IBM 3000 NPRO Page Procedure

Requirements For NPRO ToFunction

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 Windowdoes not appear

vThere are no errors or intervention conditions present on any preprocessing

or postprocessing devices except END OF FORMS 078A.

Youmay do the following steps at the main Display Touch Screen window.

Consistently perform all required steps at the same window.

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 TouchScreen 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 ﬁxed NPRO length plus an

additional length if either the “NPRO Length” or the “Pre/postprocessor

Extended NPRO” values are set to a non-zero value.

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 TouchScreen 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 ﬁxed

NPRO length plus an additional length if either the “NPRO Length” or the

“Pre/postprocessor Extended NPRO” 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

“NPRO Procedure” 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 towardthe

stacker area to the next top-of-form position. Apage that is already printed on

Printer 1 is printed on Printer 2, and Printer 1 processes a blank page. Apage

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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