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Paper Handling

Tearing Off the Printed Pages

Using the Tear Off button
Adjusting the tear-off position

After you finish printing, you can use the tear-off feature to advance continuous paper on the push tractor to the tear-off edge of the printer. You can then easily tear off printed sheets. When you resume printing, the printer automatically feeds paper back to the loading position.

This feature lets you save paper that would normally be lost between documents.

If the perforation between pages is not aligned with the tear-off edge, you can adjust the tear-off position using the micro-feed feature. The printer remembers this new tear-off position.

Caution:

Never use the tear-off feature to reverse feed labels, overlapping multi-part forms, or continuous forms with labels.

Using the Tear Off button

Whether or not the printer is in tear-off mode, you can use the Tear Off button to advance continuous paper to the tear-off position by following the steps below.

Make sure printing has finished. Then press the Tear Off button. The printer advances the paper to the tear-off edge and the Tear Off light comes on.

Tear off all printed pages. If the perforation is not aligned with the tear-off edge, adjust the tear-off position. See Adjusting the tear-off position for instructions.

When you resume printing, the printer feeds the paper back to the loading position and begins printing. (You can also manually feed the paper back to the loading position by pressing the Tear Off button again.)

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Adjusting the tear-off position

If the paper's perforation is not aligned with the tear-off edge, follow these steps:

Turn on the printer and select the desired tractor.

Open the paper separator cover (the flap on the top part of the printer's top cover). This exposes the printer's tear-off edge.

Press the Tear Off button to enter the tear-off mode. The Tear Off light comes on and the printer feeds the paper's perforation to the printer's tear-off edge.

If the paper is not aligned with the tear-off edge, press the Micro Feed buttons to feed the paper forward or backward in 1/216-inch increments. (You can also hold down either Micro Feed button to feed the paper continuously.)

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Note:

You can reset the tear-off position only when you are in tear-off mode (after you press the Tear Off button once and the Tear Off light is on). The printer remembers the new tear-off position even after the printer is turned off, reset, or initialized.

Tear off the page using the tear-off edge on the printer's top cover.

Press the Tear Off button to feed the paper back to the top-of-form position. You are now ready to print your next document.

Caution:

Always tear off the printed document before you feed the paper back to the top-of-form position. Never feed paper backward more than one page.

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