Table of Contents

Preface

v

About This Manual

v

Printer Models and Options

v

Organization

vi

The LA36N and LA36W Model Specifications

vi

Notes, Cautions and Warnings

vii

1. Introduction

1-1

Features

1-1

Options

1-2

2. Paper Handling

2-1

Getting to Know the Printer’s Major Parts and the Control Panel

2-1

Parts of the Printer

2-2

Operations of the Control Panel

2-4

Selecting Paper

2-7

Overview of Paper Operations

2-8

Adjusting for Paper Thickness

2-10

Using Single Sheets

2-11

Loading a Single Sheet of Paper

2-11

Ejecting Single Sheets

2-13

Using Continuous Forms

2-14

Positioning the Paper Stack

2-15

Loading Continuous Forms (Push Tractor and Rear Feed)

2-16

Loading Continuous Forms (Pull Tractor and Bottom Feed)

2-19

Unloading Continuous Forms (Push-Feed Mode)

2-24

Tearing Off Continuous Forms

2-24

Feeding and Positioning Paper

2-26

Print Area Definition

2-26

Line Feed/Form Feed

2-28

Top-of-FormAdjustment

2-28

Switching Paper Types

2-29

Switching from Continuous Forms to Single Sheets (Push-Feed Mode)

2-30

Switching from Single Sheets to Continuous Forms (Push-Feed Mode)

2-30

Switching between Push-Feed and Pull-Feed

2-31

Tips on Paper Handling

2-32

General Tips

2-32

Multipart Forms

2-32

Envelopes

2-32

Labels

2-32

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