Microsoft KB Archive/20945

Part of Page Prints on Top of Another on Epson LQ-1500

PSS ID Number: Q20945 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

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= SUMMARY =

When using the EPSONLQ.PRD printer driver with an Epson LQ-1500 and manual feed, part of one page may print at the top of the following page.

The problem is that the Epson LQ-1500 has a switch under the paper roller that tells it when it is out of paper. The “Out of Paper” error occurs before Word can send all of a page to the printer. Therefore, this is a hardware problem that can be changed by several different methods, including the following:


 * 1) Put a piece of tape over the switch under the roller.
 * 2) Write a software (assembler) patch to disable paper out.

= MORE INFORMATION =

The paper end detector is described on Pages 2-5 of the Epson LQ-1500 printer manual. The paper out indicator on the control panel goes on too soon, before the paper has been completely printed. This can be a problem when using manual feed.

Three solutions are described in the printer manual, in addition to the one listed above (to place tape over the switch below the roller):


 * 1) Set DIP switches 1 and 2 to ON.
 * 2) Send an ESCAPE 8 to the printer (an ASCII decimal 27 and 56).
 * 3) Feed a second sheet of paper in behind the first one after the first sheet has passed part way through the printer.

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