Control Panel

Buttons and Lights

LQ-680
LQ-680Pro

LQ-680

1

Font button

Selects the font.

2

Condensed button

Turns on and off the condensed mode.

3

Reset

When you press both the Font and Condensed buttons simultaneously, the printer clears its buffer and return to its default settings.

4

Tear Off/Bin button

  • Advances continuous paper 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.

  • Turns on the card mode to print on postcards and envelopes.

5

Tear Off/Bin lights

  • when continuous paper is in the tear-off position.

  • when bin 1 of the optional cut-sheet feeder is selected.

  • when bin 2 of the optional cut-sheet feeder is selected.

  • when the printer is in the card mode.

6

Pause button

Stops printing temporarily, and resumes printing when pressed again. When pressed for three seconds, turns on the *micro adjust mode. To turn off, press again.

7

Pause light

  • On when the printer is paused.

  • Flashes when the printer is in the *micro adjust mode.

  • Flashes when the print head has overheated.

8

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 a paper jam has occurred.

9

*Micro Adjust mode

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 and Load/Eject buttons to adjust the top-of-form or tear-off position. See Using the tear-off function.

10

LF/FF button

  • Feeds paper line by line when pressing shortly.

  • Ejects a single sheet or advances continuous paper to the next top-of-form position when held down.

11

Load/Eject button

  • Loads a single sheet of paper.

  • Ejects a single sheet of paper if a sheet is loaded.

  • Loads continuous paper from the standby position.

  • Feeds continuous paper backward to the standby position.


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LQ-680Pro

1

Font button

Selects the font.

2

Condensed button

Turns on and off the condensed mode.

3

Reset

When you press both the Font and Condensed buttons simultaneously, the printer clears its buffer and return to its default settings.

4

Pause button

Stops printing temporarily, and resumes printing when pressed again. When pressed for three seconds, turns on the *micro adjust mode. To turn off, press again.

5

Pause light

  • On when the printer is paused.

  • Flashes when the printer is in the *micro adjust mode.

  • Flashes when the print head has overheated.

6

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 a paper jam has occurred.

7

Paper Source button & lights

Select a paper source. See Selecting a Paper Source.

8

Tear Off/Special Paper button

  • Advances continuous paper to the tear-off position.

  • Feeds continuous paper backward from the tear-off position to the
    top-of-form position.

  • Turns on the card mode or envelope mode.

9

Tear Off/Special Paper lights

  • when continuous paper is in the tear-off position.

  • when the printer is in the card mode.

  • when the printer is in the envelope mode.

10

*Micro Adjust mode

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 and Load/Eject buttons to adjust the top-of-form or tear-off position. See Using the tear-off function.

11

LF/FF button

  • Feeds paper line by line when pressing shortly.

  • Ejects a single sheet or advances continuous paper to the next top-of-form position when held down.

12

Load/Eject button

  • Loads a single sheet of paper.

  • Ejects a single sheet of paper if a sheet is loaded.

  • Loads continuous paper from the standby position.

  • Feeds continuous paper backward to the standby position.


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