Epson FX-880 - Impact Printer Operating manual

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Important Information About

Your EPSON FX-880T

Your EPSON®FX-880T works like the Okidata®Microline®

320 Turbo with some enhancements. Besides EPSON’s quality,

you’ll find more flexible paper handling, faster printing, and a

2-year warranty.

This document briefly describes some of the features the two

printers share. It also explains how to install the printer driver

and change certain default settings.

Note: You must install the printer driver for the printer to work

correctly.

For complete instructions on using your printer, see your

FX-880/FX-1180 User’s Guide, the manual that comes with your

printer.

Features

The table below compares some of the basic features of the two

printers.

Feature EPSON FX-880T Okidata ML320 Turbo

Print speed

(at 10 cpi)

High speed draft

Draft

NLQ

410 cps

310 cps

77 cps

390 cps

300 cps

75 cps

Paper paths Top, front, rear,

bottom

Top, rear, bottom

Copy capacity 1 original + 5 copies 1 original + 5 copies

* As measured by EPSON.

Installing the Printer Driver

Be sure to install the printer driver as described below for

your operating system.

Note: These instructions replace the ones in the FX-880/FX-1180

User’s Guide.

The driver supports Windows®3.1, 95, 98, 2000, Me, and NT

versions 3.5 through 4.0. If you are connecting the printer with a

USB/parallel adapter cable, see “For USB Connections

(Windows 98, 2000, and Me)” on page 4.

MTBF @ 25% duty

cycle

10,000 POH 10,000 POH

Character pitch

selection

10, 12, 15, 17, 20 cpi;

proportional

10, 12, 15, 17, 20 cpi;

proportional

Print head life

(approximate)

200 million characters 200 million characters

Ribbon life

(approximate)

3 million characters 3 million characters

Emulations EPSON ESC/P®, IBM®

2380 Plus, Oki ML

EPSON ESC/P, IBM

ProPrinter III, Oki ML

Standard interface Parallel Parallel

Sound level 55 dBA 57 dBA

Warranty (limited) 2 year 1 year

Printable area

Top margin

Bottom margin

Left margin

Right margin

22 mm

24 mm

3.0 mm

22 mm *

24 mm *

3.0 mm *

Feature EPSON FX-880T Okidata ML320 Turbo

Note: The EPSON Remote! and Status Monitor utilities, which are

described in your FX-880/FX-1180 User’s Guide are not included with

the FX-880T.

After you install the driver, the FX-880T becomes the default

printer.

Windows (95, 98, 2000, Me, NT 4.0)

1. Make sure the printer is connected to your computer (as

described in your User’s Guide).

2. Turn on your printer and then turn on your computer.

3. Wait until you see the Windows program icons. (On

Windows 2000 or Windows NT, log on as necessary.)

Note: If you see a screen about Windows detecting your printer,

click Cancel.

4. Insert the FX-880T Setup Disk 1 in your diskette drive.

5. Double-click the My Computer icon and double-click

the diskette drive icon.

6. Double-click the Setup.exe (or SETUP) icon.

7. In the Printer Driver Setup window, select EPSON FX-880T

and click OK.

8. If prompted, insert Disk 2 or Disk 3.

9. When the setup is complete, click OK.

For USB Connections (Windows 98, 2000, and Me)

If you are using Windows 98, 2000, or Me and are connecting the

printer to your computer with a USB/parallel adapter cable,

follow the steps below to install the printer driver. Be sure to use

the Setup diskettes that came with your printer; do not install

the printer driver software that comes with the cable.

1. Make sure the printer and computer are turned off and the

printer is not connected to your computer.

2. Turn on your computer and wait until you see your

Windows program icons.

3. Insert the FX-880T Setup Disk 1 in your diskette drive.

4. Double-click the My Computer icon and double-click

the diskette drive icon.

5. Double-click the Setup.exe icon.

6. In the Printer Driver Setup window, select EPSON FX-880T

and click OK. The Setup program begins installing the

printer driver.

7. If prompted, insert Disk 2 or Disk 3.

8. When you see the EPSON Printer Utility Setup screen,

connect your printer to the computer using the USB/parallel

adapter cable.

Note: If you need instructions to connect the printer to your

computer, see the documentation that came with the USB/parallel

adapter cable.

9. Turn on the printer. Setup finishes the driver installation.

10. When the setup is complete, click OK.

Windows 3.1 or NT 3.51x

1. Make sure the printer is connected to your computer (as

described in your User’s Guide).

2. Turn on your printer and then turn on your computer.

3. Make sure the Program Manager window is open, then

choose Run from the File menu.

4. Insert the FX-880T Setup Disk 1 in your diskette drive.

5. Type A:\SETUP (or browse to the Setup.exe file on the

diskette in your drive) and click OK.

6. In the Printer Driver Setup window, select EPSON FX-880T

and click OK.

7. When prompted, insert Disk 3.

8. When the setup is complete, click OK.

Changing Default Settings

The FX-880T comes configured with certain default settings. You

can change these settings when needed through the Default

Setting Mode, as described in Chapter 5 of your FX-880/FX-1180

User’s Guide.

The instructions below explain how to change the character

pitch, bottom margin, and software emulation. (The character

pitch and bottom margin settings are not covered in the User’s

Guide.)

1. To enter default setting mode, make sure the printer is off.

Then hold down the Tear Off/Bin button while you press the

Operate button to turn on the printer.

The printer prints 2 pages of instructions, the first showing

the menu of options, and the second showing the LED (light)

status for each option setting.

2. Looking at the first page of instructions, find the option you

want to change and press the Tear Off/Bin button until the

Font and Tear Off/Bin lights indicate the option you want:

o= off,

n= on,

f= flashing

Menu Font lights Tear Off lights

Software (emulation)

Pitch

n n

Bottom margin

n f

3. Now look at the second page and find the setting you want

for the option you want to change. Press the Load/Eject

button until the Pause and Paper Out lights indicate the

correct setting. (An arrow appears next to the current

setting.)

* Default setting

o= off,

n= on,

f= flashing

4. When you are done changing settings, press the Operate

button to exit default setting mode and turn off the printer.

Menu Pause light Paper Out light

Software (emulation)

ESC/P

IBM 2380 Plus *

OKI ML320T

Pitch

10 cpi *

12 cpi

15 cpi

17 cpi

20 cpi

Proportional

Bottom margin

4.2 mm

20 mm

22 mm

24 mm *

Others (programmable

through ESC codes)

Selecting the Number of Lines Per Inch

The printer comes configured to print 6 lines per inch. You can

change it to 8 lines per inch (and back to 6 lines per inch) by

entering the control codes below from DOS or UNIX.

system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying,

recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of SEIKO EPSON

CORPORATION. The information contained herein is designed only for use with this

EPSON printer. EPSON is not responsible for any use of this information as applied to

other printers.

Trademarks

EPSON and EPSON ESC/P are registered trademarks of SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION.

General Notice: Other product names used herein are for identification purposes only and

may be trademarks of their respective owners. EPSON disclaims any and all rights in those

marks.

2/01

Code 8 Lines per inch 6 Lines per inch

ASCII ESC 0 ESC 2

Hex 1B 30 1B 32

Decimal 27 48 27 50

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