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Font button
Selects one of the fonts.
Font lights
Indicate which font is selected.
Reset
When you press both the Font and
Pitch buttons simultaneously, the
printer clears buffer and returns to its
default settings.
Pitch button
Selects one of the pitch settings.
Pitch lights
Indicate which pitch is selected.
EPSON FX-880+/FX-1180+ Quick Guide
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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 light
❏ Flashes when continuous paper
is in the tear-off position.
❏ On when bin 1 of the optional
cut-sheet feeder is selected.
❏ Off when bin 2 of the optional
cut-sheet feeder is selected.
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  • Page 1 EPSON FX-880+/FX-1180+ Quick Guide Buttons and Lights Font button Tear Off/Bin button Selects one of the fonts. ❏ Feeds continuous paper forward to the tear-off position. Font lights ❏ Feeds continuous paper Indicate which font is selected. backward from the tear-off...
  • Page 2 EPSON FX-880+/FX-1180+ Quick Guide LF/FF button Pause button ❏ Feeds paper line by line when ❏ Stops printing temporarily, and pressing shortly. resumes printing when pressed again. ❏ Ejects a single sheet or advances continuous paper to the next ❏ When held down for three...

  • Page 3: Understanding Default Settings

    EPSON FX-880+/FX-1180+ Quick Guide Default Settings The default settings control many printer Setting Options functions. While you can often set these Packet mode Off, Auto functions through your software or printer driver, you may sometimes need to change 0 slash (the zerocharacter a default setting from the printer’s control...
  • Page 4 This feature is available only when When you select ESC/P, the printer operates continuous paper is selected. When you turn in the EPSON ESC/P mode. When you select on this feature, the printer provides a IBM PPDS, the printer emulates an IBM one-inch (25.4 mm) margin between the last...
  • Page 5 EPSON FX-880+/FX-1180+ Quick Guide Packet mode Page length for front tractor Make sure to select AUTO when you print This setting allows you to set the page length from Windows applications using the (in inches) for the continuous paper loaded printer driver included in the Printer on the front push tractor.

  • Page 6: Changing Default Settings

    EPSON FX-880+/FX-1180+ Quick Guide Changing default settings The printed instructions list the settings you can change, describe how to change them, and show you how the control Follow these steps to enter the panel lights help you make settings. Use default-setting mode and change the these instructions to change the printer’s...

  • Page 7: Error Indicators

    EPSON FX-880+/FX-1180+ Quick Guide Error Indicators You can identify many common printer problems using the lights on the control panel. If your printer stops working and one or more control panel lights are on or flashing or the printer beeps, use the following table to diagnose and fix the problem.
  • Page 8 EPSON FX-880+/FX-1180+ Quick Guide Paper-Thickness Setting Before you start printing, you may need to 2. Use the table below to select the change the paper-thickness setting appropriate paper thickness. depending on the type of paper you are using. Follow these steps:...
  • Page 9 EPSON FX-880+/FX-1180+ Quick Guide Continuous Paper with the Rear Push Tractor Note: 2. Set the paper release lever to the rear It is recommended that you close the flap on the push tractor position. front cover if paper is not loaded from the front slot.
  • Page 10 EPSON FX-880+/FX-1180+ Quick Guide 4. Slide the left sprocket approximately 12 7. Slide the right sprocket to remove any mm (0.5 inch) from the far left position slack in the paper; then lock it in place by and push the blue lever back to lock it in pushing the blue sprocket lock down.
  • Page 11 EPSON FX-880+/FX-1180+ Quick Guide Continuous Paper with the Front Push Tractor Follow these steps to load paper using the 4. Release the left and right sprockets by front push tractor: pushing the blue sprocket lock levers backward. 1. Make sure the printer is turned off.
  • Page 12 EPSON FX-880+/FX-1180+ Quick Guide 6. Remove the front cover by pushing it 10. Attach the front cover with the straight down, as shown below. continuous paper positioned as shown below. 11. Make sure the paper guide is lying flat on the printer and the edge guides are 7.

  • Page 13: Loading Paper With The Pull Tractor

    EPSON FX-880+/FX-1180+ Quick Guide Continuous Paper with the Pull Tractor Loading paper with the pull tractor 2. Set the paper release lever to the pull tractor position. Note: It is recommended that you close the flap on the front cover if paper is not loaded from the front slot.
  • Page 14 EPSON FX-880+/FX-1180+ Quick Guide 4. Slide the left sprocket approximately 12 Front slot mm (0.5 inch) from the far left position Before you load paper in the front slot, and push the lever back to lock it in remove the front cover.
  • Page 15 EPSON FX-880+/FX-1180+ Quick Guide 7. Fit four holes of the paper over the 12. Remove any slack in the paper by tractor pins on both sprockets. Then pressing the LF/FF button. close the sprocket covers. Caution: Always remove any slack from the paper;...

  • Page 16: Removing Paper From The Pull Tractor

    EPSON FX-880+/FX-1180+ Quick Guide Removing paper from the pull tractor Follow these steps to remove continuous paper from the pull tractor: 1. After you finish printing, tear off the paper supply at the perforation nearest the paper entry slot. 2. To feed paper forward and eject it, hold down the LF/FF button.
  • Page 17 EPSON FX-880+/FX-1180+ Quick Guide Single Sheets with the Paper Guide Note: 3. Slide the left edge guide until it locks in It is recommended that you close the flap on the place next to the triangle mark on the front cover if paper is not loaded from the front paper guide.
  • Page 18 EPSON FX-880+/FX-1180+ Quick Guide Single Sheets with the Single-Bin Cut-Sheet Feeder The single-bin cut-sheet feeder holds up to 1. Make sure the paper guide is removed, 50 sheets of paper. When it is installed, you and set the paper release lever to the still can use the paper guide to load single single-sheet position.
  • Page 19 EPSON FX-880+/FX-1180+ Quick Guide 3. Pull both paper set levers forward until 8. Attach the stacker-support wires to the the paper guides retract and lock open to paper guide as shown below, if allow paper loading. necessary. 4. Take a stack of paper (up to 50 sheets) 9.
  • Page 20 EPSON FX-880+/FX-1180+ Quick Guide Single Sheets with the High-Capacity Cut-Sheet Feeder The high-capacity cut-sheet feeder holds up 2. Pull the lock levers on the edge guides to 150 sheets of paper or up to 25 envelopes. forward to release them.
  • Page 21 EPSON FX-880+/FX-1180+ Quick Guide 4. Pull both paper set levers forward until 7. Adjust the right paper guide so that it the paper guides retract and lock open to matches your paper’s width and lock it allow paper loading. in place. Make sure the position of the guide allows the paper to move up and down freely.

  • Page 22: Special Papers

    EPSON FX-880+/FX-1180+ Quick Guide Special Papers Continuous multipart forms Labels Except for setting the paper-thickness lever, When printing on labels, use only the type of you load continuous multipart forms the labels that are mounted on continuous same way as ordinary continuous paper. See...

  • Page 23: Removing Continuous Paper With Labels

    EPSON FX-880+/FX-1180+ Quick Guide Removing continuous paper with labels Caution: ❏ It is best to load continuous paper To avoid peeling labels off the backing sheet with labels on the pull tractor. and jamming the printer, follow these steps Loading labels on the rear or the front to remove continuous paper with labels push tractor is not recommended.
  • Page 24 EPSON FX-880+/FX-1180+ Quick Guide Envelopes ❏ If you are using No. 6 envelopes, make sure the left edge guide is aligned with the arrow on the paper guide. You can feed envelopes one at a time using the paper guide, or you can load multiple...

  • Page 25: Switching To Printing On Single Sheets

    EPSON FX-880+/FX-1180+ Quick Guide Paper-Type Switching You can easily switch back and forth 3. Lower the continuous paper support on between printing on continuous paper with the paper guide until it clicks into place, a push tractor and printing on single sheets...

  • Page 26: Switching To Printing On Continuous Paper

    EPSON FX-880+/FX-1180+ Quick Guide Switching to printing on continuous paper Follow these steps to switch from printing on single sheets to printing on continuous paper with a push tractor: Note: To switch from printing with the optional front sheet guide to printing with the front push tractor, you need to remove the front sheet guide.

  • Page 27: Micro Adjust Function

    EPSON FX-880+/FX-1180+ Quick Guide Micro Adjust Function 2. Hold down the Pause button for about The Micro Adjust function allows you to move the paper forward or backward in three seconds. The Pause light begins 0.118 mm (1/216-inch) increments so that...

  • Page 28: Adjusting The Top-Of-Form Position

    EPSON FX-880+/FX-1180+ Quick Guide 4. Press the LF/FF D button to move the Adjusting the top-of-form position top-of-form position up on the page, or press the Load/Eject U button to move The top-of-form position is the position on the top-of-form position down on the the page where the printer starts printing.

  • Page 29: Genuine Epson Ribbon Cartridge

    N side. When printing becomes faint, you need to replace the ribbon cartridge. Genuine EPSON ribbon cartridges are designed and manufactured to work properly with your EPSON printer. They ensure proper operation and long life of the print head and other printer parts.
  • Page 30 EPSON FX-880+/FX-1180+ Quick Guide 4. Press the tabs on each side of the paper 6. Grasp the used cartridge by its handle tension unit upward, then lift the front and pull it up and out of the printer. of the unit and pull it up and out of the printer.
  • Page 31 EPSON FX-880+/FX-1180+ Quick Guide 8. Hold the ribbon cartridge by its handle 10. Slide the print head from side to side to and insert it into the printer as shown make sure it moves smoothly. below; then press both sides of the cartridge firmly to fit the plastic hooks into the printer slots.
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