Yo
u
may fee
l that this procedure
is too complicated
and
prefer to
ca
n
cel all the
Sel
e
cType settings and then reset the ones
yo
u
want.
Use whichever
m
e
thod
y
ou prefer
.
If
y
ou want to can
ce
l
modes
individually,
r
e
m
e
mber
to w
a
tch th
e
ON LINE light. It blink
s main-
ly on when a
mode i
s
set
a
nd mainly off when it is not.
O
th
er softwa
r
e
For some sof
tw
a
re you ma
y
hav
e
to consult their manu
a
l
s or your
dealer to find o
u
t a
t
w
h
a
t p
o
int th
e
printer is re
s
e
t
.
Y
o
u
w
i
ll prob-
ably find some s
t
a
ge in th
e
printing proc
e
ss aft
e
r th
e
r
ese
ttin
g where
you can use
S
e
l
e
cT
y
p
e
.
Some of these
t
es
t
s
ma
y see
m t
o
take too much tim
e a
n
d trouble,
but you need
t
o
do th
e
m onl
y o
nc
e
. Then you will kn
ow exactly
what you need
t
o
do
ea
ch tim
e y
ou use S
e
l
e
cT
y
p
e.
Aft
er you have
done the Selec
T
y
p
e
pro
c
edur
e
two or three time
s,
it will
become
quick and easy.
Beeper E
rror Warning
s
When the LX-80's
b
eeper so
un
ds,
i
t
u
s
u
a
ll
y
indi
cates
th
at the prin-
ter is out of pa
p
e
r
.
The b
ee
per can also be
s
ounded b
y
an
y program
that sends the
AS
C
II 7 cod
e
and b
y
certain error conditi
o
n
s
in the
pri
n
ter itself.
If the printer b
e
e
p
s a
nd
s
top
s
printing when it is not out
of paper,
turn the printe
r
o
ff and che
c
k to see if the paper is load
e
d
correctly.
If the paper
i
s
load
e
d corr
e
ctly
,
turn the printer back on
a
nd
try to
print again.
I
f
th
e
e
r
b
ee
p
s
and do
es
not print
a
g
a
in
, consult
your dealer.
Data Dump Mode
The LX
-
80
h
a
s
a
sp
e
cial featur
e
that makes it eas
y
for exp
e
ri
enced
printer users
t
o f
ind th
e
c
a
u
s
e
s
of problem
s.
C
a
ll
e
d th
e
d
ata dump
mode, it gives a
printout
of ex
ac
tl
y
which codes reach th
e
p
r
in
ter
.
Turn on this
mod
e
b
y
turning on the p
r
inter while holding d
own the
FF and LF bu
tt
o
n
s
at th
e s
ame tim
e.
Th
e
LX
-
80 wi
l
l pr
i
nt th
e words
"Data Dump
Mod
e
.
"
Then
,
wh
e
n
y
ou send data to th
e
er, the
LX-80 prints i
t in
a s
p
e
ci
a
l
way.
Each line i
s
printed in thr
ee parts: a
line number (f
our digits)
,
the hexadecimal
codes (up to 16 num
bers)
of the characte
r
s
s
en
t,
and
a g
uide
se
ction (16 character
s
a
t th
e end
of each li
n
e exc
ept th
e
l
ast).
Summary of Contents for LX-80
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Page 2: ...EPSON LX SOPRINTER Operating Manual ...
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