Installing the Sheet Guide

The sheet guide serves a dual purpose on the LQ-1500. If you are using single sheets of paper, the guide ensures consistent margins and straight lines of print. If you are using pin-feed paper, the sheet guide is used as a paper separator to keep the incoming and outgoing paper from interfering with each other.

Assembling the three pieces

First, you must assemble the three pieces of the sheet guide.

1.Orient the sheet guide so that the textured side is up and the metal mounting pins are facing you. Lay one of the two sliding paper guides on top of the sheet guide. The matching textured side should be facing up and the lipped end should be facing toward you. Now tilt the top of the sheet guide up so that you can hook the tabs at the top of the sliding paper guide over the top edge of the sheet guide (see Figure 1-10).

2.Next, turn the sheet guide over so the back side is facing you. Use your thumbs to snap the the two plastic spring clips over the bottom edge of the sheet guide. One of the sliding paper guides should now be securely in place.

3.Again, position the sheet guide so that the textured side is facing you. Move the installed sliding guide to the proper end of the sheet guide. The vertical standing edge of the sliding paper guide should be flush against the outer edge of the sheet guide. The flattened side of the sliding guide faces toward the center.

4. To install the other paper guide, just repeat the steps above. Be sure to attach the second sliding guide with the vertical standing edge facing out toward the end of the sheet guide and away from the center (see Figure 1-11).

Attaching the sheet guide

To install the sheet guide, place the metal mounting pin on the right side of the sheet guide into the corresponding hole in the metal frame. Then lower the left side until the tab on the left side drops into the slot in the metal frame. Figure 1-12shows how to do this.

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