EPSON FX-890/FX-2190
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Control Panel Buttons and Lights
Power-on Functions
The table below summarizes the power-on functions available
through the control panel. To perform the function on the
right, hold down the button(s) on the left while you turn on the
printer.
Button/Light Function
1
Font button Selects one of the fonts. See “Selecting a
Font and Pitch” on page 8.
Font lights Indicate which font is selected.
2
Reset When you press both the Font and Pitch
buttons simultaneously, the printer clears the
buffer and restores its default settings.
3
Pitch button Selects one of the pitch settings. See
“Selecting a Font and Pitch” on page 8.
Pitch lights Indicate which pitch is selected.
4
Tear Off/Bin
button
Feeds 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 the
cut-sheet feeder is installed.
Tear Off/Bin
lights
Both 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 light is on when Card mode is selected.
Right light is on when bin 2 of the optional
cut-sheet feeder is selected.
5
Menu When you press the Pitch and Tear Off/Bin
buttons at the same time, the printer enters
the default setting mode. See “Changing the
Default Settings” on page 14.
6
Set In default setting mode, you can press the
Tear Off/Bin button to select a value.
7
Load/Eject button Loads a single sheet of paper.
Ejects a single sheet of paper.
Loads continuous paper from the standby
position.
Feeds continuous paper backward to the
standby position if a sheet is loaded.
8
Micro Adjust When you hold down the Pause button for
three seconds, the printer enters the Micro
Adjust mode. In this mode, you can press the
LF/FF D and Load/Eject U buttons to adjust
the top-of-form or tear-off position. See
“Using the Micro Adjust Function” on
page 11.
9
LF/FF button Feeds paper line by line when pressed
quickly.
Ejects a single sheet or advances continuous
paper to the next top-of-form position when
held down.
10
Pause light On when the printer is paused.
Flashes when the printer is in Micro Adjust
mode.
11
Pause button Stops printing temporarily, and resumes
printing when pressed again.
When held down for three seconds, enters
the Micro Adjust mode. When pressed again,
exits the Micro Adjust mode.
12
Paper Out light On when no paper is loaded in the selected
paper source or paper is not loaded correctly.
Flashes when paper has not been fully
ejected or paper is jammed.
Lock function When Lock-out mode is on, the Paper Out
and Pause lights flash if a locked button is
pressed. See the Reference Guide for more
information.
Control panel button Function
Load/Eject NLQ self test
LF/FF Draft self test
Load/Eject + LF/FF Data (Hex) dump
Load/Eject + LF/FF + Pause EEPROM reset
Pause Bidirectional adjustment mode
Load/Eject + Pause Control panel Lock-out mode (on/off)
LF/FF + Pause Default settings for control panel
Lock-out mode
Font + Pitch Quiet mode
Pitch + Pause Copy mode
Font + Tear Off/Bin Default setting, simple mode
Tear Off/Bin + Pause Okidata ML 320T/321T mode
Tear Off/Bin + Load/Eject Reset the Driving Line count for ribbon
change timing
Font + Pitch + Tear Off/Bin Program reload mode
