State of
panel lights
Beep
pattern
Problem
Solution
n
Pause
—
The printer is paused.
Press the Pause button to resume printing.
•••
The printer cover is open.
Close the paper guide cover.
•••••
Paper from another paper source is currently in
the paper path.
Move the paper release lever back to the
appropriate position and press the Load/Eject
button to feed the paper out of the paper path.
Then set the lever to the position you want to use.
Press the Pause button to turn off the Pause light,
if necessary.
