Epson 2250 Printer User Manual


 
ActionPrinter 2250
Tips for using continuous paper
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You can adjust the top-of-form position temporarily. Open the
printer cover and turn the gear marked by + and - signs to
adjust the position, This adjustment is lost when you turn off the
printer or feed the paper backward to the paper-park position.
3.
Replace the paper guide.
paper-park position
l If you want to change the top-of-form position permanently,
adjust it with the default-setting mode.
l Each time you turn on the printer with paper loaded, it reverses
the continuous paper to the paper-park position and then
advances it to the next top-of-form. Always remove your printed
sheets before you turn off the printer to keep the top-of-form
position accurate.
Note: When you set the back-feed setting to Disable in the
default-setting mode, the printer does not feed the paper
backward even if you press the
LF/FF
and
FONT
buttons or you
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turn on the printer with paper loaded.
Removing the push tractor
1.
Tear off any printed pages. Press the LF/FF and FONT buttons at
the same time to feed the remaining paper backward to the
paper-park position. Remove the paper from the push tractor.
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CAUTION: Always tear off the printed document and
excess paper before feeding paper backward. Never feed
more than one page backward through the printer.
2.
Turn off the printer and lower the paper-release lever to the
single-sheet position. Then pull the push tractor straight down
and out of the printer.
Using the tear-off feature
When you use continuous paper, the tear-off feature makes it easier
to tear off the last printed sheet and save the paper normally lost
between documents.
Note:
l You can tell the printer to feed the perforation of your paper to
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either the edge of the printer cover or approximately 80 mm
(three inches) beyond, by setting the tear-off option,
l When you set the back-feed setting to Disable in the default-
setting mode, the tear-off feature does not work.
Here’s how the tear-off feature works:
1.
When the printer finishes printing the last page and the print
head moves to the top-of-form position on the next page, the
printer automatically advances the paper to the tear-off position.
2.
The READY light (
m
) blinks to indicate the printer is in tear-off
-_
mode.
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3.
You can then easily tear off the page along the perforation.
4.
When the printer receives data, it feeds the paper backward to
the top-of-form position and the printer begins printing.
Switching between continuous paper and single sheets
When you use the push tractor, you can easily switch to single-sheet
printing without removing the continuous paper supply.
Switching to single sheets
Here’s how to switch from continuous paper to single sheets:
1.
If you have a printed document still in the printer, tear off the
printed pages and then press the
LF/FF
and FONT buttons at the
same time to reverse the remaining paper back to the paper-park
position.
Always tear off printed pages before feeding paper
backward; feeding too many sheets backward can
Never feed labels backward. They can easily peel off of
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