Epson 8500 The printer does not feed continuous paper properly, Paper jams, does not feed smoothly, or feeds at a slant

Paper handling

The printer does not feed continuous paper properly.

Cause	What to do
The wrong tractor may be	Check if the correct tractor arrow is lit
selected.	on the Tractor Select indicator.
	If the wrong tractor is selected, be sure
	paper is loaded to the standby position
	on the tractor you want to use. Then
	press the Front/Rear button to switch
	to that tractor.
	If the Paper Select displays a
	memory number other than “0”, press
	the Pause button. Then press the
	Front/Rear button to switch to that
	tractor.
The printer may be out of	Load paper onto the tractor. The
paper.	tractor arrow on the Tractor Select
	indicator should be green.

Note:

If paper jams in the paper path, see “Clearing a Paper Jam” later in this chapter.

Paper jams, does not feed smoothly, or feeds at a slant.

Cause	What to do
The paper supply is too far	Make sure your paper supply is
from the printer.	positioned within 1 meter (3.28 feet)
	of the printer.
The rear cover is open.	Close the rear cover before trying to
	feed the paper.

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