Epson 5000/5500 Printer User Manual


 
Printing
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The wrong characters are printed.
The wrong character table or the wrong international
character set is selected. Check the DIP-switch settings. See
page 3-8.
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The characters printed are smaller than expected.
Press the CONDENSED button to cancel condensed mode. See
page 3-4.
The print position is not what you expected.
l Printing starts too high or too low on the page.
Adjust the top margin set by your application software or
use micro feed to make minor adjustments to the loading
position. See page 3-14.
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All the text is printed on the same line.
Set DIP switch 2-4 on so that the printer automatically adds
a line-feed code to each carriage return.
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The text is printed with extra blank lines between the lines of
text.
Two line-feed signals are being sent. Set DIP switch 2-4 off.
Line spacing is incorrect. Adjust the line-space setting in
your application software.
Page length does not match the length of the paper.
Change the page-length setting with DIP switches 2-1 and
2-2. See page 3-8.
Check the page length set by your application software and
adjust it if necessary.
6-6 Troubleshooting