Using Continuous Paper

You can print on continuous paper from 101 mm (4 inches) to 254 mm (10 inches) wide on the ActionPrinter 5000 and from 101 m m (4 inches) to 406 mm (16 inches) wide on the ActionPrinter 5500.

You can feed continuous paper from the rear, front, or bottom.

Your printer comes with the tractor installed in the push-tractor position, for feeding paper from the rear. If this is your paper- feeding method, skip to page 2-12. To feed paper from the front or bottom, you must install the tractor in the pull-tractor position. You can also install an optional pull tractor and use both the push and pull tractors together.

Tractor position and available paper paths

Below are the various ways of feeding continuous paper. Always move the paper-release lever to the position indicated for the paper- feeding method you are using.

Tractor

Paper-release

Paper-feeding

position

lever position

method

 

 

 

Push-tractor

position

Pull-tractor

position

Make sure you

align your paper supply with the paper loaded in

the tractor so

the paper feeds smoothly into the printer.

If you want to feed paper through the bottom paper slot, use a printer stand that has a large enough opening for paper to feed from the bottom without obstruction.

Paper Handling 2-9