Chapter 2

Printing on Continuous Paper

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Setting the Paper Thickness Lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

Using the Rear Push Tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6 Loading paper onto the rear push tractor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6 Removing a printed document from the rear push tractor . 2-10

Using the Front Push Tractor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12 Loading paper onto the front push tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12 Removing a printed document from the front push tractor 2-17 Removing the front push tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18 Reinstalling the tractor in the front push position. . . . . . . . . 2-19

Using the Tractor in the Pull Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21 Installing the tractor in the pull position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21 Loading paper onto the pull tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-23 Removing the paper from the pull tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-28 Using two tractors in a push/pull combination . . . . . . . . . . 2-29 Removing the pull tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-31

Loading Multi-Part Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-33

Loading Continuous Paper With Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-34 Removing continuous paper with labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-36

Switching Between Printing on Continuous Paper

and Printing on Single Sheets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-37 Switching to printing on single sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-37 Switching to printing on continuous paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-38

Adjusting the Top-of-Form Position. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-39

Advancing the Paper to the Tear-Off Edge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-42 Using the Tear Off/Bin button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-42 Advancing the paper to the tear-off position automatically 2-43 Adjusting the tear-off position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-43

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