Epson LQ-2180 Printer User Manual


 
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Changing Printer Settings From the Printer’s Control Panel
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Auto tear off
When you turn on this setting and print on continuous paper
with the front or rear push tractor, the printer automatically
advances the paper perforation to the tear-off position, where you
can easily tear off the printed page(s). When the printer receives
the next print job, it automatically moves the unused paper back
to the top-of-form position and starts printing, so no paper is
wasted between print jobs.
When you select
Off
and print on continuous paper with the front
or rear push tractor, you need to move the perforation to the tear-
off position manually by pressing the
Tear Off/Bin
button. See
“Advancing the Paper to the Tear-Off Edge” in Chapter 2 for
more information. (The tear-off feature is not available for paper
loaded on the pull tractor.)
Auto line feed
When you turn on this setting, each carriage return (CR) code
received by the printer is accompanied by a line feed code. This
moves the print position to the beginning of the next line. If the
printer adds an extra line after every carriage return, select
Off
.
Print direction
You can choose automatic print direction selection, bidirectional
printing (
Bi-D
), or unidirectional printing (
Uni-D
). Printing is
normally bidirectional; however, unidirectional printing allows
for precise vertical printing alignment, which is useful for
printing graphics.
I/F (interface) mode
The printer comes with a built-in parallel interface and an
interface slot in which you can install one optional interface. For
information on using an optional interface, see page A-3.