Printing

ProblemSolution

Regular gaps appear in the printout.

Skip over perforation is set, but the perforation does not fall in the center of the skip.

Vertical lines in graphics are not aligned.

The skip over perforation may be set with SelecType. Enter SelecType and turn off the skip over perforation feature. Refer to 3-19.

The page length for continuous paper may not be set correctly. Change the page length with your software program. You can also use the ESC C n or ESC C 0 n command to specify the page length.

The loading position of the paper may be too high or too low. Use the micro-adjustment feature to reset the loading position so that the perforation is centered within the skip area.

Your application program may be setting the top and bottom margins. If this is the case, use SelecType to turn off skip over perforation feature.

Slight misalignment may occur during bidirectional printing. When precise printing of vertical lines in necessary the unidirectional print mode with SelecType or send the ESC Ul command to the printer. Unidirectional printing increases printing accuracy, but reduces printing speed slightly. Refer to 9-10.

Note: Use data dump mode to check the data being sent from the computer. In the data dump mode, data is printed in hexadecimal notation and in ASCII characters.

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