Epson Lq590 User Guide

Paper Handling31
To load a single card, follow the 
instructions in “Loading Single 
Sheets with the Paper Guide” on 
page 26. To load multiple cards, 
see the Reference Guide. 
Note:
❏When you are loading 
postcards long edge first, 
always load them in the top 
slot.
❏When loading A6 size cards, 
always load them long edge 
first.
❏Before printing, turn on the card mode by pressing the 
Tear Off/Bin 
button several times until the left Tear Off/Bin light is on.
Using the Micro Adjust Function
The Micro...

32Paper Handling 1. You may need to press 
the 
Tear Off/Bin button to 
advance the paper to the 
tear-off position. Make 
sure the Tear Off/Bin 
lights are flashing (the 
paper is at the current 
tear-off position). 
2. Hold down the 
Pause 
button for about three 
seconds. The Pause light 
begins flashing and the 
printer enters Micro 
Adjust mode.
3. Open the paper guide cover, then press the 
LF/FF D button to feed 
paper backward, or press the 
Load/Eject U button to feed paper 
forward, until the...

Paper Handling33
Adjusting the top-of-form position
The top-of-form position is the position on the page where the printer 
starts printing. If your printing appears too high or low on the page, you 
can use the Micro Adjust function to adjust the top-of-form position, as 
described below. Your top-of-form position setting remains in effect until 
you change it, even if you turn off the printer.
cCaution:
Never use the knob to adjust the top-of-form position; this may damage the 
printer or cause it to...

34Paper Handling Note:
❏The printer has a minimum and a maximum top-of-form position. If 
you try to adjust it beyond these limits, the printer beeps and stops 
moving the paper.
❏When the paper reaches the default top-of-form position, the printer 
beeps and stops moving the paper briefly. You can use this setting as a 
reference point when adjusting the position.
❏The top margin setting selected in some software overrides the 
top-of-form position setting you make with the Micro Adjust function.  

Using the Control Panel35
Chapter 3
Using the Control Panel
This chapter describes the buttons and lights on the control panel, plus: 
❏Selecting a font and pitch
❏Changing the printer’s default settings
Buttons and Lights
Button/Light Function
1Font (Item
D) 
buttonSelects one of the fonts. See “Selecting a Font and 
Pitch” on page 37. 
In default setting mode, Item
D selects the next menu.
Font lights Indicate which font is selected.
2Reset (Font and 
Pitch) buttonsWhen you press both the Font and...

36Using the Control Panel
4Tear Off/Bin 
(Set) buttonFeeds continuous paper forward to the tear-off position.
Feeds continuous paper backward from the 
tear-off position to the top-of-form position.
Selects a cut-sheet feeder bin when it is installed.
In default setting mode, selects a value. 
Tear Off/Bin 
lightsBoth flash when continuous paper is in the tear-off 
position. 
Both off when continuous paper is not in the tear-off 
position or when bin 1 of the optional cut-sheet feeder 
is selected.
Left...

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Selecting a Font and Pitch
Usually, you use your application program to select the font and pitch 
you want to use in a document. However, you can select one of the 
printer’s fonts (in different pitches) with the buttons on the printer’s 
control panel, as described below. (The settings you make in application 
programs usually override settings you make from the printer’s control 
panel.) The pitches available depend on the font you select:
* Proportional spacing
Note:
You can...

38Using the Control Panel 2. Press the 
Pitch button until the three Pitch lights indicate the desired 
pitch. (The pitches available depend on which font you select.)
O = On,  N = Off
Changing the Printer’s Default Settings
While you can often change the printer’s settings through your software 
or printer driver, you may sometimes need to change one or more of the 
printer’s default settings. There are two ways to do this:
❏Using the Epson Remote Configuration Manager on the printer 
software CD-ROM....

Using the Control Panel39
Default-setting mode
Follow the steps below to enter default-setting mode. If single-sheet 
paper is loaded, you’ll need to load a new sheet each time the printer 
ejects a printed page.
1. Make sure the printer is on and paper is loaded. Then press the 
Menu buttons (ItemU and Set) until the printer beeps and both the 
Menu lights turn on. 
The printer enters default-setting mode and prints a line showing 
which language is currently selected for printing the instructions....

40Using the Control Panel 2. If you want a different language, press the
 ItemD button until the 
printout shows the language you want underlined.
3. Press the 
Set button to accept the language. The printer prints a line 
asking if you want to print all the current settings.
4. To print a list of all the current settings, press the Set button. The 
printer prints all the settings and then the first setting again. Go to 
step 5.
To go through the settings one at a time, press the 
ItemD or ItemU 
button....