Epson lq-570-1070 User Manual

The indicator lights give you the current status of the printer. The

 holding down this button, pressing certain other buttons

buttons let you control many of the printer settings.

results in the following:

BUFFER CLEAR

clears the printer’s buffer and 

 

feeds paper forward in   

 

feed paper backward in 1 

On when operate switch is on and power is supplied.

On when the printer is not ready to print data. Stays off unless you

press the 

button to prevent printing.

On when data is present in the printer’s buffer.

On when you move the paper-thickness lever to position 2 or higher.

The printing speed is reduced when this light is on.

(red)

On when the printer runs out of paper.

On when bin 1 of the optional cut-sheet feeder is selected for paper

feeding.

2 (green)

On when bin 2 of the 

 cut-sheet feeder is selected for paper

feeding.

On when you press the 

button to feed the paper to the 

off position

On when a specific font is selected.

Press this button to temporarily stop printing. Press this button again

to resume printing.

Press this button to load single-sheet or continuous paper to the
loading position (however, the printer normally loads paper

automatically). If single-sheet paper is already in the loading

position, use this button to eject the sheet. lf continuous paper is in

the loading or tear-off position, press this button to feed it backward

to the standby position.

feed/Form feed)

Tap this button briefly to feed the paper forward one line. Hold this

button down to eject a single sheet of paper or advance continuous

paper to the top of the next page. You can also use this button to load
a single sheet of paper from the cut-sheet feeder or to feed
continuous paper from the standby position to the loading position.

increments

This button selects the paper bin when both optional cut-sheet

feeders are installed and you are printing on single sheets. When

printing on continuous paper, press this button once to feed paper

the loading position to the tear-off position. Press this button

again to feed the paper backward to the loading position.

Press this button to print condensed characters. Press again to return

to normal character printing.

Press this button to select from among the built-in fonts.

Note: The panel’s font name 

 are meant as guides only;

actual minted results may differ slightly.

The control panel also gives you access to two special functions:

self test:

Hold 

button (for LQ printing) or the

button (for draft printing) while turning on

printer to perform the self test. The self test lets you

check that your printer is operating properly and gives
you a printout of the current DIP-switch settings.

Data dump: Hold down both the 

button and 

button while turning on the printer to enter data dump

mode. Data dump mode allows advanced users to find
the cause of communication problems between the

printer and the computer.

The section below shows the settings and functions of each DIP
switch. You can see the current DIP-switch settings at any time by
running the self test.

Table I 

 switch 

l - l
1-2

 character 

character tables’

See Tables 3 and 4 below

l-3

 

 

 

1-6

 draft

1-7

Input buffer

l-6

1 -Inch 

 Off

 None

I On

 On

  K b y l e s

 on