Epson FX 880 - Page 55

Chapter 3
Printing on Continuous Paper
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Selecting a Paper Path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Setting the Paper Thickness Lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Loading Multi-Part Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Loading Continuous Paper With Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Removing continuous paper with labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Using the Tractor in the Front Push Position . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Installing the tractor in the front push position . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Loading paper with the front push tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Removing paper from the front push tractor . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
Using the Tractor in the Rear Push Position . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Installing the tractor in the rear push position . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Loading paper with the rear push tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
Removing paper from the rear push tractor . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17
Using the Tractor in the Pull Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18
Removing the paper tension unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18
Installing the tractor in the pull position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19
Removing the tractor from the pull position . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20
Loading paper with the pull tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-21
Removing paper from the pull tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-26
Advancing the Paper to the Tear-Off Edge . . . . . . . . . . . 3-27
Using the Tear Off/Bin button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-27
Advancing paper to the tear-off position automatically . . . . . 3-28
Adjusting the tear-off position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-28
Adjusting the Top-of-Form Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-30
Switching to Printing on Single Sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-32
Improving Continuous Paper Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-33
Tractor positions and paper paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-34
Using two tractor units in combination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-35
Printing on Roll Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-36
Assembling the roll paper holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-37
Installing the roll paper holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-38
Loading a roll of paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-39
Removing roll paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-42
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A5 size Chapter 3
97/07/04 pass 2
Printing on Continuous Paper
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