Epson FX-2180 - Impact Printer User manual

9-Pin Dot Matrix Printer

Loading Continuous Paper Onto the Front

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

Loading Continuous Paper Onto the Rear

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

Removing the Printed Document From

the Push Tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Removing Continuous Paper With Labels . . . 7

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

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

If Your Printer Stops Printing Unexpectedly . . . 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 want

to quickly find information about

the topics on the right.

Open the front paper guide by

pulling the tab at the center of it, and

then remove the guide by grasping

both sides and pulling it straight out

of the printer.

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.

tab

Loading Continuous Paper Onto the Front Push Tractor

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

To remove any paper from the paper

path, press the Load/Eject button.

The printer feeds the paper into the

standby position, where you can

remove the paper from the printer.

If you load continuous paper of a

different size or thickness, you need

to adjust the position of the sprockets

or change the paper thickness lever

setting. See Chapter 2 of the User’s

Guide for instructions.

Attach the front paper guide by

inserting it into the slots in the

printer as shown.

Close the front paper guide, and

make sure the paper release lever is

set to the front push tractor position.

Note:

Always close the printer cover before printing.

The printer does not print when the cover is

open.

Loading Continuous Paper Onto the Front Push Tractor

3 4

When you load continuous paper with

labels, make sure that the auto

tear-off mode is off before you start

to print. If you feed continuous

labels backward, the labels may

come off the backing sheet and jam

the printer.

To turn off the auto tear-off mode,

enter the printer’s default-setting

mode. See Chapter 5 of the User’s

Guide for instructions.

Open the paper guide cover and

remove the paper guide.

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 continuous paper that has a clean,

straight edge to avoid paper jams.

paper guide

paper guide cover

Loading Continuous Paper Onto the Rear Push Tractor

1 2

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

cCaution:

Do not load continuous paper with labels onto the rear push tractor; the labels may come off the

backing sheet and jam the printer.

To remove paper from the paper path,

press the Load/Eject button. The

printer feeds the paper to the

standby position, where you can

remove the paper from the printer.

If you load continuous paper which

is a different size or thickness, you

need to adjust the position of the

sprocket units or change the paper

thickness lever setting. See Chapter 2

of the User’s Guide for instructions.

Attach the paper guide. Close the paper guide cover, and

make sure the paper release lever is

set to the rear push tractor position.

Note:

Always close the printer cover before printing.

The printer does not print when the cover is

open.

Loading Continuous Paper Onto the Rear Push Tractor

3 4

Make sure the Tear Off/Bin lights are

flashing. (You may need to press the

Tear Off/Bin button.) When the Tear

Off/Bin lights are flashing, your

paper is in the tear-off position.

from the front push tractor from the rear push tractor

Removing the Printed Document From the Push Tractor

To remove the printed document from the front or rear push tractor, follow the steps below. To

remove continuous paper from the pull tractor, see Chapter 2 of the User’s Guide.

When you resume printing, the printer

automatically feeds the paper

backward to the top-of-form

position, and starts printing.

To feed the continuous paper

backward from the tear-off position

to the standby position, press the

Load/Eject button.

Open the paper guide cover, and tear off the printed document using

the printer’s tear-off edge.

Make sure that the printer finishes

printing. You may need to press the

Pause button to stop printing.

(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:

When printing on labels, never press 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

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 front push tractor.

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.

cCaution:

Moving the print head while the printer

is on may damage the printer.

Unplug the printer from the electrical

outlet.

Open the paper guide cover. Then lift

the printer cover by its back edge and

pull it straight up and off the printer.

Replacing the Ribbon Cartridge

To replace the ribbon cartridge, follow the steps below.

wWarning:

You will 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.

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 ribbon installation

position (the indented portion of the

paper tension unit) by hand.

Grasp the used ribbon cartridge and

pull it up and out of the printer.

Replacing the Ribbon Cartridge

4 5

When you use the pull tractor, you can

replace the ribbon cartridge even

though the print head is not in the

ribbon installation position.

Remove the separator from the new

ribbon cartridge and discard it. Then

turn the ribbon-tightening knob in

the direction of the arrow to remove

any slack in the ribbon.

Hold the cartridge with the

ribbon-tightening knob up. Fit the

two notches nearest you (á) over the

small pegs on each side of the printer

as shown. Then lay the cartridge flat

so that the other notches (í) fit over

the corresponding pegs.

separator

ribbon-tightening knob

Replacing the Ribbon Cartridge

6 7

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