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Quick Start Guide
Please confirm that the following things are enclosed in the shipping carton: Printer (1), Cut sheet stand (1),
Black ribbon cartridge (1), Power cord (1), MMJ interface adapter (1), CD-ROM (1), this Quick Start Guide (1)
Setting up
1-1
1-4 Installing the Ribbon Cartridge
1-5 Connecting the interface cable
1-6
Open the carton and remove the printer and its components. Remove the tapes securing the tractor unit.
Open the front cover and remove
the shipping restraint cardboard.
1-2
Installing the cut sheet stand.
1-3
Move the paper thickness lever to D.
Plug one end of the power
cord into the power connector
on the rear of the printer.
Power cord
Release the ribbon cartridge from its package and push
In the gray ribbon release tabs on the side, and slide the
roller from the LOCK position to the FREE position
.
Align the print head position with the dot mark (green) on the
printer ejection cover. Thread the ribbon between the print
head and the print guide, then gently press down on the ribbon
cartridge against the printer until it clicks into place.
(Make sure that the ribbon feed knob is facing upward.)
Safety Guidelines
For detailed information, refer to the User Guide of the printer. The User Guide is provided as an Adobe Acrobat PDF file on the CD
shipped with your printer. Be sure to read the safety guidelines in the User Guide before using this product.
Keep this User Guide in a place which is easily accessible at all times.
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Paper thickness lever
Dot mark (green)
Cardboard
Front cover
Ribbon feed knob
Turn the knob clockwise
Roller
Release
tabs
Cut sheet stand
Mounting pins
Print guide
Print head
Ribbon
Print guide
Tip of print head
Ribbon cartridge
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Dot mark (green)
Ribbon
Print guide
Tip of print head
Ribbon cartridge
Print head
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2-1 Adjusting for paper thickness
The paper thickness lever has nine settings: 1 to 5 and A to D.
Use the following table to determine the appropriate setting for your paper;
then move the paper thickness lever to the appropriate position.
2-2 Loading single sheets
A) Move the paper select lever forward.
B) Adjusting the left margin.
A printer driver is required to use the printer in a Windows environment. Special printer drivers for
Windows 95, 98, Me, NT 4.0, XP, and 2003 are available on the CD shipped with your printer.
For information on how to install printer drivers, refer to the Readme.txt file for the printer driver to
be installed.
Number of copies
(Including the original)
Setting
1 copy 1
2 copy 2
3 copy 3
4 copy 4
5 copy 5
Ribbon replacement D
Table
Paper
thickness
lever
C) Insert a sheet of paper into the cut sheet
stand. Make sure that the bottom edge of the
paper engages snugly with the platen.
Adjust the right paper guide.
D) Press the LOAD button. The paper will
advance to the top-of-form position.
The top-of-form position is the first line on
which printing can start.
2-3 Loading continuous forms
A) Move the paper select lever to the
rear of the printer.
B) Release the tractor
locking levers by pulling
them up. Open the
tractor paper holders.
See the following figure.
C) Position the right tractor
(as seen from the rear
of the printer) to adjust
the left margin.
Push the right locking
lever down to secure
the tractor.
2-2 (Cont.)
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Release
Left margin
(including perforation area)
Locking lever
2-3 (Cont.)
Paper holders
Locking levers
Tractor guide
D) Fit the paper feed holes onto the left and right
tractor pins. Adjust the left tractor (as seen from
the rear of the printer) to the width of the form.
Close the paper holders.
E) Press the LOAD button to advance the paper to the
top-of form position. Top-of-form is the first line on
which printing can start.
Paper holders
Paper handling
Installing the printer driver
A printer driver is required to use the printer in a Windows environment. Special printer drivers for Windows 95,
98, ME, 2000, 2003 Server, XP and Vista are available on the CD shipped with your printer. The drivers can only
be used in the EPSON ESC/P2 emulation, not in the IBM and DEC emulation.
For information on how to install printer drivers, refer to the Readme.txt file for the printer driver to be installed.
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