Epson FX-870

Printer Features
Bin Selection for the Cut Sheet Feeder
l When there is no paper in the paper path:
Holding down the FONT (ALT) button while pressing PAUSE or PAPER FEED
alternates bin selection if a double-bin cut-sheet feeder is attached and friction feed
is selected.
Paper Ejection
Holding down the FONT (ALT) button and pressing PAPER FEED ejects a cut-sheet
forward or feeds continuous paper backward to the paper park position.
Indicators
READY
Ready to print:
ON
Tear-off Blinking (75% duty)
Pause: Blinking (50% duty)
Paper error: Blinking (25% duty)
Head hot:
Blinking (25% duty)
FONT
Draft: OFF
NLQ Roman: ON
NLQ Sans serif:
Blinking
CONDENSED
Normal pitch: OFF
Condensed pitch: ON
When an error occurs, the READY, FONT, and CONDENSED LEDs are used in
combination to identify the error.
Table 1-15. Identification of Errors Using the LEDs
I
All indicators
Blinking simultaneously
Blinking simultaneously very quickly
Blinking sequentially in the clockwise direction
All on
Blinking in the counter-clockwise direction
Error
Fatal error
Incorrect RAM
High voltage error
Low vottage error
Head thermistor open circuit error
Epson FX-870/1170
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