Operation

CONTROL PANEL BUTTONS

ONLINE

This button allows you to place the printer online or

 

offline, as indicated by the ONLINE indicator, and as

 

temporarily displayed on the 16-character display. It is

 

also used for starting and stopping the test pattern while

 

the printer is in the Barber Pole mode.

 

 

 

NOTE: The printer must be offline before you can use

 

any of the other buttons.

 

 

 

If you press and hold this button at power-up/reset,

 

internal printer information is displayed on the LCD.

 

For more information, refer to “Checking Printer

 

Configuration” in the “Using Special Features” section

 

of this manual.

 

 

LOAD / FORM FEED

When no paper is currently loaded (a paper out condition

 

exists), this button loads the paper which has been

 

installed in the tractors by moving the top edge of the

 

paper to the tear bar. In the FormsPro 4503, this button

 

may also cause the tractor path to change if a form has

 

been selected which uses a different path (refer to

 

UNLOAD/FORM SELECT below).

 

 

 

If paper is already loaded, this button uses the currently

 

selected form length to advance the paper to the top of

 

the next form.

 

 

 

For a description of this button while the printer is in

 

setup mode, refer to “Introduction to Setup” later in this

 

chapter.

 

 

UNLOAD / FORM SELECT

If paper is currently loaded (no paper out condition

 

exists), this button unloads the paper and places the top

 

edge of the paper in the tractors in the base of the unit.

 

This allows you to change the paper easily. A paper out

 

condition is displayed to indicate that the paper was

 

unloaded successfully.

 

 

 

The printer will attempt to unload up to 36 inches of

 

paper. If the top edge of the paper is not found, paper

 

motion will stop and “Too Much Paper” will be

 

displayed on the LCD. Normally, previous pages should

 

be torn off before you press UNLOAD.

It

is

 

recommended that you not use this method to unload

 

more than the current form.

 

 

 

When no paper or form is currently loaded, this button

 

selects one of ten preset form setups.

In

the

 

FormsPro 4503, this may also select a different set of

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Printek 4500, 4503, FormsPro 4300 operation manual Control Panel Buttons, Load / Form Feed

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