S P E C I F Y I N G F O R M S
This item selects what action is to be taken when a paper out condition occurs. The action taken for each of the possible values is described in the following paragraphs.
When Finish Page is selected, the printer will attempt to print to the bottom of the page when a normal paper out condition occurs. Conditions that will prevent this from happening are when the end of paper is detected too far from the end of the form (the printer assumes there is not a complete page available), when reverse paper motion is attempted within the last one inch of the form, or when a paper jam occurs. If the printer is unable to finish printing the page, it will attempt to reprint the page as described below (also refer to the Reprint Page Size option which follows). Note that if highly precise printing is required in the last 4 inches of the form in the rear feed path, and the last 5¼ inches of the form in the bottom feed path, Finish Page may not provide accurate enough paper motion since the form is no longer controlled by the tractor mechanism.
When Reprint Page is selected, the printer will stop printing as soon as the end of paper or a paper jam condition is detected and the printer will go off line. After a new box of forms is loaded, the printer will attempt to reprint the current page from the beginning. If the printer is able to reprint the page, Reprinting Page! will be displayed when the new form is loaded (the previous partially printed page should probably be discarded). If the printer is unable to reprint the page, the page will be broken,
Cannot Reprint - Page Too Large will be displayed, and
printing will resume where it left off as described in the next paragraph. The printer’s ability to complete the reprint successfully depends on whether the data for the current page is still in the printer’s memory. Refer to the following Reprint Page Size option for more information regarding how much data may be retained.
When Break Page is selected, the printer will stop printing and go off line as soon as a paper out or paper jam condition is detected. After a new box of forms is loaded, printing will resume where it left off. The Break Page setting is appropriate when you know a page is too large to reprint (exceeds available buffer size, e.g. contains large graphic images). This will suppress the error message Cannot Reprint before printing continues.
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