EPSON LQ-570e

Available Paper Paths

The printer provides a variety of paper paths for single sheets and continuous paper. This section describes how paper feeds into the printer from the top, front, bottom, or rear.

Printing on Continuous Paper

You can choose from two tractor positions (push and pull) and three paper entry slots (front, bottom, and rear) for printing on continuous paper. This section helps you determine which paper paths and tractor positions are best for your continuous paper printing needs.

Using the push tractor

If you often need to tear off sheets of continuous paper (for printing purchase orders or sales slips, for example), it is best to use the push tractor. This allows you to use the tear-off edge to easily tear off printed sheets of continuous paper at the perforation. When continuous paper is loaded on the push tractor, you can also load single sheets from the paper guide without removing the continuous paper from the tractor.

The tractor is installed in the push position when the printer is shipped.

Using a pull tractor

If you often print on thick or heavy continuous paper, such as multipart forms or continuous paper with labels, use a tractor in the pull position. The pull tractor provides the best paper jam prevention, and allows you to load continuous paper from the front, rear, or bottom of the printer. However, you cannot use the tear-off feature with the pull tractor. You can use the front, bottom, or rear paper slot with the pull tractor.

If you plan to use a tractor in the pull position, you can remove the tractor from the rear push position and reinstall it in the pull position, or you can purchase an optional tractor unit (C800201) and install it in the pull position.

Paper slot

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you print on thick paper, such as multipart

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

forms or continuous paper with labels, use

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the front paper slot because this paper path is

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

almost straight. This reduces the chance of

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

paper jams.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

front

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The bottom paper slot has the straightest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

paper path, so it is the best slot to use when

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

printing on thick paper, such as multipart

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

forms or continuous paper with labels.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When loading paper in the bottom slot, be

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

bottom

 

 

 

 

sure to use a printer stand with an opening

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

large enough for the paper to feed through it

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

without obstruction.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You can also load continuous paper from the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

rear pull tractor position.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Do not load continuous paper

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

with labels in the rear slot; the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

labels may come off their

 

 

 

 

 

rear

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

backing sheet inside the printer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and cause a paper jam.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paper loaded from the rear slot

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

results in a curved paper path,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

which may affect loading

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

performance, so use the front or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

bottom slot whenever possible.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Using the push and pull tractors in combination

You can improve paper feeding and reduce paper jams by using two tractors at the same time. This is especially helpful for printing on continuous preprinted forms, multipart forms, and for printing high-quality graphics.

Combination

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To use the push tractor with the pull tractor, you

 

 

 

 

 

need to purchase the optional pull tractor

 

 

 

 

 

(C800201) and install it in the pull position.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Do not load continuous paper with

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

labels onto the push tractor even

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

rear push

 

 

 

 

 

 

when it is used in combination with

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and pull

 

 

the pull tractor. If you load

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

continuous paper with labels onto

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the rear push/pull tractor, the labels

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

may come off their backing sheet

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

inside the printer and cause a paper

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

jam.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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