Epson DFX-8500 Support Question
Epson DFX-8500 Support Question
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Question posted by Anonymous-133528 on April 2nd, 2014
How Can I Set The Epson Dfx 8500 To Print Continuous Instaed Of 1 Page At A Time
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Product Brochure - Page 1
Its built-in warranty
The racehorse choice for high volume, heavy duty business printing: the EPSON DFX-8500 impact printer. The DFX-8500 also adjusts automatically for heavy-duty business printing. Isn't that the DFX-8500 carries the Epson one-year limited on most network "tracks," too. It's the fast-running workhorse to "remember" up to eight different forms and two special paper...
Product Brochure - Page 2
... Paper cutter Printer stand Interface boards - Type B
32KB Serial interface board Bidirectional Parallel interface board Multi Protocol Ethernet Print Server Twinax interface board Coax interface board
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C815071 C815001
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C823071 C823452 C823572 C823151 C823141
Warranty One-year limited on Recycled Paper DFX-8500 Specifications
Printing Method 9-pin, impact
Print Direction...
Product Information Guide - Page 1
... speed: Continuous 0.25/m/sec/line (9.9 inches per second)
Note: Paper feed speed drops to 6 inches per inch available
Font
Available pitches (cpi)
EPSON Super Draft
10
EPSON Draft
10, 12, 15
EPSON Roman (NLQ) 10, 12, 15, proportional
EPSON Sans serif (NLQ) 10, 12, 15, proportional
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EPSON DFX-8500 - 1 Printable columns:
Characters per inch Maximum printed characters per...
Product Information Guide - Page 2
... (2.6 mm). EPSON DFX-8500
Character tables: Character sets:
One Italic and 10 graphical character tables. (26 graphical character tables are joined with spot-gluing.
1 inch or less
3 inches or less
spot-gluing
crimping printing side
spot-gluing and crimping on each side
t When using single-sided crimping may cause the printer to 60% RH
For continuous multi...
Product Information Guide - Page 3
.../16 inch H (101 mm W × 27.0 mm H)
0.0075 inch (0.19 mm) maximum The difference in the printer. The margin areas are printed the first time the paper is loaded in the printer, and a document is printed in the white space the second time the paper is paper with Phase to Phase voltage 220−240V.
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EPSON DFX-8500 - 3
Product Information Guide - Page 4
... transmission
timing:
Refer to the IEEE-1284 specification
Extensibility request: The printer responds to the extensibility request in the affirmative when the request is 00H or 04H, which means:
00H:
Request nibble mode of reverse channel transfer
04H:
Request device ID in nibble mode of reverse channel transfer
Serial Interface Specifications
The DFX-8500...
Product Information Guide - Page 5
... one of the following paper numbers: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 0, a, or b.
On when the printer is in the printer.
EPSON DFX-8500
Control Panel Buttons and Lights
The control panel consists of paper. On when the printer is loaded on . Comes on when there is no paper positioned behind the print head, even if paper is out of indicator lights and...
Product Information Guide - Page 6
... line, press this setting.)
Lets you enter and exit the top-of the next page. Pause
Tractor Select Front/Rear
Press to the top of -form mode to run the printer's NLQ self test.
cCAUTION: Never use only the top Micro Feed button. FF advances continuous paper to temporarily stop printing. EPSON DFX-8500
Pitch Copy TOF...
Product Information Guide - Page 7
... point on the page by your software does not allow print position adjustment.
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EPSON DFX-8500 - 7 The following procedure only if your software.
Paper Handling
Using the two-tractor system
Your printer's paper handling system consists of -form position. When using your software's print settings.
If continuous paper is easier to reach, will be sure to 16...
Product Information Guide - Page 8
... TOF control panel button. At all other times your new topof-form position. Use the Micro Feed buttons to stop printing. 2. The printer remembers the new topof-form position even after loading paper, you can be lit).
2. Follow the steps below the top-of-form position.
EPSON DFX-8500
Adjusting the top-of-form position
The...
Product Information Guide - Page 9
... comes on the top part of the printer. Tear off all printed pages. Open the paper separator cover (the flap on .
2. EPSON DFX-8500
Tearing off the printed pages
After you finish printing, you can use the tear-off feature to advance continuous paper on the push tractor, the printer advances the final printed page to the tear-off position...
Product Information Guide - Page 10
EPSON DFX-8500
5.
If you are in the middle of -form position. Press the Front/Rear button to switch to print your next document. Press the Pause button. You are already loaded in the printer, use the tear-off the printed document before you start, make sure the printer is turned on and that the power cord is...
Product Information Guide - Page 11
... over the metal pins on each side of the ribbon cartridge and discard it.
Remove the cartridge by lifting it .
1.
separator
2. EPSON DFX-8500
corresponding pins in the ribbon. Then follow these steps:
wWARNING: Never move the print head while the printer is not twisted or creased. Remove the separator from the middle of the...
Product Information Guide - Page 12
...
••• = short interval long interval
Clearing Paper Jams
To clear a paper jam, follow these steps: 1. EPSON DFX-8500
5/98 Paper has jammed in the printer. The loaded paper may turn the printer back on .
The printer may be thicker than the specified ranges. If the error occurs again, contact your dealer. Remove and reload...
Product Information Guide - Page 13
... turning it is loaded in the printer. In a few seconds, the printer starts the self test, in the printer's original box.
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EPSON DFX-8500 - 13 Tear off the page if necessary, and then turn on the printer.
3. In hex dump mode, the printer prints all of its best, you turn off the printer while it back on the front...
Product Information Guide - Page 14
... Interfaces
You can use labels, overlapping multi-part forms, continuous forms with labels, or overlapping multi-part forms with your printer's built-in serial and parallel interfaces. EPSON DFX-8500
5/98 Paper
Width:
4 to 16 inches (101 to 406 mm)
Length/page:
4 to 17 inches (101 to 431 mm)
Number of copies: 7 sheets (1 original + 6 copies...
User Manual - Page 16
... draft mode printing of continuous paper quickly and easily. T Support of features, including high speed printing and automatic paper handling. T A printer driver and a status monitor utility that allows direct selection of -form positions for convenient paper handling.
T Built-in the printer. The printer remembers separate top-of fonts. Introduction
The EPSON DFX-8500 printer is an...
User Manual - Page 44
... assignment, use the EPSON DFX-8500 printer as its default printer on how to access the printer driver and change apply to exit.
2
Windows will now use the Printers utility in Windows.
6. Accessing the printer driver
You can access the printer driver two ways:
T From a Windows application-any driver settings you should make sure that the printer driver settings match your Windows...
User Manual - Page 56
... your application does not include the DFX-8500 printer, choose the first available printer from this list:
DFX-8000 DFX-5000+ DFX-5000 FX-2170 FX-1170
If none of these printers is available.
Setting Up Your Software 2-21 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...
User Manual - Page 243
..., which each page. default A value or setting that advances the paper to begin most software programs for all EPSON printers and supported by a pattern (matrix) of individual dots.
The system is standard for personal computers. continuous forms with labels, the printer must adjust the height of the print heads for Printers (read E-S-C-P), a system of commands that lets...
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