Epson Lq 2180 User Guide

2-26      Printing on Continuous Paper
9. Insert the paper into the front, bottom, or rear paper slot as 
described below until it emerges between the platen and the 
ribbon guide. Then pull up the paper until the perforation 
between the first and second pages is even with the top of the 
printer’s ribbon.
10. Fit four holes of the paper over the tractor pins on both 
sprockets. Then close the sprocket covers.
11. Slide the right sprocket to remove any slack in the paper; then 
lock it in place by...

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12. If you use the front slot, attach the front paper guide with the 
continuous paper positioned as shown below. Then close it.
If you use the rear slot, replace the paper guide and make sure 
the edge guides are together in the middle of the paper guide.
13. Turn on the printer.
14. Remove any slack in the paper and adjust the top-of-form 
position (the position where the printer will start printing) by 
pressing the 
LF/FF
 button or using the micro adjust...

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15. Attach the printer cover and close the paper guide cover.
Note:
Always close the printer cover before printing. The printer does not 
print when the cover is open.
16. You may need to check and change the printer driver settings 
as described in Chapter 4. Send a print job to the printer. The 
printer starts printing from the current position without 
advancing the paper. The printed pages are fed over the paper 
guide toward the back of the printer.
17. After...

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Removing paper from the pull tractor 
1. After you finish printing, tear off the fresh supply of paper at 
the perforation nearest the paper entry slot.
2. Hold down the 
LF/FF
 button to eject the paper from the printer.
Using two tractors in a push and pull combination
To improve continuous paper feeding and reduce paper jams, you 
can use two tractors at the same time. When using two tractors in 
combination, you can load paper in the front paper slot onto both...

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To load paper onto two tractors, follow these steps:
1. Remove the printer cover and paper guide.
2. Make sure one tractor is in the front or rear push position and 
one tractor is in the pull position. Set the paper release lever 
to either the front push or rear push tractor position, 
depending on which push tractor you are using. Also, set the 
paper thickness lever to the proper position for your paper’s 
thickness.
3. Load paper onto the front or rear push...

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Caution
o
Never use the knob to remove slack in the paper or to 
adjust the top-of-form position; this may damage the 
printer or cause it to lose the top-of-form position.
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Always remove any slack from the paper; otherwise print 
quality may be reduced.
9. Attach the paper guide. Then slide the edge guides to the 
middle of the paper guide.
10. Attach the printer cover and close the paper guide cover.
Note:
Always close the printer cover before printing. The...

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Removing the pull tractor
To remove the tractor from the pull position, follow these steps:
1. Remove any paper loaded on the pull tractor as described on 
page 2-29.
2. Turn off the printer. Then remove the printer cover and lift 
the paper guide up and off the printer.
3. Press the tractor’s lock tabs, tilt the tractor toward you, and 
lift it off the printer.
4. Store the tractor in a safe place, or install it in the front push 
position as described on page 2-8. 

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5. To replace the paper tension unit, lower it onto the printer’s 
mounting pegs. Then press down both ends of the unit until 
it clicks into place.
6. Replace the paper guide and printer cover. Then close the 
paper guide cover. 

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Switching Between Printing on Continuous Paper 
and Printing on Single Sheets
You can easily switch back and forth between printing on 
continuous paper with a push tractor and printing on single 
sheets without having to remove or reload paper.
Switching to printing on single sheets
To switch from printing on continuous paper with the front or 
rear push tractor to printing on single sheets, follow the steps 
below.
Note:
o
If continuous paper with labels is loaded...

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2. Press the 
Load/Eject button to feed the continuous paper 
backward to the standby position. The paper is still attached to 
the push tractor but is no longer in the paper path.
3. Load single sheets in the top or front paper guide as described 
in Chapter 3.
Switching to printing on continuous paper
To switch from printing on single sheets to printing on continuous 
paper with the front or rear push tractor, follow these steps:
1. If a single sheet remains in...