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Epson LQ-570+ printing problems

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First post, by Half-Saint

Posted on 2014-05-07, 18:59

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I have this old dot matrix printer which I use to print out receipts from a DOS app which runs in a Windows DOS box.

The problem showed up when I tried to print a bank statement which is a PDF. Printer went mad and offset the whole thing like half a page to one side. Printout is also not quite readable... any ideas?

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Reply 1 of 2, by kixs

Posted on 2014-05-07, 22:28

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Is it just this one PDF document that is problematic?

I'd try this:
- Check if you've selected correct paper size.
- Change driver. You have two different drivers for LQ printers in Windows (Epson LQ-100 scalable font and Epson ESC P2).
- Try different Adobe Reader.
- Try converting PDF to DOC or get a non PDF version of a bank statement.
- Reboot Windows 😉

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Reply 2 of 2, by Half-Saint

Posted on 2014-05-08, 08:34

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I'm using the default Windows XP driver ESC P2. I'll see, if printing from Word works fine. Thanks.

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