IBM 3000 manual Npro Page Procedure, Requirements For Npro To Function

Requirements For NPRO To Function

The following conditions must be met before NPRO can function:

vThe printer is in a Not Ready state

vForms are loaded

vThe following printer conditions are not present:

±Program Check

±Out of Supplies

±Printer Error

±Intervention Required (except END OF FORMS 078A)

vA Thread/Align Window does not appear

vThere are no errors or intervention conditions present on any preprocessing or postprocessing devices except END OF FORMS 078A.

You may do the following steps at the main Display Touch Screen window. Consistently perform all required steps at the same window.

Simplex Mode

vOnce you have ensured that the preceding conditions have been met, under the Operate pull-down menu SELECT the Stop pushbutton; then SELECT the NPRO pushbutton on the main Display Touch Screen window of the printer.

vForms, starting with the page at the transfer station, move through the printer to the stacker area. The distance they move is the ®xed NPRO length plus an additional length if either the ªNPRO Lengthº or the ªPre/postprocessor Extended NPROº values are set to a non-zero value.

Duplex Mode

vOnce you have ensured that the preceding conditions have been met, under the Operate pull-down menu SELECT the Stop push button; then SELECT the NPRO pushbutton on the main Display Touch Screen window of the target printer.

vForms, starting with the page at the transfer station of Printer 1, move through both printers to the stacker area of Printer 2. The distance they move is the ®xed NPRO length plus an additional length if either the ªNPRO Lengthº or the ªPre/postprocessor Extended NPROº values are set to a non-zero value.

NPRO Page Procedure

NPRO Page is a single-page advance function. NPRO Page moves the forms forward to the next top-of-form position, one page at a time.

NPRO Page is active under the same conditions that allow NPRO to function. See ªNPRO Procedureº on page 75.

In duplex mode, NPRO Page moves forms forward through the forms path of Printer 1 one page at a time, the Buffer/Flipper Unit, and Printer 2 toward the stacker area to the next top-of-form position. A page that is already printed on Printer 1 is printed on Printer 2, and Printer 1 processes a blank page. A page already printed in Printer 1 at the start of this procedure and a page printed in Printer 2 during this procedure are fused as they move toward their respective stacker areas.

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