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Threading Without Printing

1. SELECT the No option within the Print While Threading? ®eld.

2. SELECT the Start pushbutton.

3. SELECT the Forms are Connected pushbutton.

4. SELECT the Feed to Align pushbutton on the Thread/Align Forms window.

a. This prints a solid alignment mark after the leading edge on a page in

Printer 1, which is designated as an alignment page.

A one-bar or two-bar pattern is also printed on the alignment page. The bar

shows whether Side 1 or Side 2 of the form is being printed on Printer 1.

This prints a dashed alignment mark after the leading edge of the page.

b. This feeds a ®xed length of forms through both Printer 1 and Printer 2.

The ®xed length is based on the ªLength of Forms Between Transfer Pointsº

con®guration item length that is shown on the Con®gure Printer window

under the Con®gure pull-down menu. It is a multiple of the current loaded

Form Name page length that is closest to the ªLength of Forms Between

Transfer Pointsº length without exceeding it.

5. Visually verify that the dashed alignment mark that is printed on Printer 1 is

aligned to the appropriate alignment mark on the input station on Printer 2.

a. If the alignment mark is aligned at Printer 2, check to see if there is a

sufficient buffer loop of forms between Printer 1 and the Buffer/Flipper

Unit. If the buffer loop needs to be increased, change the ªLength of Forms

Between Transfer Pointsº printer con®guration item. See the table item on

page 223 for more information.

b. If the Printer 1 alignment mark is short of the alignment mark in Printer 2,

SELECT the Printer 2 Feed Page pushbutton on Printer 2 as many times as

necessary until the Printer 1 alignment mark is aligned at Printer 2.

c. If the Printer 1 alignment mark is past the alignment mark in printer 2, ®rst

add some more buffer loop between Printer 1 and the Buffer/Flipper Unit

by SELECTING the Printer 1 Feed Page pushbutton several times. Then

SELECT the Cancel pushbutton on the window.

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