Epson Lq 2180 User Guide

Glossary      1
Glossary
ASCII
American Standard Code for Information Interchange. A standardized coding 
system for assigning numerical codes to letters and symbols.
auto line feed
When this setting is turned on using the default-setting mode or the EPSON 
Remote! utility, each carriage return (CR) code is automatically followed by a line 
feed (LF) code.
bidirectional printing
Printing in which the print head prints in both directions (bidirectionally). This 
increases the print speed but may reduce...

2      Glossary
dithering
A halftoning method in which dots are printed in a predetermined pattern to 
simulate a shade or tone. Dithering works best for images with solid colors, such 
as charts and graphs. See also
 halftoning.
dot matrix
A method of printing in which each letter or symbol is formed by a pattern 
(matrix) of individual dots.
draft
The print mode used by your printer when you select Draft as the font. The Draft 
font uses fewer dots per character for faster printing. See also...

Glossary      3
landscape
Printing that is oriented sideways on the page. This orientation gives you a page 
that is wider than it is high and is useful for printing spreadsheets. See also
 
portrait.
line feed (LF)
A control panel button and control code that advances the paper one line space.
micro adjust
A printer feature that allows you to precisely adjust the tear-off and top-of-form 
positions.
paper positions
There are three paper positions for continuous paper printing: standby, tear-off, 
and...

4      Glossary
standby position
The position of your continuous paper when it is attached to the tractor but not 
loaded in the printer. See also
 page 5 of the Glossary.
Tear Off Bin button
A control panel button that feeds the perforation of continuous paper to the tear-
off position, and when pressed again, feeds the paper back to the top-of-form 
position.
tear-off position
The position of your continuous paper when you finish printing if auto tear-off 
mode is on or if you press the Tear Off/Bin...

Glossary      5
Paper positions
Standby position
In the standby position, your paper is attached to the printer but is not inside 
the printer.
Tear-off position
Tear off your printed document at the printer’s tear-off edge.
Top-of-form position
The letters ABC above are printed at the top-of-form position. 

     IN-1
Index
A
Accessing,
printer driver. See Printer driver.
EPSON Status Monitor 2, 6-4
Adjusting
tear-off position, 2-40–41
top-of-form position, 2-40–41
Advancing to the tear-off edge, 2-39–41
AGM, 5-5, 5-8
Aligning vertical lines, 7-17–18
Alternate graphic Mode, 5-5, 5-8
Attaching
front paper guide, 2-12
paper guide, 1-11–12
paper separator, 1-11–12
printer cover, 1-11
Auto tear-off mode, 2-39, 5-6
B
Background monitoring, 6-11–12
Beep pattern, 7-2–3. See also Buzzer.
Bin, A-10. See also Tear...

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G
Guide
ribbon,1-8
paper, 1-11, inside back cover
H
Hex dump, 7-19–20
High-capacity cut-sheet feeder, A-2, 
A-4–11. See also cut-sheet feeder.
High-speed draft setting, 5-8
High-speed printing, 1. See also High-
speed draft setting.
I
IBM 2391 Plus emulation codes, C-16
Installing
EPSON Status Monitor 2, 6-3
front paper guide, 2-8–9
front push tractor, 2-10–11
interface card, A-17
paper tension unit, 2-33
printer cover, 1-11
printer driver, See also printer 
driver installing.
ribbon...

     IN-3
Paper release lever, 2, 2-3, inside back 
cover
Paper selection lever, A-9, A-11
Paper set lever, A-8–9
Paper separator, inside back cover
attaching, 1-11–12
Paper stacker, A-7
Paper tension unit, inside back cover
installing, 2-33
removing, 2-22
Paper thickness lever, inside back 
cover, 2-3–4
Paper type lever, A-8
Pause
button, inside front cover
light, inside front cover
Pitch
button, inside front cover
light, inside front cover
selecting, 5-2–3
Plastic ribbon cover, 2-39
Plugging in the...

IN-4      
Second-bin cut-sheet feeder, A-2, A-4
Selecting,
built-in font, 5-2–3, 5-5, 5-8
pitch, 5-2–3
Self test, 7-18–19
Separator 
paper, 1-11–12, inside back cover
ribbon cartridge, 1-8
Setting
paper release lever, 2-2–3
paper thickness lever, 2-3–4
Shield plate, A-17, inside back cover
Single sheets
printing, 8, 3-1–12
problems, 7-6–7
Specifications, C-2–28
CE marking, C-11
character tables, C-17–28
command lists, C-12–16
electrical, C-4
environmental, C-5
mechanical, C-2–4
paper, C-5–8
paper...