Epson LQ-2180 User manual

24-Pin Dot Matrix Printer Quick Reference

Guide

Contents

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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Loading Continuous Paper Onto the Front Push Tractor

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

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.

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

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.

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.

Loading Continuous Paper Onto the Front Push Tractor

Loading Continuous Paper Onto the Rear Push Tractor

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

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.

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

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.

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.

3 4

Loading Continuous Paper Onto the Rear Push Tractor

Removing the Printed Document From the Push Tractor

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

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.

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.

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 fedbackward, labels can easilycome

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Replacing the Ribbon Cartridge

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