Thick paper, such as continuous paper with labels, requires a straight or almost straight paper path. You can load labels in the front (push tractor or pull tractor) or bottom (pull tractor) paper slot; however, for best results, use the tractor in the pull position and load paper in the front or bottom paper slot.

You load labels the same way you load ordinary continuous paper, except you must set the paper thickness lever to 2 before printing on labels. See “Loading paper onto the pull tractor” on page 2-23 for more information.

cCaution:

❏Do not load continuous paper with labels in the rear paper slot because the paper path from the rear slot is curved; labels may come off their backing sheet inside the printer and cause a paper jam.

❏Never use the tear-off feature (by pressing the Tear Off/Bin button or turning on the auto tear-off mode as described in “About Your Printer’s Default Settings” in Chapter 5) to feed continuous paper with labels backward; they may come off their backing sheet and jam the printer.

❏Because labels are sensitive to temperature and humidity, use

them only under normal operating conditions, as follows:

Temperature

15 to 25°C (59 to 77°F)

Humidity

30 to 60%RH

❏Do not load continuous paper with labels that is damaged, curled or wrinkled.

❏Do not leave labels loaded in the printer between jobs; they may curl around the platen and jam when you resume printing.

2-6Printing on Continuous Paper