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9-8 General Printer Maintenance
Adjusting Paper Feed Tension
Printers With Paper Tension Levers
Recently released simplex and duplex printers have pressure tension levers inside the front
cover, as illustrated in Figure 9-1, Paper Feed Tension Levers, below:
Figure 9-1. Paper Feed Tension Levers
To adjust the tension:
1 Open the printer’s front cover.
2 Identify the cassette whose tension is to be adjusted, and select the correct lever.
3 Adjust the tension:
• To correct multiple feeds: move the lever toward the minus sign, decreasing the
feed pressure.
• To ease paper feeds: move the lever toward the plus sign, increasing the feed pres-
sure.
4 Close the front cover, then print paper from the cassette you are adjusting.
5 If the paper is still not feeding properly, repeat Steps 3 through 5 until the feed is prop-
erly adjusted.