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Using Automatic Roll Paper Cutter

For Windows users
For Macintosh users

The following describes how to print on the roll paper using the cutter. The steps from the printer driver settings to cutting are as follows.

For Windows users

Note:

When printing on roll paper, you cannot use the Reverse Order or Rotate by 180° features. You also cannot select Maximum or Centered as the Printable Area setting, or use the functions on the Layout menu.

Do not select PhotoEnhance in the printer software, as this may cause your printout to have gaps.

After the roll paper is loaded in the printer, follow the steps below to configure your printer software for printing.

Open the file you want to print in the appropriate application.

Access the printer software from within the application.

Note:

For details on accessing the software, refer to the application's user manual. In many applications, you can select Print directly from the File menu, then access the printer software by clicking the Properties button.

Click the Paper tab, select Roll Paper for Paper Source, and select the appropriate page size.

Note:

Do not select Sheet Feeder as the Paper Source setting in the printer software when roll paper is loaded in the sheet feeder. Doing so causes unnecessary paper to be fed after each print job. If you have already started printing, cancel the print job from the printer software referring to Cancelling Printing. Wait until the printer stops printing and feeding paper. Cut off the paper at the back of the printer, then turn off the printer. The remaining paper is ejected the types of cutting from the Auto Cut list box.

Select the types of cutting from the Auto Cut list box.

The Auto Cut settings are as follows:

Not Cut	No cutting with the cutter is done.
Single Cut	The paper is cut at the boundary between images (the boundary between pages). However, the cutting position may shift slightly.
Double Cut	If you have selected Single Cut and are unhappy with the gap of the cutting position, select Double Cut. In this mode, the space between images is extended and the paper is cut twice inside this space. By cutting twice, an 18 mm slip of paper is left. Double Cut is selectable only when printing with No Margins selected.

Note:

Use the cutter after you attach it and adjust the cutting position. Refer to the Cutting position adjustment with Automatic Roll Paper Cutter for more details about the cutting position adjustment.

Auto Cut is selectable after the cutter is attached and Roll Paper is selected as the Paper Source setting.

If Auto Cut is not available even when Roll Paper is selected as the Paper Source, the Auto Cutter Attached setting has not been made in the printer driver. Refer to the Printer driver settings with Automatic Roll Paper Cutter and make the setting.

Make the Roll Paper Option settings at the bottom of the dialog box.

The Roll Paper Option settings are as follows:

Banner Mode	Select this mode when you want to print multi-page data as continuous data on the roll paper, rather than as individual pages. When this check box is selected, the Save Roll Paper check box is enabled.
Cut Sheet Mode	Select this mode when you want to print multi-page data as individual pages, rather than as continuous data. When this check box is selected, the Print page frame check box is enabled.
Save roll paper	Select this check box when you want to save roll paper. When this check box is selected, the blank portion of the last page of your document is not fed through the printer. This feature is only available when Not Cut and Banner Mode are selected, and not available when cutting with the cutter.
Print page frame	Select this check box to print a line on the roll paper between pages in a multi-page document to indicate where the paper should be cut. This feature is useful when it is unclear where the page breaks should be or where the paper should be cut after the last page has been printed. This feature is only available when Not Cut and Cut Sheet Mode are selected, and not available when cutting with the cutter.

Go to the Main menu and select the media type.

Click OK to close the printer software and print your document.

When print job is executed, wait until the printer prints out the last page and stops its operation.

When you print two or more pages, each printout is automatically cut except the last page.

When you print only one page, the printout remains without being cut.

When Not Cut is selected in the Auto Cut list box, the paper is ejected without being cut.

Note:

When Double Cut is selected in the Auto Cut list box, the printer prints the paper with some margin between the printouts. In order to cut the printouts front and back, gaps of 18 mm are left.

Press the roll paper button in order to cut the last page.

When Not Cut is selected in the Auto Cut list box, the paper is cut with white borders at the edge of the print images.

After your printouts are cut, the printer loads the roll paper back to the print position and the next job in the print queue (if any) is printed.

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For Macintosh users

Note:

The procedures described in this section may vary, depending upon the application you are using. Check your application's user manual for details.

When printing on roll paper, you cannot use the Reverse Order or Rotate by 180° features, select Maximum or Centered as the Printable Area setting, or use the functions in the Layout dialog box.

Do not select PhotoEnhance in the printer software, because it may cause your printout to have gaps.

After the roll paper is loaded in the printer, make sure that the Stylus Photo 2100 is selected in the Chooser before proceeding. Follow the steps below to configure your printer software for printing.

Open the file that you want to print in the appropriate application.

Open the printer software.

Note:

In most applications, you can do this by selecting Page Setup (or Print Setup) on the File menu.

Select Roll Paper for Paper Source and make the appropriate Paper Size setting. You can select either a predefined paper size or create a custom paper size.