SECTION 3
OPERATING THE ASTROJET 2600P
“Printer”, the merge will send directly to the printer and each record will be printed. The next selection is “Records to be merged”. You can select All or From.
The last selection is “When merging records”. The default is “Don’t print blank lines when data fields are empty.” This should be left checked.
Clicking on Merge will start the process of merging the documents.
If you chose to send the merge directly to the printer and the printer is connected to the computer and turned ON, the printer will start. Pressing the ENTER key will start the printing process.
If you have a graphic or fixed text to be printed with the data, refer to the section on Overlays.
Print Recovery After Jam
If the media should jam in the printer during the run, it is possible to recover up to 10 pieces that might be lost. If a jam occurs, the printer control panel will display “Jam: Reprint Lost pieces”.
To recover the lost pieces do the following:
1.Press the MENU key and use the + key to step to the “Address Recovery” routine.
2.Press the ENTER key and the following display will appear “Enter: Recover 1 piece”.
3.Use the + key to select the number of pieces you wish to recover.
NOTE: The next two pieces are in the printer buffer when the jam occurred, so if you want to recover the piece that jammed step to 2 pieces. If you want to recover, the piece before the piece that jammed and the next piece enter three. You can recover from 2 to 10 pieces that were printed by using the + key to step to the number of pieces you wish to recover.
4.Next, press the ENTER key again to register the number of pieces to be recovered.
5.Then press the ENTER key again to restart the printer.
6.You may repeat this process as many times as required. When you reach the end of the database if the last piece jams, then enter 1 piece to be recovered.
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