Adjusting the Top-of-Form Position
The top-of-form position is where the printer will start printing on the page. If your printing appears too high or low, follow the steps below to use the micro adjust feature to adjust the top-of-form position.
Caution:
Never use the knob to adjust the top-of-form position while the printer is turned on; this may damage the printer or cause it to lose the top-of-form position. The knob can be used when the printer is turned off only.
Note:
Your top-of-form position setting remains in effect until you change it, even if you turn off the printer.
The top margin setting made in some application software overrides the top-of-form position setting you make with the micro adjust feature. If necessary, adjust the top-of-form position using your software.
1.Make sure the printer is turned on. If necessary, load the paper you want to use. If you load paper onto a push tractor, press the Load/Eject button to advance the paper to the current top-of-form position.
2.Lift the printer cover up and off the printer.
3.Hold down the Pause button for about three seconds. The Pause light flashes and the printer enters the micro adjust mode.
4.Press the LF/FF button to move the top-of-form position
up on the page, or press the Load/Eject button to move the top-of-form position down on the page.
Caution:
Never use the knob to adjust the top-of-form position while the printer is turned on; this may damage the printer or cause it to lose the top-of-form position. The knob can be used when the printer is turned off only.
plastic ribbon cover
Note:
The printer has a minimum and a maximum top-of-form position. If you try to adjust it beyond these limits, the printer beeps and stops moving the paper.
When the paper reaches the default top-of-form position, the printer also beeps and stops moving the paper briefly. You can use the default setting as a reference point when adjusting the top-of-form position.
To adjust the top-of-form position for continuous paper loaded on the pull tractor, see the following example:
First mark a point 0.26 inch (6.5 mm) above the paper’s perforation; then position the paper so that the mark is even with the top edge of the plastic ribbon cover. This gives you a 0.33 inch (8.5 mm) margin on the next page, which means the printer starts printing 0.33 inch (8.5 mm) below the perforation. If you mark a point 0.22 inch (5.5 mm) above the perforation, you get a 0.37 inch (9.5 mm) margin on the next page.
0.26 inch (6.5
mm)
0.33 inch (8.5 mm)
5.After you set the top-of-form position, press the Pause button to exit the micro adjust mode.
Advancing the Paper to the Tear-Off Edge
If you use the front or rear push tractor, you can use the tear- off feature to advance your continuous paper to the tear-off edge when you finish printing. You can then easily tear off the printed document. When you resume printing, the printer automatically feeds the paper back to the top-of-form position so that you can save the paper normally lost between documents.
As described in the next section, you can use the tear-off feature in two ways: manually by pressing the printer’s Tear Off/Bin button, or automatically by turning on the auto tear- off mode.
If the perforation between pages is not aligned with the tear- off edge, you can adjust the position of the perforation using the micro adjust feature. For instructions, see “Adjusting the tear-off position” on page 23.
Caution:
Never use the tear-off feature (by pressing the Tear Off/ Bin button or turning on the auto tear-off mode) to feed continuous paper with labels backward; they may come off their backing sheet and jam the printer.
