Printek 8000SE manual Possible Values Finish, Paper Out Fault Finish

P R I N T E R C O N F I G U R A T I O N

Possible Values: Off, 0, 1* to 15 Second Delay

This item sets the number of seconds to delay before scrolling the top of form to the tear bar when the printer is idle (no additional data received since the last print operation) and a form boundary (bottom of the form according to the Form Length setting for the current form) has been reached. If printing finishes and the form boundary has not been reached, take the printer off line and the FORM FEED button may be used to advance the form to the tear bar. This item may also be used to disable Auto-Scroll by setting the value to Off. When disabled, the FORM FEED button must always be used to advance the form to the tear bar.

Paper Out Fault Action

Possible Values: Finish Page*

Reprint Page

Break Page

Paper Out

Fault

Finish Page

This item selects what action is to be taken when a paper out condition occurs. The action taken for each of the possible values is described in the following paragraphs.

When Finish Page is selected, the printer will attempt to print to the bottom of the page when a normal paper out condition occurs. Conditions that will prevent this from happening are when the end of paper is detected too far from the end of the form (the printer assumes there is not a complete page available), when reverse paper motion is attempted within the last one inch of the form, or when a paper jam occurs. If the printer is unable to finish printing the page, it will attempt to reprint the page as described below (also refer to the Reprint Page Size option which follows). Note that if highly precise printing is required in the last inch of the form, Finish Page may not provide accurate enough paper motion since the form is no longer controlled by the tractor mechanism .

When Reprint Page is selected, the printer will stop printing as soon as the end of paper or a paper jam condition is detected and the printer will go off line. After a new box of forms is loaded, the printer will attempt to reprint the current page from the beginning. If the printer is able to reprint

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