Quick start guide Paper handling21ENGLISH Moving the paper to the tearpositionYour printer by default moves the paper into tear position once paper is loaded. Ifyou deactivate this feature in the printer’s menu (setting: Manual) you can use theTear key to move the paper to the tear position (for more information, please referto the User guide on the Online CD-ROM).Make sure that the printer is in online mode (Ready). If necessary, press the On-line key.Press the Tear (4) key. The printer moves the perforation edge of the fanfold paperto the tear edge of the top cover.After having torn off the paper, press the Online key. The printer returns the paperto the first printing position.If a print job is active, the printer automatically returns the paper to the first print-ing position.The tear function can be deactivated completely (No Tear/Reverse). In this condi-tion the Tear key is not accessible; the paper can not be moved reverse (for moreinformation, please refer to the User guide on the Online CD-ROM).Ready Front1M1 EPS Tear OnlineSetup21 3 4Ready Front1M1 EPS OnlineSetup21 3 4Tear edgeQuick Start-en.book Seite 21 Dienstag, 22. Juni 2004 1:33 13

Introduction

Using the Online CD-ROM

Printer at a glance

Installation

Placing your printer

Checking the printer voltage

Connecting the printer

Control panel

Setup mode

Changing the ribbon cassette

Paper handling

Changing the paper type in the Setup menu

Single sheets

Paper transport

Moving the paper to the tear position

Removing paper

Settings

Setting the first printing line (TOF)

Setting the print head gap

Selecting character density and font temporarily

Printing out status page

Technical data

Paper specifications

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Printer in fanfold paper mode

Paperway

Switching on the printer

Printer drivers

Installing a printer driver in Windows 2000/NT 4.0/XP

Other operating systems

Changing printer settings

Graphic options

Loading optional firmware

The control panel

The LC display

Online mode

Messages in the LC display

Key functions when turning on the printer

Changing the paper type in the setup menu

Loading paper

The Menu

Menu configurations (Macros)

Menu handling

Selecting the LC display language

Terminating Setup mode

Menu structure

Menu parameters

Reset to default values (Reset)

Selecting font (Font)

Setting line spacing (LPI)

Selecting Protocol (emulation)

Bidirectional printing (PrintDir)

Settings for interfaces (I/O)

Data format (Format)

Buffer control (BuffCtrl)

Selecting interface (Interf.)

Selecting interface timeout (Timeout)

Automatic line feed (Auto-LF)

Language (Language)

Form length (Formlen)

First printing position (FormAdj)

Print head gap manually (Head)

View and tear position (TearView)

Line length (Width)

Barcode (Barcode)

Form feed mode (FFmode)

Setting and activating options (PapOpt)

Automatic gap adjustment (AGA)

Paper handling (Paphand)

Paper width (Pagewid)

Right-hand area (Rightzo)

Line wrap (Wrap)

Setting for printing copy paper (HvyForm)

Setting the page margins (Margin)

Setting the bottom margin (Botmrg)

Setting the DEC Mode (DECMode)

Character set (CharSet)

User preference character set (UserChr)

Printer ID (Prn.ID)

Disconnection on end of transmission (Discnct)

Automatic answerback (Answbck)

Setting the IBM mode (IBMMode)

Code page (CodPage)

IBM Double Height (DblHigh)

Slashed Zero (Sl.Zero)

Setting the EPSON Mode (EPSMode)

Menu settings (example)

Advanced menu

Printer self-test (Rolling ASCII)

Exiting Rolling ASCII test mode

Interface test (H-Dump)

Terminating Hex-Dump

Advanced settings

Settings for paper with dark back (Pap.back)

Troubleshooting

General print problems

Problems with the paper feed

Paper jam (single sheets)

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