Epson LQ-570e, LQ-580 Quick Reference Guide

24-Pin Dot Matrix Printer

Quick Reference Guide

Read your

User's Guide

first for complete instructions, and then use this guide any time you need information about the topics in this guide.

Contents

Loading Continuous Paper Onto the Push

Tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Removing the Printed Document From

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

Removing Continuous Paper With Labels . . . . 5

Replacing the Ribbon Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Clearing Paper Jams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

If Your Printer Stops Printing Unexpectedly . . . 15

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Loading Continuous Paper Onto the Push Tractor

To load continuous paper onto the rear push tractor, follow these steps:

paper guide

paper guide cover

Turn off the printer, then open the paper guide cover and remove the paper guide.

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

To feed continuous paper to the standby position where you can remove it easily, press the

Load/Eject

button.

Note:

Load continuous paper that has a clean, straight edge to avoid paper jams.

When you load continuous paper of a different size or thickness, adjust the position of the sprockets or change the paper thickness lever setting. See Chapter 2 of the instructions.

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Loading Continuous Paper Onto the Push Tractor

Attach the paper guide, then lift the center section of the paper guide up and lay it flat.

Close the paper guide cover, and make sure the paper release lever is set to the push tractor position.

Removing the Printed Document From the Push Tractor

To remove the printed document from the push tractor, follow the steps below. To remove labels or continuous paper from the pull tractor, see Chapter 2 of the

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Make sure the Tear Off/Bin lights are flashing. (You may need to press the

Tear Off/Bin

that your paper is at the current tear-off position.

button.) This indicates

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When you resume printing, the printer automatically feeds the paper backward to the top-of-form position, and begins printing.

Open the paper path guide cover, and tear off the printed document using the printer’s tear-off edge.

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

Load/Eject

Removing Continuous Paper With Labels

Removing the Printed Document From the Push Tractor

Removing Continuous Paper With Labels

To avoid peeling labels off the backing sheet and jamming the printer, follow the steps below when you remove continuous paper with labels from the pull tractor.

Caution:

Note:

See your User's Guide for details on using the pull tractor.

When you load labels, be sure to use the tractor in the pull position and load the labels from the front or bottom. Do not load continuous paper with labels in the rear paper slot: the labels may come off their backing sheet inside the printer and cause a paper jam.

Make sure that the printer is not printing. You may need to press the

Pause

(When the printer is paused, the light is on.)

button to pause the printer.

Pause

Hold down the remaining labels from the printer.

Caution:

Never feed labels backward using the

Load/Eject or Tear Off/Bin button. When fed backward, labels can easily come off the backing sheet and cause a paper jam.

LF/FF

button to eject the

Tear off the supply of continuous labels at the perforation nearest the paper entry slot.

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