Chapter 2

Printing on Continuous Paper

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Setting the Paper Thickness Lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

Loading Multi-Part Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5

Loading Continuous Paper With Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5Removing continuous paper with labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7

Using the Front Push Tractor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8Installing the tractor in the front push position . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8Loading paper onto the front push tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9Removing the printed document from the front

push tractor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13Removing the front push tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15

Using the Rear Push Tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16Loading paper onto the rear push tractor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16Removing the printed document from the rear

push tractor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20

Using the Tractor in the Pull Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21Installing the tractor in the pull position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22Loading paper onto the pull tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-23Removing paper from the pull tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-29Using two tractors in a push and pull combination . . . . . . . 2-29Removing the pull tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-32

Switching Between Printing on Continuous Paper

and Printing on Single Sheets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-34Switching to printing on single sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-34Switching to printing on continuous paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-35

Adjusting the Top-of-Form Position. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-36

Advancing the Paper to the Tear-Off Edge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-39Using the Tear Off/Bin button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-39Advancing paper to the tear-off position automatically . . . 2-40Adjusting the tear-off position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-40

Printing on Continuous Paper

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