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5.Tear off the page using the tear-off edge on the printer’s top cover.

6.Press the Tear Off button to feed the paper back to the top- of-form position. You are now ready to print your next document.

cCAUTION:

Always tear off the printed document before you feed the paper back to the top-of-form position. Never feed paper backward more than one page.

Switching between front and rear tractors

You can easily switch between paper loaded on the front tractor and paper loaded on the rear tractor. The instructions below explain how to switch from the front tractor to the rear tractor, but you can follow the same steps to switch from the rear tractor to the front tractor.

cCAUTION:

Never switch between tractors if labels are already loaded in the printer. First remove the labels by tearing off the fresh supply below the tractor and pressing LF/FF Load to eject the remaining labels.

Before you start, make sure the printer is turned on and that the front tractor is selected (the front tractor arrow on the Tractor Select indicator should be lit). If you are in the middle of printing a document, wait for the printer to finish printing before you switch tractors. Then follow these steps:

1.If no paper is loaded in the rear tractor, load paper to the standby position (the first five pins of the sprockets).

2.If you have a printed document or excess paper still in the printer, use the tear-off feature described in the previous section to tear off the document or excess paper.

cCAUTION:

Always tear off the printed document and any excess paper before switching tractors. Never feed more than one page backward through the printer.

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3.Press the Front/Rear button to switch to the rear tractor. The front-loaded paper automatically feeds back to the standby position and the rear-loaded paper advances to the top-of-form position.

Replacing the Ribbon Cartridge

When printing becomes too faint, you need to replace the ribbon. Use the #8766 EPSON replacement cartridge only.

wWARNING:

If the printer has been used recently, the print head may be hot. Let it cool before attempting to replace the ribbon.

Removing the old ribbon cartridge

To remove the ribbon cartridge, follow these steps:

1.Press the Pause button. Then turn off the printer. Make sure that the power cord is not plugged into an electrical outlet.

2.Open the printer’s top cover and slide the print head to the exposed part of the paper bail.

3.Lift the ribbon guide off the print head as shown below.