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bar shows whether Side 1 or Side 2 of the form is being printed on Printer | |
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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 shown on the Con®gure Printer window under the Con®gure
c.Pages for the queued job are printed on Printer 1, starting on the page following the alignment page. Printer 2 processes blank pages.
5.If the queued job is too short to print all pages on Printer 1 for the complete ªLength of Forms Between Transfer Pointsº, the printing process ceases. The printers stop forward movement of the forms. A message appears in the
In this case you may either:
v SELECT the No option in the Print While Threading? ®eld. Then SELECT the Feed to Align pushbutton to ®nish moving the alignment mark printed on Printer 1 to Printer 2.
v Request the host system operator to send more print jobs to the system. Periodically SELECT the Feed to Align pushbutton. When more data is available, forward movement of the forms while printing resumes until the ªLength of Forms Between Printersº distance is achieved.
6.When the queued and requested print jobs have satis®ed the ®xed length forward forms movement, visually verify that the dashed alignment mark that is printed on Printer 1 is aligned to the 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 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.
You must now restart this Thread/Align Forms procedure.
7.After you visually verify that the Printer 1 alignment mark is aligned correctly on Printer 2, SELECT the Mark is Aligned pushbutton on the window.
At the Veri®cation window, SELECT the OK pushbutton. This informs the control unit that the alignment is complete.
