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The Cut Sheet Feeder
Using the cut sheet feeder
After loading paper into the cut sheet feeder, make sure that the
ON
LINE light is on. Once the printer is in the sheet feeder mode, a
new sheet of paper loads automatically whenever a printable
character or line feeding command is sent to the printer.
When the printer finds that it cannot load a sheet of paper
because the paper bin is empty, it stops paper feeding and the
PAPER OUT
light comes on. To start printing again, load more
paper, then press the
ON LINE
button. The printer starts printing
again from the point at which it was stopped.
If you turn your printer off during the time the printer detects a
paper out or paper jam condition, any data remaining in the
printer’s buffer is discarded.
Software operation
The following commands cause the printer to eject the sheet in
the printer without loading the next sheet.
FF
form feed
ESC EM R
ejects a sheet in sheet feeder mode
The ESC EM command is a software command used to control
the operation of the cut sheet feeder. For more information about
this command, see the summary of commands in Chapter 9.
If the paper reaches the bottom of the print area when any of the
following line feeding commands is used, the sheet in the printer is
automatically ejected and the next sheet is loaded.
LF
line feed; advances the paper by one line
VT
vertical tab; advances the paper to the next
vertical tab position
ESC J performs line feed by 1/180 of an inch
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