Chapter 3

Paper Handling
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Selecting a Paper-Feeding Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Paper-feeding methods and paper types . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Setting the paper release lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Adjusting the Paper Thickness Lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Using Single Sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Loading single sheets from the front . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Loading single sheets from the rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Using Continuous Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
Positioning your continuous paper supply . . . . . . . . . 3-13
Loading continuous paper with the tractor . . . . . . . . . 3-14
Using the tear-off function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20
Removing continuous paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-23
Using Special Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-24
Multi-part forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-24
Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25
Envelopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-26
Postcards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-28
Overlapping multi-part forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-29
Continuous forms with labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-31
Overlapping multi-part forms with labels . . . . . . . . . . 3-33
Switching Between Continuous Paper and Single Sheets . . . . 3-36
Switching to single sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-36
Switching to continuous paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-37
Using the Micro-Feed Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-38
Adjusting the printing position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-38
Adjusting the tear-off position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-39
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