Epson LX-810 Technical Manual

REV.-A
Table 5-2. Symptom and Reference Pages
Symptom
Problem
Reference Page
Printer Fails to Operate with
. Carriage does not move.
Power Switch ON
● Control panel indicator lamp does not light.
5-3
● Carriage moves away from home position at power
Abnormal Carriage Operation
ON.
● The carriage correctly returns to the home position,
5-4
but the printer then fails to enter READY mode.
Faulty Printing
During Self-Test, but Carriage
● No printing at all.
● Faulty printing—some of the dots are not printed.
5-5
Operation is Normal
● No paper is fed.
Abnormal Paper Feed
● Irregular paper feed, and variation in the separa-
5-7
tions between lines.
● When the LF or FF switch is activated in OFF-LINE
Abnormal Control
mode, no paper if fed.
Panel Operation
. No operation mode is set from the control panel.
5-8
● ON-LINE or OFF-LINE mode cannot be activated.
● Carriage operates normally at power ON, and
Faulty Printing in ON-LINE
self-test is correctly executed.
5-9
Mode
Print data from the computer, however, are not
printed correctly.
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Epson LX-810 Specifications

General

Print Method	Impact dot matrix
Number of Pins	9
Character Sets	96 characters (USASCII)
Line Spacing	1/6 inch
Paper Path	Rear
Interface	Centronics parallel
Noise Level	55 dB (A)