IBM 5256 User manual

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IBM 5256 Printer
Setup Procedure
GA21-9290-2
File No. S5250/S34/S38-00

Third Edition (July 1979)
This is a major revision of, and obsoletes, GA21-9290-1. Because the changes
and additions are extensive, this manual should be reviewed in its entirety.
Changes are periodically made to the information herein; these changes will be
reported in
subsequent revisions.
Use
this publication only for the purpose of setting up the IBM 5256 Printer.
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© Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 1977, 1979

Section 1. Setting Up the Printer
Safety Precaution: The 5256 Printer weighs approx imately 36 kilograms (78
pounds).
Never lift it by yourself.
This setup and checkout procedure should be used after your printer has been
unpacked and placed
where you intend to use it or whenever a printer has
been
disconnected and relocated. It is important to ensure that your printer is
in its
proper location.
Before you continue, look at the back of the printer.
If you do not have switches on the
back of your printer, your printer
must be the only machine on a
If you have Address switches, which
are white, and a Terminator switch,
line or the last machine on a line.
which is blue, on the back of your printer,
your printer can be placed anywhere on a line.
Terminator Switch
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~ UI;'/)~_ Address Switches
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If in doubt, check with someone such as your supervisor, system operator, or
manager.
Now do the following procedure to set up your printer and make it operative.
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1. Tilt the printer up and remove the two red shipping
bolts on the bottom of the printer.
2. Remove the tape from the top of the printer covers.
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3. Slide the top cover open.
Top Cover
4. Carefully remove the tape from the print head.
Then gently push the print head to the left side of
the printer.
Print Head
5. Close the top cover.
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6. Remove the power cord from the slot at the rear of
the machine. Cut and remove the plastic string
from the power cord. DO NOT plug in the power
cord yet.
Remove power cord from under here.
7. Open the carton that came with the printer and
remove the maintenance documentation from the
carton.

8. Put the maintenance documentation in the slot at
the rear of the machine.
9. Remove the packing material from around the forms
tractor assembly; then remove the forms tractor
assembly.
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10. Make SUre the CUt forms gUide is baCk.
CUt Forms GUide
11. .Insert the back legS of the
'Oto the back cOver Slots. forms tractor aSSfJlnbl)l
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12. Press down firmly until the back legs snap into place. Then pivot
the forms tractor toward the front
of the printer until the front legs
snap into place.
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13. Check the final placement by making sure the Paper Advance knobs
turn freely
and the tractor pins move.
_ Paper Advance
Knob
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14. If your printer has a forms stand, place the stand
on
the floor behind the printer. You can place a box
of forms under the forms stand shelf.
Forms Stand
Shelf
for completed
forms
Box
of paper
forms
If you do not have a forms stand, you can put some forms on the table behind
the printer.
15. load forms into the printer as follows:
a. Slide the top cover open.
Top Cover