Epson LQ-570 Manuel D’Utilisation

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

buttons let you control many of the printer settings.

While holding down this button, pressing certain other buttons
results in the following:

BUFFER CLEAR

clears the printer’s buffer and initializes

the printer settings

MICRO FEED

feeds paper forward in   

increments

 

feed paper backward in 

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.

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

again to feed the paper backward to the loading position

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

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

to normal character printing.

(green)

On when you move the 

 lever to position 2 or higher.

The printing speed is reduced when this light is on

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

(red)

On when the printer runs out of paper.

Note: The panel’s font name 

 are meant as guides only;

actual printed results may differ slightly.

(green)

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

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

(green)

On when bin 2 of the optional cut-sheet feeder is selected for paper
feeding.

On when you press the 

button to feed the paper to the 

off position

Hold down the 

button (for 

 printing) or the

button (for draft printing) while turning on

the 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:

On when a specific font is selected.

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.

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 elect the sheet. If continuous paper is in
the loading or tear-off 

 press this button to feed it backward

to the standby position.

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.

(Line feed/Form feed)

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

button down to elect 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.

l - l
l-2
l-3

 character 

character tables

l-4

 

l-7

Print direction

 buffer

 -inch skip-over-perforation

increments

See Tables 3 and 4 below

None

On

Off

24-Pin Printers

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