IBM 3000 manual Recovering from a Forms Jam Simplex Operations, Reprint Path Length

Recovering from a Forms Jam (Simplex Operations)

This section describes how to clear speci®c simplex mode form jams. All of the messages that appear and function switches you need to use are on the Display Touch Screen windows.

See ªRecovering from a Forms Jam (Duplex Operations)º on page 127 for details of jam recovery when operating the system printers in duplex printing mode.

Depending on how they are con®gured, the printers can automatically reprint certain pages as part of the recovery process after some jams.

You must set the following Con®gure Printer con®guration items to allow automatic reprinting following a forms jam recovery:

vJam Recovery Type: Must be set to one of the following:

±ªUse Normal Jam Repositioningº

±ªSuppress MICR Jam Repositioningº, and MICR postprocessing printing is not being requested.

vDirect Attach: Must be set to ªNoº.

Automatic reprinting normally requests from the host and reprints the number of pages of data, based on the current in-effect page length, for all the pages that can ®t in the forms path between the transfer station and the top of the stacker at the time the jam was detected. Also, if a postprocessing device is used, an extra number of pages can be added to the normal number of reprinted pages by setting the Jam Recovery Point Distance con®guration item under the Con®gure Printer procedure to a non-zero value. This extra number of pages is the physically con®gured distance from the top of the stacker to or through the postprocessing device. Figure 25 shows the normal reprint path length from the transfer station (1) to the stacker (3). It also shows the additional Jam Recovery Point Distance from the stacker (3) to or through the postprocessing device (5).

Figure 25. Reprint Path Length

Following the automatic reprinting of pages, you must check for and discard any duplicate pages that may have been printed. Locate the ®rst reprinted page, and

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