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User’s Guide
9-Pin Dot Matrix Printer
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Printer Parts
knob
printer cover
control panel
paper guide base
paper release
lever
edge guides
front paper guide
(closed)
paper guide
cover
tractor
paper thickness
lever
shield plate
ribbon cartridge
parallel interface paper tension
unit
serial interface
front edge guides
front paper guide
(open)
Cover_1.eps
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Control Panel Buttons and Lights
n= On
f= Flashing
o= Off
Tear Off/Bin button
OAdvances continuous paper to the tear-off
position.
OFeedscontinuouspaperbackwardfromthe
tear-off position to the top-of-form position.
OSelectsacut-sheetfeederbinwhenthecut-
sheet feeder is installed.
OTurns on the card mode to print on
postcards and envelopes. See
Chapter 3.
Tear Off/Bin lights
O
f f when continuous paper is in the tear-
off position.
O
o n when bin 1 of the optional cut-sheet
feeder is selected.
O
n o when bin 2 of the optional cut-sheet
feeder is selected.
O
n n when the printer is in the card mode.
*Micro Adjust mode
When you hold down the Pause button for three seconds,
the printer enters the micro adjust mode. In this mode, you
can press the LF/FF
Dand Load/Eject Ubuttons to adjust
the top-of-form or tear-off position. See Chapter 2.
Load/Eject button
OLoads a single sheet of
paper.
OEjects a single sheet of
paper if a sheet is loaded.
OLoads continuous paper
from the standby position.
OFeeds continuous paper
backward to the standby
position in micro adjust
mode.
Font button
Selects the font.
See Chapter 5.
Font lights
Indicate which font
is selected.
Paper Out light
OOn when no paper is
loaded in the selected
paper source or paper is
not loaded correctly.
OFlashes when paper has
notbeenfullyejectedora
paper jam has occurred.
Operate button
Turns the printer on
and off. The printer is
off when the top of
this button is even
with the button
protectors.
Pause button
OStops printing
temporarily, and
resumes printing when
pressed again. When
pressed for 3 seconds,
turns on the *micro
adjust mode. To turn off,
press again.
Pause light
OOn when the printer is
paused.
OFlasheswhentheprinter
is in the *micro adjust
mode.
LF/FF button
OFeeds paper line by
line when pressing
shortly.
OEjects a single sheet
or advances
continuous paper to
the next top-of-form
position when held
down.
Panel.eps
Pitch button
Selects the font size.
See Chapter 5.
Pitch lights
Indicate what font
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Contents
Printer Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Control Panel Buttons and Lights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Getting to Know Your Printer
Easy-to-Use Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Available Paper Paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Printing on continuous paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Printing on single sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Ribbon Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Important Safety Instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Print Head Caution Symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
ENERGY STAR Compliance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
How To Use Your Manuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Warnings, Cautions, and Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Chapter 1 Setting Up the Printer
Unpacking the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Choosing a Place for the Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Positioning the continuous paper supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Installing or Replacing the Ribbon Cartridge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Attaching the Paper Guide Base . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12
Plugging in the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13
Connecting the Printer to Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14
Installing the Printer Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-17
Installing the printer software in Windows 98, 95,
or NT 4.0. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-18
Installing the printer software in Windows 3.1
or NT 3.5x. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-20
For DOS programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-22

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Chapter 2 Printing on Continuous Paper
Setting the Paper Release Lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-2
Setting the Paper Thickness Lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-4
Using the Rear Push Tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-6
Loading paper onto the rear push tractor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-6
Removing a printed document from the rear
push tractor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-10
Using the Front Push Tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-12
Loading paper onto the front push tractor. . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-12
Removing a printed document from the front
push tractor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-17
Removing the front push tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-18
Reinstalling the tractor in the front push position. . . . . . . .2-19
Using the Tractor in the Pull Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-21
Installing the tractor in the pull position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-21
Loading paper onto the pull tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-23
Removing the paper from the pull tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-28
Using two tractors in a push/pull combination . . . . . . . . .2-29
Removing the pull tractor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-31
Loading Multi-Part Forms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-33
Loading Continuous Paper With Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-34
Removing continuous paper with labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-35
Switching Between Printing on Continuous Paper
and Printing on Single Sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-36
Switching to printing on single sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-36
Switching to printing on continuous paper . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-37
Adjusting the Top-of-Form Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-38
Advancing the Paper to the Tear-Off Edge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-41
Using the Tear Off/Bin button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-41
Advancing the paper to the tear-off position
automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-42
Adjusting the tear-off position. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-42

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Chapter 3 Printing on Single Sheets
Using Single Sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Available paper types and paper slots. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Loading single-sheet multi-part forms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Loading envelopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Loading postcards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Loading Single Sheets in the Top Paper Slot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Loading Single Sheets in the Front Paper Slot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
Chapter 4 Using the Printer Software
About Your Printer Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Using the Printer Driver With Windows 95 or 98 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Accessing the printer driver from
Windows applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Accessing the printer driver from the Start menu . . . . . . . 4-5
Printer driver settings overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
Using the Printer Driver With Windows 3.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
Accessing the printer driver from
Windows applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
Accessing the printer driver from the Control Panel. . . . . 4-11
Printer driver settings overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
Using the Printer Driver With Windows NT 4.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
Accessing the printer driver from
Windows applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
Accessing the printer driver from the Start menu . . . . . . . 4-15
Printer driver settings overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
Using the Printer Driver With Windows NT 3.5x. . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18
Accessing the printer driver from
Windows applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18
Accessing the printer driver from the Control Panel. . . . . 4-20
Printer driver settings overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21
Using the EPSON Remote! Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23
Installing EPSON Remote!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23
Accessing EPSON Remote! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24

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Chapter 5 Changing Printer Settings From the Printer’s Control
Panel
Selecting a Built-In Font. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-2
About Your Printer’s Default Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-3
Changing default settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-9
Chapter 6 Using EPSON Status Monitor 2
About the EPSON Status Monitor 2 Utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-2
Installing EPSON Status Monitor 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-3
Accessing EPSON Status Monitor 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-5
Checking Printer Status Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-5
Using the EPSON Status Monitor 2 window . . . . . . . . . . . .6-5
Using the Printer Status window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-11
Making Monitoring Preference Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-12
Turning on background monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-13
Background monitoring icon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-14
Chapter 7 Troubleshooting
Using the Error Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-2
Problems and Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-4
Power supply problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-5
Single-sheet paper loading or feeding problems. . . . . . . . .7-6
Continuous paper loading or feeding problems . . . . . . . . .7-8
Wrong top-of-form position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-9
Wrong tear-off position. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-10
Printing or printout quality problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-11
Clearing Paper Jams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-16
Aligning Vertical Lines in Your Printout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-17
Printing a Self Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-18
Printing a Hex Dump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-19

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Appendix A Enhancing Your Printer With Options
Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2
Paper handling options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2
Optional interface cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3
Using the Optional Cut-Sheet Feeders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4
Installing the high-capacity or double-bin
cut-sheet feeder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-5
Loading paper in the high-capacity cut-sheet feeder. . . . . A-7
Selecting the paper source (bin 1 or bin 2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-11
Switching between continuous paper and
single-sheet paper in the cut-sheet feeder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-12
Using the Roll Paper Holder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-13
Assembling the roll paper holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-13
Installing the roll paper holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-15
Loading roll paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-16
Removing roll paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-19
Installing an Interface Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-19
Appendix B Cleaning and Transporting the Printer
Cleaning the Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2
Transporting the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-3
Appendix C Specifications
Printer Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-2
Mechanical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-2
Electrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-4
Environmental. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-4
Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-5
Paper alignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-8
Printable area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-10
Safety approvals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-13
CE marking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-13

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Command Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C-13
EPSON ESC/P control codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C-14
IBM 2380 Plus emulation control codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C-18
Character Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C-19
International character sets for the Italic table. . . . . . . . . . .C-30
Glossary
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Getting to Know Your Printer
Your EPSON®FX-980 9-pin dot matrix printer provides
high-qualityprintingandgreatperformance inacompactdesign.
Features include:
Ra variety of paper paths to suit your printing needs
Rthe ability to handle a wide range of paper types, including
continuous paper, multi-part forms with one original and
up to six copies, labels, single sheets, envelopes, and
postcards
Rhigh-speed printing of up to 569 characters per second at
12 characters per inch
Requipped with built-in parallel and serial interface board
Your printer also comes with printer driver software, the
EPSON Status Monitor 2 utility for Microsoft®Windows®95 or
98thatletsyoucheck thestatus of your printerquicklyandeasily,
andothersoftware.Inaddition,manyoptionsareavailabletosuit
your individual needs.
Easy-to-Use Features
This section highlights some easy-to-use features that you’ll
find helpful.
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If you load paper in the rear or front push tractor, you canuse
the tear-off feature to advance your continuous paper to the
printer’stear-offedgewhenyoufinishprinting.Thenyoucan
easily tear off printed sheets and save paper normally lost
between documents. For more information, see Chapter 2.
RUse the paper release lever to change the paper path
without removing continuous paper from the tractors.
Using the paper release lever, you can easily switch to
printing on single sheets without removing the continuous
paper loaded in the rear or front push tractor. You can also
easily switch to printing on continuous paper on a different
tractor. For more information, see Chapter 2.
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RUse the micro adjust feature to adjust the top-of-form and
tear-off positions. (See the Glossary for explanations of the
top-of-form and tear-off positions.)
The micro adjust feature allows you to move the paper forward
or backward in 1/216 inch increments so that you can make
precise adjustments to the top-of-form and tear-off positions. For
more information, see Chapter 2.
Available Paper Paths
Your printer provides a variety of paper paths for printing on
continuous and single-sheet paper. As described below, paper
canbe fed intothe printerfromthetop, front, bottom,or rear.You
can select the paper path that best suits your current printing
needs.
paper release
lever
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Printing on continuous paper
Youcanchoosefromthreetractorpositions(frontpush,rearpush,
and pull) and three paper entry slots (front, rear, and bottom) for
continuous paper printing. This section helps you determine
which paper paths and tractor positions are best for your
continuous paper printing needs. See the appropriate sections in
Chapter 2 for tractor installation and paper loading instructions.
Using a push tractor
If you often need to tear off sheets of continuous paper (for
example, if you are printing purchase orders or sales slips), it is
best to use a push tractor. This allows you to use the printer’s tear-
off edge to easily tear off printed sheets of continuous paper at
the perforation. Also, whencontinuous paper is loaded on a push
tractor, you can load single sheets of paper from the paper guide
without removing the continuous paper from the tractor.
There are two push tractor positions: front and rear. The tractor
is installed in the front push and rear push positions when the
printer is shipped. See the table below for details about the push
positions and the corresponding paper-feeding paths.
Note:
RAlways load multi-part forms with seven parts (one original plus
six copies) from the front or bottom slot onto the pull tractor.
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Using a pull tractor
If you often print on thick or heavy continuous paper, such as
multi-part forms or continuous paper with labels, use a tractor in
the pull position. The pull tractor provides you with the best
paper jam prevention, and allows you to load continuous paper
fromthefront,rear,orbottomoftheprinter.However,youcannot
use the tear-off feature with the pull tractor.
Note:
Ifyouplantouseatractorinthepullposition,youcanremovethetractor
from the rear push position and reinstall it in the pull position, or you
can purchase an optional additional tractor unit (C800332) and install
it in the pull position. See Chapter 2 for instructions.
Tractor position Description
rear push
Tousethistractor,loadpaperintherearslot.Whenyou
printonmulti-partformsthatareboundononlyoneside
bypointgluing,loadthemintherearpaperslot;thefront
push tractor cannot feed this type of form.
Note:
Because thick multi part forms require a straight paper
path, load them in the front slot.
Caution:
Donotloadcontinuouspaperwithlabelsintherearslot;
the labels may come off their backing sheet inside the
printer and cause a paper jam.
front push
To use this tractor, load paper in the front slot. If you
print on thick paper such as multi-part forms or
continuous paper with labels, use the front paper slot
becausethispaperpathfromthisslot is almoststraight.
This reduces the chance of paper jams.
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You can use the front, bottom, or rear paper slot with the pull
tractor.
Paper slot Description
front
If you print on thick paper such as multi-part forms or
continuous paper with labels, use the front paper slot
becausethis paperpathisalmost straight.This reduces
the chance of paper jams.
bottom
Thebottompaperslothasthestraightestpaperpath,so
it is the best slot to use when printing on thick paper,
suchasmulti-partformsorcontinuouspaperwithlabels.
Note:
When loading paper in the bottom slot, be sure to use a
printerstandwith anopeninglargeenoughforthepaper
to feed through it without obstruction
.
rear
You can also load continuous paper from the rear pull
tractor position.
Note:
Paperloadedfromtherearslotresultsinacurvedpaper
path, which may affect loading performance, so use the
front or bottom slot whenever possible.
Caution:
Donotloadcontinuouspaper with labelsinthe rear slot;
the labels may come off their backing sheet inside the
printer and cause a paper jam.
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Using the push and pull tractors in combination
You can improve paper feeding and reduce paper jams by using
two tractors at the same time. This is especially helpful for
printing on continuous pre-printed forms, multi-part forms, or
labels, and for printing high-quality graphics. When using two
tractors in combination, you can load paper either in the front
paper slot both the front push tractor and the pull tractor, or in
the rear paper slot with both the rear push tractor and the pull
tractor.
Note:
For more information on how to use two tractors in a push and pull
combination, see “Using two tractors in a push/pull combination” on
page 2-29.
Combination Description
rear push
and pull
Tousetherearpushtractorwiththepulltractor,youneed
to remove the standard tractor that comes in the front
push position and install it in the pull position.
Note:
Because thick multi-part forms require a straight paper
path, load them in the front slot.
Caution:
Do not load continuous paper with labels onto
the rear push tractor even when it is usedin combination
with the pull tractor. If you load continuous paper with
labels onto the rear push/pull tractor, the labels may
come offtheirbacking sheetinside the printer andcause
a paper jam.
front push
and pull
To use the front push tractor with the pull tractor, you
needtopurchasetheoptionalpulltractor(C800332)and
install it in the pull position.
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Printing on single sheets
As shown below, you can load single sheets from the top or the
front of the printer. You can load ordinary single sheets from
eitherposition, even withcontinuouspaper alreadyloaded inthe
front or rear push tractor.
Thissection helpsyou determine whichpaper slotbestsuits your
single-sheet printing needs. See Chapter 3 for paper loading
instructions.
Loading paper in the top slot
You can load ordinary single sheets, single-sheet multi-part
forms, envelopes, or postcards in the top slot.
Note:
Load envelopes in the top slot only.
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