When there is paper in the printer, press this button to feed the paper one line or hold it down to feed the paper continuously.
When there is no paper in the printer, press this button to load paper from the cut sheet feeder. When there is paper in the printer, press this button to eject the sheet.
When there is no paper in the printer, press this button to load the paper from the cut sheet feeder. When there is paper in the printer, press this button to eject the sheet.

Using the control panel

To operate the cut sheet feeder manually from the control panel when the printer is in the cut sheet feeder mode, first make sure that the printer is off line.

LINE FEED

FORM FEED

LOAD/EJECT

Using software

The following commands cause the printer to eject the sheet in the printer without loading the next sheet.

FF:

Form feed

ESC EM R: Ejects a sheet in the cut sheet feeder mode

Note: The ESC EM command is a software command used to control the operation of the cut sheet feeder. For more information about this command, see the Command Summary in Chapter 9.

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