Chapter 2 Paper Handling

Selecting a Paper Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

Paper source and paper types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3Setting the paper release lever (LQ-680) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-4Setting the Paper Source button (LQ-680Pro) . . . . . . . . . . .2-5Adjusting the Paper Thickness Lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6

Using Continuous Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8

Positioning your continuous paper supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8Loading continuous paper with the tractor. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9

Using the tear-off function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14

Removing continuous paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17Using Continuous Multipart Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17Using Overlapping Multipart Forms (LQ-680Pro) . . . . . . . . . . .2-18

Using Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-19

Using Single Sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20

Using Single-Sheet Multipart Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-23

Using Envelopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-24

Using Postcards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-25

Switching Between Continuous Paper and Single Sheets . . . . . 2-26

Switching to single sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-26

Switching to continuous paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-28

Using Micro Adjust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-28

Adjusting the loading position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-28Adjusting the tear-off position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-31Adjusting the printing position. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-32Chapter 3 Using the Printer Software

About Your Printer Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2 Using the Printer Driver With Windows 98 or 95 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3

Accessing the printer driver from

Windows applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3 Accessing the printer driver from the Start menu . . . . . . . 3-5 Changing the printer driver settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5

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