❏ Check to make sure that the printer is in the Not-Ready Mode.
❏ Hold down the control panel’s PAPER button. The printer feeds the perforation of the fanfold paper to the tear-off edge of the printer cover.
❏ Tear off the paper.
❏ Press the control panel’s Power button to enter the Ready Mode. When
you resume printing, the printer reverse feeds the paper to its former position.
Check to make sure that the tear-off function has been switched on using User Setup Utility.
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Reloading parked paper
After you are finished printing on single-sheet paper, use the following procedure to reload the parked fanfold paper and make it available for printing.
❏ If any single-sheet paper is still in the printer, press the control panel’s PAPER button to eject it.
❏ Pull the release lever forward toward the front of the printer.
❏ Press the control panel’s PAPER button. The printer automatically feeds the fanfold paper back into position, ready for printing.
Note:
You can reload parked paper either while the printer is in the Ready Mode or Not-Ready Mode.
Using the tear-off function
The following procedure makes it easy to tear off paper without disturbing the current position of the paper.
Push the release lever back towards the back of the printer. The paper is now parked, and you can load single sheet paper into the automatic sheet feeder and use it for printing.
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8 PT-10Y Push Tractor Unit
Parking paper
It is not necessary to remove fanfold paper currently loaded in the printer in order to print on single-sheet paper fed by the automatic sheet feeder. Instead, simply use the following procedure to park the fanfold paper.
❏ Tear off the paper at a perforation so there is no more than half a page sticking out past the printer cover.
If necessary, you can press the control panel’s Power button to put the printer into the Not-Ready Mode. and then use the PAPER button to feed the paper until a perforation is just past the printer cover.
❏ Check to make sure that the printer is in the Ready Mode.
❏ Press the control panel’s PAPER button. The printer automatically reverse feeds the fanfold paper until it is no longer in contact with the platen.