Now follow these steps to load your paper into the friction feeder:

•Be sure the printer is turned off, Lift the front protective lid and move the print head to the middle of the platen (refer back to Figure 1-12). Pull the paper bail up.

•Engage the friction-control mechanism by pushing the friction- control lever to the back.

•Guide the paper under the paper separator and the platen with your left hand, while turning the manual-feed knob with your right hand.

If you hear a crinkling noise, stop. This can result from the paper getting slightly wrinkled; it is best to remove the paper and start over with an unwrinkled sheet.

•Do not pull on the paper as it comes up from the platen; leave the friction feeder in charge. Push the paper bail back against the paper, close the front protective lid and reinstall the center protective lid. You are now ready to set the top of form, as shown at the end of this section.

There is one more point to consider if you are printing on single sheets of paper. DIP switch 1-3 is set to active at the factory, and this means that the paper-out feature will sound the FX’s beeper and halt printing whenever it senses the bottom of your sheet of paper. In prac- tice, this means that without deactivating the sensor, you won’t be able to print on the bottom of a single sheet of paper. You can, usually, deactivate the paper-out sensor easily by changing switch 1-3. Some computer systems, however, ignore the setting of DIP switch 1-3 (See Appendix F.)

FX-80 and FX-100: removable tractor unit (optional on the FX-80)

The removable tractor will accommodate pin-feed paper in any width from four inches to the width of the platen.

To install the optional tractor unit on the FX-80, begin by removing the center protective lid if it is on. Move the built-in pin feeders as far as possible to the right.

To add the tractor unit to either the FX-80 or the FX-100, hold the tractor unit over the printer with the gears to your right as shown in Figure 1-16. Lower the rear hooks over the rear studs as shown in Figure 1-17, pushing the unit back against the studs to ensure that both

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