Epson FX-118 Quick Reference Guide

9-Pin Dot Matrix Printer

Quick Reference Guide

Loading Continuous Paper With the Front

Push Tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Loading Continuous Paper With the Rear

Push Tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Removing Co ntinuous Paper From

the Front or Rear Push Tractor . . . . . . . . 6

Removing Co ntinuous Paper With Labels

From the Front Push Tractor . . . . . . . . . 7

Read your

User’s Guide

first for complete instructions, and then use this guide any time you need

Replacing the Ribbon Cartridge . . . . . . . . 8

information about the topics in this guide.

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Clearing Paper Jams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Error Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

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Loading Continuous Paper With the Front Push Tractor

To load continuous paper in the front push tractor, follow these steps.

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Turn off the printer, then remove the front cover.

Open both sprocket covers, and fit the first four holes of the paper, printable side up, over the tractor pins. Then close the sprocket covers .

Note:

Load c o ntinuous pape r that has a clean, straight edge to av oi d pa per jams.

Make sure the left and right sprockets are positioned properly for your paper’s width.

If you load continuous paper of a different size or thickness, adjust the position of the sprockets or change the paper thickness lever settin g. See Chapter 3 of the User’s G uide for inst r u ctio ns.

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Loading Continuous Paper With the Front Push Tractor

Attach the front cover. Set the paper release lever to the front pu sh trac tor position.

Make sure that the paper gu id e is lying flat on the printer an d the edge gu ides are open all the way to the lef t and right. Then raise the continuous paper support.

Caution:

Never use the knob t o adju st th e top-of-form po sit ion; this may dama ge t he printer or cause it to lose the top-of-form position.

When you load continuous paper with labels, make sure th e au to tear- off mode is off before you start to print. If you feed continuous labels backward to the tear-off positi on, the labels may come off the backing sheet and jam the printer. See Chapte r 5 of the User’s Guide for instructions on turning off auto tear-off mode.

If the first line of your page appears too high or too low, use the micro adjust feature to change its position.

Loading Continuous Paper With the Rear Push Tractor

To load continuous paper onto the rear push trac tor, follow these steps.

1 2

Turn off the printer, then remove the paper guide.

Make sure the left and right sprockets are positioned properly for your paper’s width.

Do not load continuous paper with labels with the rear p ush tra c tor.

Open both sprocket covers, and fit the first four holes of the paper, printable side down, over the tractor pins . Then close the sprocket covers .

Note:

Load c o ntinuous pape r that has a clean, straight edge to av oi d pa per jams.

Loading Continuous Paper Wi th the Rear Push Tractor

Attach the paper guide. Then set the paper release lever to the rear pus h tractor position.

Make sure that the paper gu id e is lying flat on the printer an d the edge gu ides are open all the way to the lef t and right. Then raise the continuous paper support.

Caution:

Never use the knob t o adju st th e top-of-form po sit ion; this may dama ge t he printer or cause it to lose the top-of-form position.

If the first line of your page appears too high or too low, use the micro adjust feature to change its position.

Removing Continuous Paper From the Front or Rear Push Tractor

To remove continuous paper from the front or push tractor, follow these steps.

Make sure the Tear Off/Bin light is flashing. (This in d icate s you r p a per is at the current tear-off posi tion. ) You may need to press the Tear Off/Bin button to advance the paper to the tear-off position.

from the front push tractor from the rear push tractor

Open the paper path guide so that y ou can tear off the printed document. Then tear it off using the prin ter’ s te ar-o ff edge.

Caution:

Tear off your printed d ocum ent before pressin g th e Load/Eject button. Reve rse feeding severa l pa ges at a time may cause a paper jam.

When you resume pr inti ng , the p rin ter automaticall y feeds the paper backward to the top-of-fo rm positi o n , and begins printing.

To feed continuous paper backward from the tear-off position into the standby position, press the Load/Eject button.

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