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How Can I Set The Epson Dfx 8500 To Print Continuous Instaed Of 1 Page At A Time
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Is There A Way To Slow Down Print Speed Ribbons Keep Coming Apart.
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Popular Epson DFX-8500 Manual Pages
Product Brochure - Page 1
... specifications See other side for varying paper thickness and, using the optional perforation cutter, cuts pre-perfed forms far more precisely. Its built-in Type B interface slot accepts optional interface boards to connect with a particular printing task.
Windows® 95 users can count on most network "tracks," too.
EPSON
DFX-8500 Impact Printer
• Powerful...
Product Information Guide - Page 1
... DFX-8500
front cover
control panel
power switch
sprockets* * front tractor unit parts
paper supports*
sprockets** top cover
ribbon cartridge
paper supports**
** rear tractor unit parts
paper bail print head paper separator cover
paper separator
rear flap rear cover
serial interface parallel interface
Accessories
Ribbon cartridge Use the #8766 EPSON replacement cartridge only
Printer...
Product Information Guide - Page 3
... 10561 Letter Pattern) Energy Star compliant
This product is 15 million characters (at 14 dots/character).
You cannot preprint in the area with Phase to Phase voltage 220−240V.
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EPSON DFX-8500 - 3 Do not use ribbons for IT power systems with the diagonal shading shown in thickness must be less than 0.0047 inch (0.12...
Product Information Guide - Page 5
... printer is out of paper.
Blinks when the ribbon is in the standby position), and red when the tractor is supplied to the tear-off
Copy TOF (Top of the following fonts: Super Draft, Draft, Roman, or Sans Serif.
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EPSON DFX-8500 - 5 On when the printer is jammed in top-of paper. On when the printer is in the printer...
Product Information Guide - Page 7
... the printer's self test.
Also make any point on the page by your software does not allow print position adjustment.
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EPSON DFX-8500 - 7 Positioning the paper supply
You can load continuous paper from 4 inches (101 mm) to the paper thickness settings. This feature prints the codes that advanced users can adjust the paper position as the printing position at any manual...
Product Information Guide - Page 8
... printing position or top-of -form mode. EPSON DFX-8500
Adjusting the top-of-form position
The top-of-form position is lined up with labels, or overlapping multi-part forms, use only the forward-feeding (top) Micro Feed button.
3. Note: If you move the paper continuously. The printer remembers this temporary top-of-form position...
Product Information Guide - Page 9
...:
1. Turn on .
3. Using the Tear Off button
Whether or not the printer is turned off, reset, or initialized.
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EPSON DFX-8500 - 9 When you resume printing, the printer feeds the paper back to the loading position and begins printing. (You can also manually feed the paper back to the loading position by pressing the Tear Off button on...
Product Information Guide - Page 10
... excess paper still in the previous section to replace the ribbon. Lift the ribbon guide off feature described in the printer, use the tear-off the print head as shown below explain how to switch from the rear tractor to the standby position (the first five pins of the sprockets).
3. Never feed more than one page. EPSON DFX-8500
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Product Information Guide - Page 12
...self test helps you selected. EPSON DFX-8500
Error Indicators
You can identify many common printer problems with the printer.
12 - If your printer driver settings, application settings, computer, or interface cable. (Be sure to reload the paper you determine whether the problem comes from the printer if it for several minutes;
State of the printer. 4.
The Paper Out light turns off...
Product Information Guide - Page 13
... that the printer is turned off and that paper is loaded in the right column with the printout of characters is printing.
In hex dump mode, the printer prints all data received as characters in the printer's original box.
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EPSON DFX-8500 - 13
wWARNING: Even when you turn off the printer. Repack the printer, ribbon cartridge, and power cord in...
Product Information Guide - Page 14
... lb (2.9 kg)
Optional Paper Cutter Specifications
The specifications below are available worldwide.)
...TM-DFX8500 PL-DFX8500
EPSON DFX-8500 User's Guide EPSON DFX-8500 Service Manual EPSON DFX-8500 Parts List
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Options
Optional Interfaces
You can use labels, overlapping multi-part forms, continuous forms with labels, or overlapping multi-part forms with your printer...
User Manual - Page 16
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The EPSON DFX-8500 printer is an advanced dot matrix printer designed for convenient paper handling. T Built-in the printer. T Support of features, including high speed printing and automatic paper handling. The printer combines high performance and reliability with a wide range of advanced EPSON ESC/P® commands and IBM®
2380/2381 Plus emulation. T A printer driver and...
User Manual - Page 40
... you should make sure that you change settings if necessary.
Setting Up Your Software 2-5 While many Windows applications override the printer settings made with troubleshooting tips. T From the Start menu-any driver settings you keep the model name as the default printer for instructions on installing and using . See the next sections for Windows 95 applications, select Yes. (No is...
User Manual - Page 56
... list a suitable alternative, contact the software manufacturer to install the printer driver.
2
Installing the printer driver
To install a printer driver in the procedure.
Choose the EPSON DFX-8500 printer at the appropriate step in most DOS applications, you must select the printer you are using DOS programs (not Windows applications), follow the instructions below to see if an update...
User Manual - Page 119
...and how to set the background monitoring feature to automatically alert you install the EPSON Status Monitor 2, the Paper Memory utility is a utility that comes with your printer's status changes. See the manual that you when printer errors occur, and provides troubleshooting instructions when needed.
Note: To monitor a DFX-8500 printer through a network, you must install an optional Type...
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