Operating the Control Panel

LINE FEED/LOAD

When the printer is off line, you use this button to load paper or to advance the paper after you load it. To advance the paper one line, press this button once. To advance the paper continuously, hold down the button.

TEAR OFF

The TEAR OFF button feeds the paper to the printer’s tear-off edge so you can tear off your document without losing the paper. normally lost between printing jobs. To use this feature, take the printer off line after your document finishes printing and press the TEAR OFF button. The printer feeds the paper to the printer’s tear-off edge. After you tear off the document, press the TEAR OFF or ON LINE button to feed the paper back to the top of form position.

If the perforation of your paper does not align exactly with the printer’s tear-off edge, you can use the MICRO FEED buttons to adjust the tear-off position. See the section on using short tear-off in this chapter.

WARNING Never use the TEAR OFF button with labels. Press the FORM FEED or LINE FEED button instead to feed the printed labels to a point where you can tear them off.

MICRO FEED

When the printer is off line, the two MICRO FEED buttons advance or reverse the loaded paper in 1/216th-inch increments. You can use these buttons to adjust the paper memory, top of form, loading, printing, and tear-off positions. For more information, see the sections on using the paper memory and short tear-off features and adjusting the top of form and printing positions in this chapter.

TOP OF FORM

When the printer is off line, press this button to enter or exit top of form mode. You can also use this button to enter paper memory settings. For more information, see the sections on adjusting the top of form position and using the paper memory feature in this chapter.

Using the Printer

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