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2.9 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.
NOTE: You cannot feed media manually when the printer is in the duplex
mode of operation.
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 in. x 7 ½ in.)
to 216 mm x 356 mm (8 ½ in. x 14 in.) that do not fit in the cassette).
• Thicker papers whose basis weight is from 84 g/m
2
to 135 g/m
2
(22 lb.
to 36 lb.)
• Envelopes (unless you are using the special envelope cassette or feeder)
You can invoke manual feed operation in three ways:
• Using the Feeder Select 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 and letter-size paper, set the paper (size) feature in the INITIAL Menu
(Table 4–12) and press Reset. 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.
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