Printronix P9000 Series manual Loading Paper

Loading Paper

The P9012 printer uses standard fanfold paper from 3 to 16 inches wide and 15 to 100 lb bond (0.025 inches thick maximum). To load paper, perform the following steps and refer to Figure 2-2.

1.Place the printer off line and raise the printer cover.

2.Fully raise the Forms Thickness Adjustment Lever (A). (The CHECK indicator will light, the status lamps will flash alternately, and the display will indicate a platen open condiF tion).

3.Open both tractor gates (B) by swinging them out.

4.Open the front printer door and align the paper supply with the position of the tractors. Feed the paper up through the paper slot (C). Push the paper up until it appears above the ribbon mask (D). If the paper snags, fold the top edge down before feeding.

5.Load the paper on the tractor sprockets (E); close the tractor gates (B). Unlock the right tractor lock (F) by raising or lowering it to the center position; slide the tractor to remove paper slack or to adjust for various paper widths. After positioning the tractor, lock it in place.

NOTE: Lock the left tractor in alignment with the number •1" on the paper scale to set the left margin with the first character position. Once properly positioned, further adjust/ ments are not required unless a change is made to the left print margin.

6.Press PAPER ADV to advance paper into the paper stacking area. Verify unobstructed paper feeding.

7.If necessary, use the Horizontal Adjustment Knob (G) to make fine adjustments to the

left margin. The paper can be shifted left or right up to approximately !/4 inch.

8.Set the top-of-form as described in Setting Top-of-Form (page 2-9).

9.Set the Forms Thickness Adjustment Lever (A) with slight friction to approximate the paper thickness. The A-B-C scale indicates relative positioning to correspond approxiF mately with 1-to 6-part paper thicknesses.

NOTE: If the Forms Thickness Adjustment Lever is set incorrectly, the print will show wavy vertical lines (known as poor phasing or light print). If set too tightly, excessive fric/ tion may cause the shuttle to smear or tear the paper, damage labels, or cause errors in form positioning.

10.Close the printer cover and door.

11.Perform the Paper Stacking instructions (page 2-11) to start the paper stacking properly.

12.Press CLEAR to update the display and place the printer on line.

Operation 2-7