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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Quick Reference
Guide
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Copyright © 1997 by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Nagano, Japan
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.
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Loading Continuous Paper With the Front Push Tractor
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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
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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
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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
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If the first line of your page appears too
high or too low, use the micro adjust
feature to change its position.
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from the front push tractor from the rear push tractor
Removing Continuous Paper From the Front or Rear Push Tractor
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To remove continuous paper from the front or push tractor, follow these steps.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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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