ADJUSTING THE PRINTING GAP

The distance between the print head and the platen can be adjusted to accommodatedifferentPaperthicknesses.To makethis adjustment,remove the m . cover.Thead.ju~tientleverislocatedattheleftSideOfthePrinter mechanism. Pushing the adjustmentlever backwards narrows the gap; pullingit forwardswidensthe gap.

There are five positions, and you can feel the lever clicking into each position.The secondpositionfromtherear is the onemostcommonlyused for single sheets of paper. Try differentpositionsuntil you get the best printingresults.(Do not set the lever out of the markedpositions.)

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Figure 1-17. Location of the adjustment lever

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Star Micronics LC-200 user manual Adjusting the Printing GAP, Location of the adjustment lever