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Printing on Continuous Paper
Your printer can handle continuous paper with the push tractor.
Position the printer and continuous paper as shown in the illustrations below so that the paper is loaded smoothly.
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The printing position may be misaligned if the continuous paper touches the printer’s stand or any cables. Position the continuous paper so that it is loaded smoothly.
Be sure to remove the continuous paper from its box and place it near the printer.
Overlapping paper may be fed if the top of the stack of continuous paper is as high as or higher than the push tractor.
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Printing with the push tractor
Follow these steps to load continuous paper using the push tractor.
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Do not touch the paper sensor on the left sprocket unit.
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Turn off the printer.
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Facing the back of the printer, release the right sprocket unit by pulling the sprocket lock lever up.
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Slide the right sprocket unit to roughly match the width of your paper, but do not lock it.
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The left sprocket unit is fixed in place and cannot be adjusted.
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Slide the center paper support halfway between the two sprockets.
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Open the sprocket covers of both sprockets.
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Fit the first two holes of the paper over the sprocket pins on both sides. Slide the right sprocket unit slightly to the right so that the paper is not slack.
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Make sure the first sheet of your continuous paper has a clean, straight edge so that it can feed smoothly into the printer.
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Close the sprocket covers.
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Slide the right sprocket unit to remove any slack in the paper and lock it in place.
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Turn on the printer.
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Press the Load/Eject button to feed the paper to the top-of-form position. When the printer receives data, it begins printing.
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After you finish printing, follow the steps in the next section to tear off your printed document. If the first printed line on your page appears too high or low, you can change its position using the Micro Adjust function. See Adjusting the top-of-form position.
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If the trailing edge of the paper is past the paper sensor after the printed document is torn off, that portion of the paper will be fed forward without being printed.
Do not pull the loaded paper out of the tractor unit while the printer is on. Doing so may cause paper jams or printer malfunctions. Also, the top-of-form position setting may become misadjusted.
Do not pull out paper that is not ejected completely after pressing the Load/Eject button. Doing so may cause paper jams or printer malfunctions.
The last page of continuous paper that is printed may have low print quality.
If the first line on your page appears too high or low, you can change its position using the Micro Adjust function. For more information, see Adjusting the top-of-form position.
Make sure that the right and left edges of continuous paper are straight and not slack when you load the paper.
Do not pull the paper while printing. Doing so may adversely affect the print quality.
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Using the tear-off function
You can use the tear-off function to advance your continuous paper to the printer’s tear-off position after you finish printing.
To tear off the printed sheet manually after printing, press the Tear Off button to advance the perforation of the paper to the tear-off position.
To enable the auto tear-off function, turn on the tear-off function from the printer driver. The printer advances the perforation of the paper to the tear-off position automatically when a set time has passed after printing. When the printer receives the print data, the printer feeds the paper backward to the top-of-form position automatically. For more information, see Setting the Auto Tear-Off Function.
If the paper perforation is not in the desired tear-off position, you can use the Micro Adjust function to adjust the position of the perforation. For more information, see Adjusting the tear-off position.
Follow these steps to use the auto tear-off function.
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After printing is finished and the printer advances the paper to the tear-off position, tear off all printed pages.
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The time until the paper begins to advance to the tear-off position after printing is finished can be set. To change the settings, see Setting the Auto Tear-Off Function.
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When you resume printing, the printer feeds the paper back to the top-of-form position and begins printing.
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Removing continuous paper
Follow these steps to remove continuous paper from the printer.
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After printing is finished and the printer advances the paper to the tear-off position, tear off all printed pages.
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Press the Tear Off button to feed the paper backward to the top-of-form position.
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Press the Load/Eject button to feed the paper backward out of the printer to the standby position.
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Do not feed the paper backward 558.8 mm (22 inches) or more using the Load/Eject button. Doing so may cause paper jams.
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To completely remove the paper from the printer, open the sprocket covers. Remove the paper from the tractor unit, and then close the sprocket covers.
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