Star Micronics NB24-10/15 user manual Paper, The adjustment lever allows for different thicknesses

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9.Set the release lever to the auto-feed setting. The printer will advance the paper automatically.

10.When the paper stops, set the release lever for sprocket- feed paper again.

11.Install the paper guide on the printer. See Figures 2-10 and 2-11 for details. When used with sprocket-feed paper, the guide is turned around and laid flat (Figure 2-

10)or raise (Figure 2-11) on top of the printer as a paper separator. Make sure that the tabs on the guide fit into their receivers.

ADJUSTING THE PRINT HEAD

The distance between the print head and the platen must be adjusted to accommodate papers of different thicknesses. To make this adjustment, move the adjustment lever, which is under the printer cover and immediately in front of the release lever (Figure 2-12). Pulling the adjustment lever towards you will widen the gap; pushing it away from you will narrow the

gap-

There are four positions; you can feel the lever clicking into the various notches. The first step (shown) is the one most com- monly used for single sheets of paper.

Try different positions until you get the best printing results.

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Figure 2-12.The adjustment lever allows for different thicknesses

of paper.