Epson Lq680 User Guide

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Printer Driver Settings Overview
The following tables show the Windows printer driver settings. 
Note that not every setting is available in all versions of Windows.
The printing settings are shown below.
Settings Explanations
Paper size Select the size of the paper you want to use. If you 
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The monitoring settings are shown below.
Monitoring 
PreferencesClick this button to open the Monitoring 
Preferences dialog box where you can make 
settings for EPSON Status Monitor 3.
Paper/Output Check the Paper Size, Orientation, and Paper 
Source settings you made on the Page Setup menu 
and change them if necessary. Select the setting...

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Using the EPSON Remote! Utility 
The EPSON Remote! utility allows you to easily change the 
printer’s default settings from your computer’s DOS prompt.
Installing EPSON Remote!
Follow the steps below to install EPSON Remote!
1. Insert the printer software CD-ROM in a disk drive.
2. At the DOS prompt, type D:\SETUP. (
If you inserted the disk...

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Using the EPSON Status Monitor 3 Utility
The EPSON Status Monitor 3 utility comes with your printer is 
available for Windows 98, 95, 2000 and NT 4.0. It allows you to 
monitor your printer’s status, alerts you when printer errors 
occur, and provides troubleshooting instructions when needed.
The EPSON Status Monitor 3 utility is available...

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2. Click the Monitoring Preference
 button. The Monitoring 
Preferences dialog box appears.
3. The following settings are available:
Note:
Click the Default button to revert all items to the default settings.
Select 
NotificationDisplays the error item check box ON/OFF 
status.
Turn on this check box to display the selected 
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Accessing EPSON Status Monitor 3
To access EPSON Status Monitor 3:
oDouble-click the printer-shaped shortcut icon on the taskbar. 
To add a shortcut icon to the taskbar, see Utility menu.
oOpen the Utility menu, then click EPSON Status Monitor 3
. 
To find out how to open the Utility menu, See “Using the 
Printer Driver With Windows 98 or 95”...

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Chapter 4
Changing Printer Settings From the 
Printer’s Control Panel
Selecting a Built-In Font and Pitch  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
About Your Printer’s Default Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Changing default settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

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Selecting a Built-In Font and Pitch
Your printer comes with the twelve built-in fonts. See “Built-in 
fonts:” on page C-4 for information of fonts you can select. You 
can also change the pitch by turning the condensed mode on or 
off. You can select the font and pitch using the buttons on the 
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About Your Printer’s Default Settings 
The default settings control many printer functions. While you 
can often set these functions through your software or printer 
driver, you may sometimes need to change a default setting from 
the printer’s control panel using the default-setting mode.
The following table...

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Character table* Standard model:
Italic, PC 437, PC 850, PC 860, PC 863, 
PC 865, PC 861, BRASCII, Abicomp, 
Roman 8, ISO Latin 1, PC 858, 
ISO 8859-15 
All other models: 
Italic, PC 437, PC 850, PC 437 Greek, 
PC 853, PC 855, PC 852, PC 857, 
PC 864, PC 866, PC 869, MAZOWIA, 
Code MJK, ISO 8859-7, ISO Latin 1T,...