Adjusting the top-of-form positionThe top-of-form position is the position to which the printer feeds the paper when it loads it or performs a form feed. This position is important because it determines where the printing begins on each page. If the printing is too high or low on the page, you can adjust the top-of-form position either permanently or temporarily depending on how you use the TOF button.
❏When you want to permanently change the top-of-form position, you enter the top-of-form mode using the TOF control panel button. The printer remembers the new top- of-form position even after the printer is turned off, reset, or initialized. (The printer remembers separate top-of-form positions for the front and rear tractors.)
❏When you want to temporarily change the top-of-form position, you adjust the position using the Micro Feed buttons during pause status without entering top-of-form mode. The printer remembers the temporary top-of-form position until the next time you load paper, switch tractors, or turn off the printer.
You can set the top-of-form position from 2.6 mm (0.1 inch) to 33.9 mm (1.33 inch) below the top edge of the paper. The factory setting is 5.8 mm (0.2 inch).
Follow the steps below to reset (permanently change) the top- of-form position.
cCAUTION:
To adjust the top-of-form position when labels are loaded in the printer, use the forward-feeding (top) Micro Feed button only; do not enter the top-of-form mode. Never feed labels backward through the printer.
1.Make sure the printer is turned on and the desired tractor is selected (the corresponding tractor arrow should be lit).
2.Open the top cover.
3.Press the TOF button to enter top-of-form mode. The printer beeps once, and the TOF light flashes. Also, the printer advances the paper so that the top-of-form position is lined up with the red line on the clear plastic ribbon protector.
4.Use the Micro Feed buttons to feed the paper to the desired top-of-form position. The red line on the ribbon protector shows you where the bottom edge of your first line of text will print. This position is based on the first printable line of
text. If your software inserts a top margin of five lines, your text will actually print five lines below the top-of-form position.
Note:
The red line on the ribbon protector can be used as a reference only when you are in top-of-form mode. At all other times your top-of-form position is hidden behind the print ribbon.
5.Press the TOF button again to exit and save your new top- of-form position. Then close the top cover.
Note:
If you enter top-of-form mode right after loading paper, you can set the loading and top-of-form positions at the same time. (When you use the optional pull tractor, you cannot adjust the loading position.)
Adjusting the printing positionYou may need to adjust the printing position in the middle of
apage, or to adjust the top-of-form position when using labels.
When you move the printing position, you temporarily change the top-of-form position by the same amount. For example, if you adjust the printing in the middle of the page so that it falls a half-inch lower, the next page will begin printing a half-inch lower as well. The printer remembers this temporary top-of-form position until the next time you load paper, switch tractors, or turn off the printer. To adjust the printing position or top-of-form position, follow these steps:
1.Start printing your document. When you reach the text that you want to align at a particular spot on the page, press the Pause button to stop printing.
2.Use the Micro Feed buttons to adjust the position where you want your next line of text to fall. Press the button once to feed the paper forward or backward in 1/216-inch increments, or hold it down to move the paper continuously.
cCAUTION:
If you are printing on labels, continuous forms with labels, or overlapping multi-part forms, use only the forward-feeding (top) Micro Feed button.
