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 
don’t see your paper size, use the scroll bar to scroll 
through the list. If your paper size is not included in 
the list, click Custom or User Defined Size and enter 
the paper size in the dialog box that appears.
Orientation Select Portrait or Landscape.
Paper Source Select the paper source you want to use.
Resolution/ 
Graphics 
ResolutionSelect the printing resolution you want. The higher 
the resolution you select, the more detailed your 
printout will be; however, increasing the resolution 
slows printing. If you are using Windows 3.1, this 
option is only available from the Control panel. 
Dithering You can leave this option set to Fine, which is the 
default setting, or select another dithering pattern 
depending on the kind of printout you want.
Intensity/ 
Intensity 
ControlMove the slider to make your printout lighter or 
darker.
Print  quality Select a print quality option from the Print quality list.
If you turn on Hi-speed, you will enter bi-directional 
printing mode and printing speed will increase. 
Turning Hi-speed off will return the printer to uni-
directional printing mode. Printing speed will 
decrease, but printing precision will improve. 
Default printing uses the settings stored in the 
printer.
EPSON Status 
Monitor 3You can access EPSON Status Monitor 3 when you 
click this button. To monitor the printer, make sure 
the Monitor the printing status check box is 
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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 
and then choose an option from the Change 
Setting list box.
Halftone Click this button to set the brightness and contrast, 
input the RGB gamma, or make other settings. The 
Halftone Color Adjustment dialog box appears. For 
details, click Help in this dialog box.
Settings Explanations
EPSON Status 
Monitor 3You can access EPSON Status Monitor 3 when you 
click this button. To monitor the printer, make sure 
the Monitor the printing status check box is 
selected.
Monitoring 
PreferencesClick this button to open the Monitoring 
Preferences dialog box where you can make 
settings for EPSON Status Monitor 3. For more 
information, see “Setting up EPSON Status Monitor 
3” on page 3-20.  Settings Explanations 
						

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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 
in a drive other than drive D, substitute the appropriate 
letter.)
 Then press Enter
.
3. Select your printer’s name in the Printer Model window and 
press Enter
. C:\EPUTIL
 appears as the default directory.
4. Press Enter
 a g a i n .  T h e  E P S O N  R e m o t e !  u t i l i t y  i s  c o p i e d  t o  t h e  
C:\EPUTIL
 directory.
Accessing EPSON Remote!
To access EPSON Remote!, type C:\PRNSET
 at the DOS prompt 
and press Enter
. Then follow the on-screen instructions to use this 
utility. You can also access EPSON Remote! by typing C:\PANEL
 
at the DOS prompt and pressing Enter
. The PRNSET and PANEL 
access methods differ slightly. The PANEL method opens a 
condensed version of EPSON Remote! that only provides the 
most often used settings. 
						

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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 only when:
oThe printer is connected directly to the host computer via the 
parallel port [LPT1].
oYour system is configured to support bidirectional 
communication.
The EPSON Status Monitor 3 utility is installed when you install 
the printer driver as described in Chapter 1.
Note:
If you install the driver using Add Printer in the Printers folder, or using 
the “Point and Print” method, EPSON Status Monitor 3 may not 
function properly. If you want to use EPSON Status Monitor 3, reinstall 
the driver as described in Chapter 1.
Before using EPSON Status Monitor 3, be sure to read the 
README file on the driver disk. This file contains the latest 
information on the utility.
Setting up EPSON Status Monitor 3
Follow the steps below to setup EPSON Status Monitor 3. 
1. Open the Utility menu as described in “Using the Printer 
Driver With Windows 98 or 95” on page 3-3 or “Using the 
Printer Driver With Windows 2000 and NT 4.0” on page 3-9.  
						

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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 
error notification.
Select Shortcut 
iconThe selected icons are displayed in the task 
tray on the PC screen. The setting example is 
shown on the right window. By clicking the 
shortcut icon, you can access the Monitoring 
Preferences dialog easily.
Receive error 
notification for 
shared printersError notification for a shared printer can be 
received when this check box is turned on.
Allow monitoring 
of shared printerWhen this check box is turned on, a shared 
printer can be monitored by other PCs. 
						

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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” on page 3-3 or “Using 
the Printer Driver With Windows 2000 and NT 4.0” on page 
3-9. 
When you access EPSON Status Monitor 3 as described above, the 
following printer status window appears.
You can view printer status information in the window.  
						

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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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9 
						

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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 
printer’s control panel as described below.
Note:
Settings you make in your application programs usually override 
settings you make from the printer’s control panel. For best results, use 
your application to select a font and pitch.
Follow these steps to select a built-in font or pitch using the 
buttons on the printer’s control panel:
1. Make sure that the printer is not printing. If it is, wait until 
printing has finished.
2. To select a font, press the Font
 button until the three Font
 
lights indicate the font you want with a pattern shown on the 
control panel. 
Note:
o
The Font button cannot directly select OCR-B, Orator, Orator-
S, Script-C, Roman-T, or Sans Serif H. To select one of these 
fonts, you must first use the default-setting mode to register it 
as the “other” font and then select Others
 using the Font
 
button.
o
Barcode fonts can not be selected via the control panel. 
3. Press the Condensed
 button to turn the condensed mode on 
or off.  
						

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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 lists the default settings and the options you 
can select in the default-setting mode. The settings are explained 
in detail after the table. For instructions on changing the default 
settings, see “Changing default settings” on page 4-9.
Settings Options
Page length for tractor* Length in inches: 3, 3.5, 4, 5.5, 6, 7, 8, 
8.5, 11, 70/6, 12, 14, 17
Skip over perforation On, Off
Auto tear off On, Off
Auto line feed On, Off
Print direction Bi-D, Uni-D, Auto
Software ESC/P2, IBM 2390 Plus
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High speed draft On, Off
I/F mode Auto, Parallel, Option
Auto I/F wait time 10 seconds, 30 seconds
Parallel I/F bidirectional 
modeOn, Off
Packet mode Auto, Off
Auto CR (IBM 2390 Plus)** On, Off
A.G.M. (IBM 2390 Plus)** On, Off
* The options available vary depending on the country of purchase.
** These settings take effect only when IBM 2390 Plus emulation is selected.
***This option is available with the LQ-680Pro only.
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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, 
Bulgaria, PC 774, Estonia, ISO 8859-2, 
PC 866 LAT, PC 866 UKR, PC APTEC, 
PC 708, PC 720, PC AR864, PC 860, 
PC 863, PC 865, PC 861, BRASCII, 
Abicomp, Roman 8, ISO Latin 1, 
PC 858, ISO 8859-15, PC 771
International character 
set for Italic tableItalic U.S.A., Italic France, 
Italic Germany, Italic U.K., 
Italic Denmark1, Italic Sweden, 
Italic Italy, Italic Spain1
Font OCR-B, Orator, Orator-S, Script C, 
Roman T (PS), Sans Serif H (PS)
Manual feed wait time 0.5 second, 1 seconds, 
1.5 seconds, 2 seconds
Buzzer On, Off
Overlapping forms*** On, Off Settings Options
* The options available vary depending on the country of purchase.
** These settings take effect only when IBM 2390 Plus emulation is selected.
***This option is available with the LQ-680Pro only.