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2.7 Feeding Media Manually
The paper feed guide on the cover of the cassette enables you to manually
feed paper, labels, transparencies, and envelopes into the printer. The
paper feed guide also allows you to print on odd-size paper that cannot be
used in the cassette. Duplex (two-sided) printing is also possible through
manual feed operation (see Section 2.8).
Although labels and transparencies are usually fed manually, high-quality
labels and transparencies, such as those sold through DECdirect, can also
be fed automatically from the cassette. Check the media specifications in
Chapter 5 for additional information about labels and transparencies.
Not all media can be fed automatically from the cassette. You must feed
the following print media into the printer manually:
• Nonstandard-sized papers from 100 mm x 190 mm (3.9" x 7 ½") to 216
mm x 356 mm (8 ½" x 14") that do not fit in the cassette).
• Thicker papers whose basis weight is from 84 g/
2
to 135 g/
2
(22 lb.
to 36 lb.)
• Envelopes (unless you are using the special envelope cassette)
You can invoke manual feed operation in three ways:
• Using the
Manual Feed
key on the control panel.
• Selecting the Manual value in the FEEDER menu.
• Sending a command from the host computer.
When feeding paper manually, you need to tell the printer the paper size you
are using so that printing occurs in the proper area on the page. For A4-size
and letter-size paper, you can set the paper (size) feature in the INITIAL
menu (Table 4–12). The paper feature sets up the printing coordinates for
manual feed operation according to the value selected: either A4 or letter.
This allows the printer to print within the correct boundaries on the sheet
of paper.
For paper sizes other than A4 or letter, you must use commands from the
host computer that tell the printer the paper size you are using. These
commands tell the printer where to print on the page. An example of this
would be printing on legal-size paper. Since the printer does not recognize
the larger legal-size paper, you must send it the proper commands (escape
sequences) to print correctly on the page. These commands should precede
the data in the file to be printed.
The following command line contains instructions to print on legal-size
paper in manual feed mode. This example is set up to print a file on an
2–14 DEClaser 2100 Printer Operator’s Guide