Epson FX-1180 - Impact Printer User manual

9-Pin Dot Matrix Printer

Loading Continuous Paper With the Front

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

Loading Continuous Paper With the Rear

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

Removing Continuous Paper From

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

Removing Continuous Paper With Labels

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

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

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

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

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Contents

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.

Printed in Japan

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 continuous paper that has a clean,

straight edge to avoid paper jams.

Loading Continuous Paper With the Front Push Tractor

1 2

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

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 setting. See

Chapter 3 of the User’s Guide for

instructions.

Loading Continuous Paper With the Front Push Tractor

3 4

When you load continuous paper with

labels, make sure the auto tear-off

mode is off before you start to print. If

you feed continuous labels backward

to the tear-off position, the labels may

come off the backing sheet and jam

the printer. See Chapter 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

1 2

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

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 push tractor.

If 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 3 of the User’s Guide for

instructions.

Attach the paper guide. Then set the

paper release lever to the rear push

tractor position.

Make sure that the paper guide is lying

flat on the printer and the edge guides

are open all the way to the left and

right. Then raise the continuous paper

support.

cCaution:

Never use the knob to adjust the

top-of-form position; this may damage the

printer or cause it to lose the top-of-form

position.

Loading Continuous Paper With the Rear Push Tractor

If the first line of your page appears too

high or too low, use the micro adjust

feature to change its position.

from the front push tractor from the rear push tractor

Removing Continuous Paper From the Front or Rear Push Tractor

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

When you resume printing, the printer

automatically feeds the paper

backward to the top-of-form position,

and begins printing.

To feed continuous paper backward from

the tear-off position into the standby

position, press the Load/Eject button.

Open the paper path guide so that you can tear off the printed

document. Then tear it off using the printer’s tear-off edge.

cCaution:

Tear off your printed document before pressing the Load/Eject

button. Reverse feeding several pages at a time may cause a paper jam.

Make sure that the printer is not

printing. You may need to press the

Pause button to pause the printer.

(When the printer is paused, the Pause

light is on.)

Tear off the fresh supply of continuous

labels at the perforation nearest the

paper entry slot.

Hold down the LF/FF button to eject

the remaining labels from the printer.

cCaution:

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.

Removing Continuous Paper With Labels From the Front Push Tractor

Removing Continuous Paper From the Front or Rear Push Tractor

Removing Continuous Paper With Labels From the Front Push Tractor

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 printer.

2 3

Ribbon Cartridge

When printing becomes faint, you need to replace the ribbon cartridge. EPSON recommends you

use genuine EPSON ribbon cartridges. These cartridges are designed and manufactured to work

properly with your EPSON printer. They ensure proper operation and long life of the print head

and other printer parts.

Ribbon cartridge:

FX-880 #8750

FX-1180 #8755

cCaution:

Products not manufactured by EPSON may cause damage to your printer not covered by EPSON’s

warranties.

Replacing the Ribbon Cartridge

Press the Operate button to turn off

the printer. The printer is off when the

surface of the Operate button is even

with the button protectors as shown.

Unplug the printer from the electrical

outlet.

cCaution:

Moving the print head while the

printer is on may damage the

printer.

Lift the printer cover by its back edge

and then pull it straight up and off.

Replacing the Ribbon Cartridge

To replace the ribbon cartridge, follow the steps below.

wWarning:

You need to move the print head by hand to replace the ribbon cartridge. If you have just used the

printer, the print head may be hot; let it cool for a few minutes before touching it.

1 3

Press up the tabs on each side of the

paper tension unit, then lift the front of

the unit and pull it up and out of the

printer.

Make sure the print head is not hot; if

it is, let it cool for a few minutes before

touching it. Then slide the print head

to the middle of the printer by hand.

Grasp the used ribbon cartridge by its

handle and pull it up and out of the

printer.

handle

Replacing the Ribbon Cartridge

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