Star Micronics LC-8521 user manual Parking fanfold paper, Unparking fanfold paper

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Parking fanfold paper

It is not necessary to remove fanfold paper currently loaded in the printer in order to print on cut-sheet paper fed by hand. Instead, simply use the following procedure to park the fanfold paper.

❏Tear off the paper at a perforation so there is no more than half a page sticking out of the front cover of the printer.

If necessary, you can press the control panel’s ON LINE button to put the printer off-line. Then use the PAPER FEED button to feed the paper until a perforation is just past the front cover.

❏Press the control panel’s ON LINE button to put the printer on-line.

❏Press the control panel’s PARK/SET/EJECT button. The printer automatically reverse feeds the fanfold paper until it is no longer in contact with the platen, which is indicated by the printer beeping a number of times. Also, the control panel’s POWER indicator starts to flash because paper is not loaded.

❏Set the release lever on the front of the printer to the cut-sheet position.

The paper is now parked, and you can load cut-sheet paper into the printer using the procedures under “Manual sheet feeding” on page 60.

Unparking fanfold paper

After you are finished printing on cut-sheet paper, use the following procedure to unpark fanfold paper and make it available for printing.

❏If any cut-sheet paper is still in the printer, put the printer on-line and then press the control panel’s PAPER FEED button to eject it.

❏Check to make sure the printer is off-line.

❏Set the release lever on the front of the printer to the fanfold position.

❏Press the control panel’s PARK/SET/EJECT button. The printer automatically feeds the fanfold paper back into position, ready for printing.

Using the tear-off function

The following procedure makes it easy to tear off fanfold paper without disturbing the current position of the paper.

❏Check to make sure that the printer is on-line.

❏Press the control panel’s PARK/SET/EJECT button.

The printer feeds the perforation of the fanfold paper to the tear-off edge of the printer cover.