User's Guide
3-16 Loading Paper
Reviewing the Paper Handling Controls
Here's a brief review of the paper handling controls:
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9 Tractor select indicator shows which paper path is selected. When
loading pin-feed paper from the rear, the indicator must be towards
the front of the printer. When loading single sheets or pin-feed paper
from the bottom, the indicator must be towards the rear of the
printer. You select a paper path by manually moving the indicator.
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9 Forms thickness indicator shows the current forms thickness. You
move this indicator manually to optimize print quality.
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9 Form Feed button feeds a single sheet to the top-of-form, ejects a
single sheet, and advances pin-feed paper to the next top-of-form.
After a form feed, the line count is zero, except when a top margin
is set.
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9 Line Feed button advances the paper one line space. The actual dis-
tance the paper moves for one line space is set by software or from
the control panel. You can hold down the Line Feed button for con-
tinuous line feeding. With each line feed operation, the line count
increases by one.
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9 Set Top button sets the top-of-form at the current print line. The
printer recognizes the current print line as the first line on the page
(line 0) and starts counting lines from there.
User's Guide
3-16 Loading Paper
Reviewing the Paper Handling Controls
Here's a brief review of the paper handling controls:
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9 Tractor select indicator shows which paper path is selected. When
loading pin-feed paper from the rear, the indicator must be towards
the front of the printer. When loading single sheets or pin-feed paper
from the bottom, the indicator must be towards the rear of the
printer. You select a paper path by manually moving the indicator.
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9 Forms thickness indicator shows the current forms thickness. You
move this indicator manually to optimize print quality.
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9 Form Feed button feeds a single sheet to the top-of-form, ejects a
single sheet, and advances pin-feed paper to the next top-of-form.
After a form feed, the line count is zero, except when a top margin
is set.
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9 Line Feed button advances the paper one line space. The actual dis-
tance the paper moves for one line space is set by software or from
the control panel. You can hold down the Line Feed button for con-
tinuous line feeding. With each line feed operation, the line count
increases by one.
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9 Set Top button sets the top-of-form at the current print line. The
printer recognizes the current print line as the first line on the page
(line 0) and starts counting lines from there.