Contents
Safety and environmental notices . . . vii
About this publication ........xi
Who should read this publication .......xi
Chapter 1. Introducing the printer....1
Functional areas .............1
About forms and forms path ........2
About the control unit area ........3
About the printer operator panel ......6
About the developer ..........10
About the forms input area and transfer station
area................12
About the printer control panel.......13
About the splicing table .........15
About the transfer station ........16
About the vacuum, stack height, lift pin lever,
and puller controls ...........19
About the fuser entry area ........22
About the forms exit area.........23
About the rear service area ........28
About the power control panel .......29
Operator console ............31
The Main touch panel ..........33
Tabs on the Main touch panel .......34
Buttons on the Main touch panel ......36
Areas on the Main touch panel .......36
User controls .............36
On-screen-display (OSD) controls ......38
Chapter 2. Operator's overview ....41
Operator responsibilities ..........41
Normal operation (Ready status) .......42
Operator intervention (Not Ready status) ....43
Service call procedure ...........44
Chapter 3. Operating the printer ....47
About the power control panel ........47
About the local and remote power controls ....48
Powering on the system ..........48
Powering on the system in local-controlled mode 48
Powering off the system ..........50
Powering off in local-controlled mode ....50
Powering off the system using the Unit
Emergency switch ...........50
Shutting down and restarting the system ....51
Shutting down the system ........51
Restarting the system ..........52
Enabling and disabling protocols .......52
Enabling and disabling pre/postprocessors ....53
Canceling a job .............53
Adjusting the volume of the operator alert assembly 54
Adjusting the touch panel .........55
Reporting printer usage ..........56
Switching printer modes and printer speed ....58
Switching from Duplex to Dual Simplex mode . 58
Switching from Dual Simplex to Duplex mode . 59
Switching printer speeds .........60
Switching between Enhanced Commercial Print
(9pt) and other forms ..........60
Chapter 4. Working with Snapshots . . 61
Viewing Snapshots ............62
Sorting and searching Snapshots .......63
Loading Snapshots ............65
Creating Snapshots ............65
Changing values in Snapshots ........65
Saving changed Snapshots .........67
Deleting Snapshots ............67
Restoring Snapshots ...........67
Chapter 5. Working with forms ....69
Loading forms .............69
Choosing a load procedure ........70
Paper paths .............70
Removing forms............72
Loading tractored roll-feed forms ......72
Loading tractored fan-fold forms ......87
Loading tractorless roll-feed forms .....104
Loading special forms .........116
Switching between tractored and tractorless
forms ...............137
Adjusting the rear paper-edge guide and Dual
Toner Mark/Side Verify Sensor ......146
Checking the tension arm ........147
Splicing tractored forms .........150
Aligning tractored forms ........155
Aligning tractorless forms ........163
Threading a duplex system ........166
Setting printer resolution ........178
Setting print registration.........178
Setting printer registration ........182
Non-Process Runout (NPRO) .......184
Advancing forms using NPRO ......184
Advancing one page using NPRO .....185
Checking for front-facing pages ......186
Checking forms alignment ........188
Checking print quality .........190
Unloading the stacker ..........193
Using the printer stacker with a postprocessor . . 195
Verifying synchronized duplex printing for
tractored forms .............195
Special marks .............196
Selecting the Universal Forms Control (UFC)
sensors ..............198
Adjusting the Universal Forms Control (UFC)
sensor ...............199
Using side verify marks .........210
Using registration marks for tractorless printing 211
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