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Paper Handling

Adjusting the Paper-Thickness Lever

You can get the best printing quality by adjusting the paper-thickness lever according to the type of paper you are using.

Usually, set the paper-thickness lever to the AUTO position as shown below; your printer automatically adjusts itself to the thickness of the paper loaded in the printer.

If you are not content with the printing quality, especially when using special paper such as multipart forms, you can manually set the paper-thickness lever to the appropriate position.

The higher the number you set the paper-thickness lever to, the wider the space between the platen and print head. If your printout appears faint or characters seem skipped or missing, this setting may be too high. On the other hand, if the setting is too low, your printout may appear smudged, the paper may not feed correctly, or the ribbon may become damaged.

The following table provides guidelines for selecting the appropriate lever position for the type of paper you are using.

Paper type		Paper-thickness lever position
Ordinary paper (single sheets or continuous paper)		-1 to 1	Auto
Multipart forms (carbonless)
	2 parts (original + 1 copy) 3 parts (original + 2 copies) 4 parts (original + 3 copies) 5 parts (original + 4 copies) 6 parts (original + 5 copies) 7 parts (original + 6 copies) 8 parts (original + 7 copies)	0 or 1 1 or 2 2 to 4 3 to 5 4 to 6 5 to 8 6 to 9
Labels		2 or 3
Envelopes		2 to 7
Postcards		2
Continuous forms with labels		Auto
Overlapping multipart forms		Auto
Overlapping multipart forms with labels		Auto

Caution:

Do not set the paper-thickness lever to AUTO when using labels whose backing sheet is exposed. Set it to the appropriate position according to the table above.

Note:

When Overlapping Forms is turned on in the default-setting mode, the printer automatically operates on AUTO function even though the paper-thickness lever may be set to another position.

It is recommended to set the paper-thickness lever to AUTO when printing on multipart forms, because the total thickness of multipart forms may vary depending on the kind of paper even if the number of parts is the same.
However, if your printout appears faint, set the paper-thickness lever to a lower position within the range specified in the table above. Similarly, if your printout appears smudged, set the lever to a higher position.

If your printout appears faint or characters seem skipped or missing, this setting may be too high. On the other hand, if the setting is too low, your printout may appear smudged

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