Adjusting the Top-of-Form Position
If your printing begins too high or low on the page, you can use the micro adjust feature to adjust the top-of-form position as described below.
Caution:
Never use the knob to adjust the top-of-form position; this may damage the printer or cause it to lose the top- of-form position.
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 and paper is loaded.
2.If you are using a push tractor, press the Load/Eject button to advance the paper to the current top-of-form position. If necessary, lift up the printer cover so you can see the paper position.
3.Hold down the Pause button for about three seconds. The Pause light starts flashing and the printer enters the micro adjust mode.
4.Press the Load/Eject U and LF/FF D buttons to move the top-of-form position up or down on the page.
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.
5.Press the Pause button to exit 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 printer’s tear-off edge when you finish printing. You can then easily tear off the printed document.
As described below, 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. The Tear Off/Bin light flashes when the paper is in the tear-off position.
Caution:
Never use the tear-off feature to feed continuous paper with labels backward; they may come off the backing sheet and jam the printer.
Never reverse feed continuous paper loaded on the pull tractor using the Tear Off/Bin button; the paper may come off the pull tractor and jam the printer.
Using the Tear Off/Bin Button
After the printer finishes printing your document, press the Tear Off/Bin button to advance the paper to the tear-off edge.
Note:
If the Tear Off/Bin light is flashing, the paper is in the tear-off position. If you press the Tear Off/Bin button, the printer feeds your paper to the next top-of-form position.
Advancing Paper to the Tear-off Position Automatically
To automatically advance your printed documents to the tear- off position, you need to turn on the auto tear-off mode and select the appropriate page length for continuous paper in the default-setting mode. For instructions, see “Using the Default-Setting Mode” on page 13.
When auto tear-off is on, the printer automatically advances the paper to the tear-off position whenever it receives a full page of data or a form feed command followed by no more data.
Adjusting the Tear-off Position
If your paper’s perforation is not aligned with the tear-off edge, you can use the micro adjust feature to move the perforation to the tear-off position. Follow the steps below.
Caution:
Never use the knob to adjust the tear-off position; this may damage the printer or cause it to lose the tear-off position.
