The Cut Sheet Feeder
Using the cut sheet feeder
After loading paper into the cut sheet feeder, make sure that the ON LINE light is on. Once the printer is in the sheet feeder mode, a
new sheet of paper loads automatically whenever a printable character or line feeding command is sent to the printer.
When the printer finds that it cannot load a sheet of paper
because the paper bin is empty, it stops paper feeding and the PAPER OUT light comes on. To start printing again, load more
paper, then press the ON LINE button. The printer starts printing again from the point at which it was stopped.
If you turn your printer off during the time the printer detects a paper out or paper jam condition, any data remaining in the printer’s buffer is discarded.
Software operation
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 sheet feeder mode |
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 summary of commands in Chapter 9.
If the paper reaches the bottom of the print area when any of the
following line feeding commands is used, the sheet in the printer is automatically ejected and the next sheet is loaded.
LF | line feed; advances the paper by one line |
VT | vertical tab; advances the paper to the next |
| vertical tab position |
ESC J | performs line feed by 1/180 of an inch |