Epson FX-2180 - Impact Printer User manual

9-Pin Dot Matrix Printer
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User’s Guide
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FCC Compliance Statement
For United States Users
This equipment has been tested and found to
comply with the limits for a Class B digital
device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
These limits are designed to provide reasonable
protection against harmful interference in a
residential installation. This equipment
generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency
energy and, if not installed and used in
accordance with the instructions, may cause
harmful interference to radio or television
reception. However, there is no guarantee that
interference will not occur in a particular
installation. If this equipment does cause
interference to radio and television reception,
which can be determined by turning the
equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to
try to correct the interference by one or more of
the following measures.
qReorient or relocate the receiving antenna
qIncrease the separation between the
equipment and receiver
qConnect the equipment into an outlet on a
circuit different from that to which the
receiver is connected
qConsult the dealer or an experienced
radio/TV technician for help.
WARNING
The connection of a non-shielded equipment
interface cable to this equipment will invalidate
the FCC Certification of this device and may
cause interference levels which exceed the limits
established by the FCC for this equipment. It is
the responsibility of the user to obtain and use a
shielded equipment interface cable with this
device. If this equipment has more than one
interface connector, do not leave cables
connected to unused interfaces.
Changes or modifications not expressly
approved by the manufacturer could void the
user’s authority to operate the equipment.
For Canadian Users
This Class B digital apparatus meets all
requirements of the Canadian Interference-
Causing Equipment Regulations.
Cet appareil numérique de la classe B respecte
toutes les exigences du Règlement sur le matériel
brouilleur du Canada.
Declaration of Conformity
According to ISO/IEC Guide 22 and EN 45014
Manufacturer: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Address: 3-5, Owa 3-chome, Suwa-shi,
Nagano-ken 392 Japan
Representative: EPSON EUROPE B.V.
Address: Prof. J. H. Bavincklaan 5 1183
AT Amstelveen
The Netherlands
Declares that the Product:
Product Name: Dot Matrix Printer
Type Name: FX-2180
Model: P920B
Conforms to the following Directive(s) and
Norm(s):
Directive 73/23/EEC:
EN 60950
Directive 89/336/EEC:
EN 55022 Class B
EN 61000-3-2
EN 61000-3-3
EN 50082-1
IEC 801-2
IEC 801-3
IEC 801-4
February 1998
Y. Ishii
President of EPSON EUROPE B.V.
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Printer Parts
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edge guides
paper guide cover
paper release
lever
printer cover
paper guide
front paper guide
(closed)
control panel
knob
paper
separator
cover_1
parallel interface
shield plate
ribbon cartridge
paper thickness
lever
tractor
paper tension
unit
cover-2
front edge guides
front paper guide
(open)
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Control Panel Buttons and Lights
n= On
f= Flashing
o= Off
Tear Off/Bin button
•Advances continuous paper to the
tear-off position.
•Feeds continuous paper backward from
the tear-off position to the top-of-form
position.
•Selects a cut-sheet feeder bin when the
cut-sheet feeder is installed.
•Enters the card mode to print on
postcards and envelopes. See Chapter 3.
Tear Off/Bin lights
•
f f when continuous paper is in the
tear-off position.
•
o n when bin 1 of the optional cut-sheet
feeder is selected.
•
n o when bin 2 of the optional cut-sheet
feeder is selected.
•
n n when the printer is in the card mode.
Font button
Selects the font.
See Chapter 5.
Font lights
Indicate which
font is selected.
Micro Adjust
When holding down the Pause button for three
seconds, the printer enters the micro adjust mode.
Using the micro adjust feature, you can press the
D
and
Ubuttons to adjust the top-of-form or tear-off
position. See Chapter 2.
Paper Out light
•On when no paper is
loaded in the selected
paper source or paper
is not loaded correctly.
•Flashes when paper
has not been fully
ejected or a paper
jam has occurred.
Operate button
Turns the printer on
and off. The printer
is off when the top
of this button is
even with the
button protectors.
Pause button
Stops printing
temporarily, and
resumes printing when
pressed again.
Pause light
•On when the printer
is paused.
•Flashes when the
printer is in the micro
adjust mode.
Load/Eject button
•Loads a single sheet of
paper.
•Ejects a single sheet of
paper if a sheet is
loaded.
•Loads continuous paper
from the standby
position.
•Feeds continuous paper
backward to the
standby position.
LF/FF button
•Feeds paper line by
line.
•Ejects a single sheet
or advances
continuous paper
to the next
top-of-form position
when held down.
Pitch button
Selects the font
size. See Chapter 5.
Pitch lights
Indicate what font
size is selected.
PANEL
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Contents
Getting to Know Your Printer
Easy-to-Use Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-2
Available Paper Paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-3
Printing on continuous paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-4
Printing on single sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-8
Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-10
Ribbon Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-10
Important Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-11
Print Head Caution Symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-12
ENERGY STAR Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-13
For United Kingdom Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-13
Use of options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-13
Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-14
How To Use Your Manuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-15
Warnings, Cautions, and Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-15
Chapter 1 Setting Up the Printer
Unpacking the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Choosing a Place for the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Positioning the continuous paper supply . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Installing or Replacing the Ribbon Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Attaching the Paper Guide and Paper Separator . . . . . . . . 1-11
Plugging In the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13
Connecting the Printer to Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14
Installing the Printer Driver on Your PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15
For Windows 95 or NT 4.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16
For Windows 3.1 or NT 3.5x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-19
For DOS programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-20
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Chapter 2 Printing on Continuous Paper
Setting the Paper Release Lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Setting the Paper Thickness Lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Loading Multi-Part Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Turning on the double-strike mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Loading Continuous Paper With Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Removing continuous paper with labels . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Using the Front Push Tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
Installing the tractor in the front push position . . . . . . . 2-9
Loading paper onto the front push tractor . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
Removing the printed document from the front
push tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
Removing the front push tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16
Using the Rear Push Tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17
Loading paper onto the rear push tractor . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17
Removing the printed document from the rear
push tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21
Using the Tractor in the Pull Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22
Installing the tractor in the pull position . . . . . . . . . . . 2-23
Loading paper onto the pull tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-24
Removing paper from the pull tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-30
Using two tractors in a push and pull combination . . . . . 2-30
Removing the pull tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-33
Switching Between Printing on Continuous Paper
and Printing on Single Sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-35
Switching to printing on single sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-35
Switching to printing on continuous paper . . . . . . . . . . 2-36
Adjusting the Top-of-Form Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-37
Advancing the Paper to the Tear-Off Edge . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-40
Using the Tear Off/Bin button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-40
Advancing paper to the tear-off position automatically . . 2-41
Adjusting the tear-off position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-41
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Chapter 3 Printing on Single Sheets
Using Single Sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Available paper types and paper slots . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Loading single-sheet multi-part forms . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Loading envelopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Loading postcards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Loading Single Sheets in the Top Paper Slot . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Loading Single Sheets in the Front Paper Slot . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Chapter 4 Using the Printer Software
About Your Printer Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Using the Printer Driver With Windows 95 . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Accessing the printer driver from Windows applications . 4-3
Accessing the printer driver from the Start menu . . . . . . 4-5
Printer driver settings overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
Using the Printer Driver With Windows 3.1 . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
Accessing the printer driver from Windows applications . 4-8
Accessing the printer driver from the Control Panel . . . . 4-10
Printer driver settings overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Using the Printer Driver With Windows NT 4.0 . . . . . . . . 4-12
Accessing the printer driver from Windows applications . 4-12
Accessing the printer driver from the Start menu . . . . . . 4-14
Printer driver settings overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
Using the Printer Driver With Windows NT 3.5x . . . . . . . . 4-17
Accessing the printer driver from Windows applications . 4-17
Accessing the printer driver from the Control Panel . . . . 4-19
Printer driver settings overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
Using the EPSON Remote! Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21
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Chapter 5 Changing Printer Settings From the Printer’s Control Panel
Selecting a Built-In Font and Pitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
About Your Printer’s Default Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Changing default settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
Chapter 6 Using EPSON Status Monitor 2
About the EPSON Status Monitor 2 Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Installing EPSON Status Monitor 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
Accessing EPSON Status Monitor 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Checking Printer Status Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Using the EPSON Status Monitor 2 window . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Using the Printer Status window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9
Making Monitoring Preference Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10
Turning on background monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-11
Using the background monitoring icon . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-12
Chapter 7 Troubleshooting
Using the Error Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2
Problems and Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4
Power supply problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5
Single-sheet paper loading or feeding problems . . . . . . . 7-6
Continuous paper loading or feeding problems . . . . . . . 7-8
Wrong top-of-form position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9
Wrong tear-off position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10
Printing or printout quality problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-11
Clearing Paper Jams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-16
Aligning Vertical Lines in Your Printout . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-17
Printing a Self Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-18
Printing a Hex Dump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-19
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Appendix A Enhancing Your Printer With Options
Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2
Paper handling options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2
Optional interface cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3
Using the Optional Cut-Sheet Feeders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4
Installing the high-capacity or double-bin
cut-sheet feeder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4
Loading paper in the high-capacity cut-sheet feeder . . . . A-6
Selecting the paper source (bin 1 or bin 2) . . . . . . . . . . A-10
Switching between continuous paper and
single-sheet paper in the cut-sheet feeder . . . . . . . . . A-11
Using the Roll Paper Holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-12
Assembling the roll paper holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-12
Installing the roll paper holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-13
Loading roll paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-14
Removing roll paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-16
Installing an Interface Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-17
Using the C82305]or C82306]serial interface card . . . . A-18
Appendix B Cleaning and Transporting the Printer
Cleaning the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2
Transporting the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-3
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Appendix C Specifications
Printer Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-2
Mechanical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-2
Electrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-4
Environmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-5
Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-5
Paper alignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-7
Printable area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-8
Safety approvals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-10
CE marking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-10
Command Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-11
EPSON ESC/P control codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-11
IBM 2381 Plus emulation control codes . . . . . . . . . . . . C-15
Character Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-16
International character sets for the Italic table . . . . . . . . C-25
Appendix D Customer Support Information
Contacting Customer Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-2
For North American Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-2
For United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland Users . . . . D-4
Enquiry Desk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-4
Customer Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-4
Faxon EPSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-5
EPtec - Bulletin Board Service for latest drivers and
utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-5
World Wide Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-5
For Australian Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-6
EPSON FAXBACK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-6
EPSON Bulletin Board System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-6
Internet URL http://www.epson.com.au . . . . . . . . . . . D-6
Your dealer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-6
EPSON Helpdesk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-7
For Singapore Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-7
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For Hong Kong Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-7
Internet home page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-8
Electronic bulletin board system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-8
Technical support hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-8
For Philippines Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-8
Glossary
Index
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Getting to Know Your Printer
Your EPSON®FX-2180 9-pin dot matrix printer provides
high-quality printing and great performance in a compact
design. Features include:
qa variety of paper paths to suit your printing needs
qthe ability to handle a wide range of paper types, including
continuous paper, multi-part forms with one original plus
up to six copies, labels, single sheets, envelopes, and
postcards
qhigh-speed printing of up to 500 characters per second at 10
characters per inch
Your printer also comes with printer driver software, the
EPSON Status Monitor 2 utility for Microsoft®Windows®95
that lets you check the status of your printer quickly and easily,
and other software. In addition, several options are available to
help suit your individual needs.
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Easy-to-Use Features
This section highlights some easy-to-use features that you’ll
find helpful.
qUse the tear-off feature to save paper.
If you load paper on the front or rear push tractor, you can
use the tear-off feature to advance your continuous paper
to the printer’s tear-off edge when you finish printing. Then
you can easily tear off the printed sheets and save the paper
normally lost between documents. For more information,
see Chapter 2.
qUse the paper release lever to change the paper path
without removing the paper.
Using the paper release lever, you can easily switch to printing
on single sheets without removing the continuous paper
loaded on the front or rear push tractor. You can also easily
switch to printing on continuous paper on a different
tractor. For more information, see Chapter 2.
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qUse the micro adjust feature to adjust the top-of-form and
tear-off positions. See the Glossary for explanations of the
top-of-form and tear-off positions.
The micro adjust feature allows you to move the paper forward
or backward in 1/216-inch increments so that you can
make precise adjustments to the top-of-form and tear-off
positions. For more information, see Chapter 2.
Available Paper Paths
Your printer provides a variety of paper paths for printing on
continuous and single-sheet paper. As described below, paper
can be fed into the printer from the top, front, bottom, or rear.
You select the paper path that best suits your current printing
needs.
paper release
lever 2-1n
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Printing on continuous paper
You can choose from three tractor positions (front push, rear
push, and pull) and three paper entry slots (front, rear, and
bottom) for continuous paper printing. This section helps you
determine which paper paths and tractor positions are best for
your continuous paper printing needs. See the appropriate
sections in Chapter 2 for tractor installation and paper loading
instructions.
Using a push tractor
If you often need to tear off sheets of continuous paper (for
example, if you are printing purchase orders or sales slips), it is
best to use a push tractor. This allows you to use the printer’s
tear-off edge to easily tear off printed sheets of continuous
paper at the perforation. Also, when continuous paper is
loaded on a push tractor, you can load single sheets of paper
from the paper guide without removing the continuous paper.
There are two push tractor positions: front and rear. The
tractors are installed in the front push and rear push positions
when the printer is shipped. See the table below for details
about the push positions and the corresponding paper-feeding
paths.
Note:
oAlways load multi-part forms with seven parts (one original plus six
copies) from the front or bottom slot onto the pull tractor.
oThe tractor in the rear push position cannot be removed.
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Tractor position Description
front push
To use this tractor, load paper in the front slot. If you
print on thick paper such as multi-part forms or
continuous paper with labels, load the paper in the
front paper slot because the paper path from this
slot is almost straight. This reduces the chance of
paper jams.
rear push
To use this tractor, load paper in the rear slot. When
you print on multi-part forms that are bound on only
one side by point glueing, load them in the rear
paper slot; the front push tractor cannot feed this
type of form.
Note:
Because thick multi-part forms require a straight
paper path, load them in the front slot.
Caution:
Do not load continuous paper with labels in the rear
slot. If you load continuous paper with labels in the
rear slot, the labels may come off their backing
sheet inside the printer and cause a paper jam.
Using a pull tractor
If you often print on thick or heavy continuous paper, such as
multi-part forms or continuous paper with labels, use a tractor
in the pull position. The pull tractor provides the best paper
jam prevention, and allows you to load continuous paper from
the front, rear, or bottom of the printer. However, you cannot
use the tear-off feature with the pull tractor.
Note:
If you plan to use a pull tractor, you can remove the tractor from the
front push position and install it in the pull position, or you can
purchase the optional pull tractor (C80032]) and install it in the pull
position. See Chapter 2 for instructions.
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As shown in the table below, three paper entry slots are
available for use with the pull tractor: front, bottom, and rear.
Paper slot Description
front
If you print on thick paper such as multi-part forms
or continuous paper with labels, load it using the
front paper slot because the paper path from this
slot is almost straight. This reduces the chance of
paper jams.
bottom
Because the bottom paper slot has the straightest
paper path, it is ideal for printing on thick paper,
such as multi-part forms or continuous paper with
labels.
Note:
When loading paper in the bottom slot, be sure to
use a printer stand with an opening large enough
so that the paper can feed through it without
obstruction.
rear
You can also load continuous paper onto the pull
tractor using the rear slot. When you print on
multi-part forms that are bound on only one side by
point glueing, load it in the rear slot; the printer
cannot feed this type of form from the front or
bottom slot.
Note:
Because thick multi-part forms require a straight
paper path, load them in the front slot.
Caution:
Do not load continuous paper with labels in the rear
slot. If you load continuous paper with labels in the
rear slot, the labels may come off their backing
sheet inside the printer and cause a paper jam.
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Using the push and pull tractors in combination
To improve continuous paper feeding and reduce paper jams,
you can use two tractors at the same time. This is especially
helpful for printing on continuous pre-printed forms,
multi-part forms, or labels, and for printing high quality
graphics. When using two tractors in combination, you can
load paper in the front paper slot onto the front push tractor
and the pull tractor, or load paper in the rear paper slot onto
the rear push tractor and the pull tractor.
Combination Description
rear push
and pull
To use the rear push tractor with the pull tractor, you
need to remove the standard tractor that comes in
the front push position and install it in the pull
position.
Note:
Because thick multi-part forms require a straight
paper path, load them in the front slot.
Caution:
Do not load continuous paper with labels onto
the rear push tractor even when it is used in
combination with the pull tractor. If you load
continuous paper with labels onto the rear
push/pull tractor, the labels may come off their
backing sheet inside the printer and cause a
paper jam.
front push
and pull
To use the front push tractor with the pull tractor,
you need to purchase the optional pull tractor
(C80032]) and install it in the pull position.
Note:
For more information on using two tractors in a push and pull
combination, see page 2-30.
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Printing on single sheets
As shown below, your printer has two paper entry slots for
printing on single sheets: top and front. When continuous
paper is loaded on the front or rear push tractor, you can load
single sheets in the top or front slot without removing the
continuous paper.
This section helps you determine which paper slot best suits
your single-sheet printing needs. See Chapter 3 for paper
loading instructions.
Loading paper in the top slot
You can load ordinary single sheets, single-sheet multi-part
forms, envelopes, or postcards in the top slot.
Note:
Load envelopes only in the top slot.
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Loading paper in the front slot
You can load ordinary single sheets, single-sheet multi-part
forms, or postcards in the front slot.
Note:
Always use the front paper slot to load single-sheet multi-part forms
that are bound by line glueing only at the side.
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