Epson LX-300+ Transition Guide

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What’s new about the EPSON® LX-300+? It’s faster, more durable, and handles more parts per form. But don’t worry; it works the same way as the EPSON LX-300. Take a few minutes to read this booklet so you can get up and running quickly.

Here’s what you’ll find inside:

New Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Printer Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Turning On the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

The Control Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Paper Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Selecting Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Adjusting for Different Top and Bottom Margins. . . . . . . . 8

Adjusting the Loading (Top-of-Form) and Tear-off

Positions with Micro Adjust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Differences in the Default Setting Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Using the EPSON Remote! Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Printing a Self Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

About Your EPSON LX-300+

This booklet briefly describes the new features provided by the EPSON

LX-300+. It is intended for LX-300 users who are

upgrading to the LX-300+. If you are not familiar with the LX-300, please see the LX-300+ User’s Guide for detailed instructions on using the printer.

Your new LX-300+ printer is very similar to the LX-300, only better. It’s faster, more reliable, and accommodates more copies per multi-part form (1 original plus 4 copies). It is backward compatible with the LX-300, so you should not have any problems using it with your current software.

Be sure to consult the LX-300+ User’s Guide for setup instructions and detailed information about your printer.

New Specifications

This table summarizes the basic specification differences between the two models.

Function LX-300 LX-300+

Printing speed NLQ (10 cpi): 44 cps

Copy capability 1 + 2 1 + 4

Printable area

Top margin

Bottom margin

Built-in fonts Roman, Sans Serif,

(uni-d)

Draft (10 cpi): 220 cps

High speed draft (10 cpi): not available

High speed draft (12 cpi): not available

5.3 mm (.2 in)

9 mm (.35 in)

Draft, Draft condensed

NLQ (10 cpi): 56 cps (bi-d)

Draft (10 cpi): 225 cps

High speed draft (10 cpi): 300 cps

High speed draft (12 cpi): 337 cps

4.2 mm (.17 in)

Roman, Roman condensed, Sans Serif, Sans Serif condensed, Draft, Draft condensed

Function LX-300 LX-300+

Bar code fonts none 8 fonts

Character set tables 9 13

Paper feed speed 79 ms/line at 1/6-inch

Parallel interface Parallel Bidirectional parallel

Control code emulation

Input buffer 4 KB 8 KB

Reliability

MVBF

MTBF (power-on hours), 25% duty cycle

Single sheet paper width

Energy saving mode

Copy mode

Quiet mode

Physical dimensions

Width

Depth

Height

Weight

line spacing, intermittent

2.78 inches/second, continuous

EPSON ESC/P,

IBM

2380

3 million lines

4,000 hours

7.2 to 10.1 inches (182 to 257 mm), single sheets

14.4 inches (366 mm)

10.8 inches (275 mm)

5.2 inches (132 mm)

8.8 lb. (4.0 kg)

80 ms/line at 1/6-inch line spacing, intermittent

3 inches/second, continuous

supporting IEEE 1284 nibble mode

EPSON ESC/P, IBM 2380 PLUS

12 million lines (except print head)

6,000 hours

3.9 to 10.1 inches (100 to 257 mm), single sheets and multipart forms

Yes

14.4 inches (366 mm)

10.8 inches (275 mm)

5.8 inches (147 mm)

9.8 lb. (4.4 kg)

Printer Software

The LX-300+ comes with printer software on a CD-ROM which

includes a printer driver for Microsoft

Windows® and some helpful utilities. You do not need to install this driver if you are happy with the driver(s) you are currently using for your LX-300. The LX-300+ printer hardware is backward compatible with ESC/P software drivers.

If you decide to install the software, you can take advantage of the following features:

❏ A printer driver which lets you control printing.

❏ The EPSON Status Monitor 3 utility for Windows versions

95, 98, 2000, and NT 4.0 (or later). The Status Monitor displays information about the printer’s status and lets you know if there is a problem with a print job.

❏ The EPSON Remote! utility, a DOS-based printer setup

utility that lets you change printer default settings from your monitor screen. (This provides an alternative way to change the default settings as described on page 10.)

See the LX-300+ User’s Guide for instructions on installing and using the printer software.

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