Epson DLQ-3500 Reference Manual page 22

3. Tear off all printed pages using the tear-off edge of the printer
cover.
When you resume printing, the printer feeds the paper back
to the top-of-form position and begins printing. (You can also
manually feed the paper back to the top-of-form position by
pressing the Tear Off/Special Paper button.)
Advancing paper to the tear-off position automatically
To automatically advance your printed documents to the tear-off
position, turn on the auto tear-off mode and select the appropriate
page length for continuous paper in the default-setting mode. See
"Changing default settings" on page 3-12 for instructions on how
to change the default settings.
When auto tear-off is on, the printer automatically advances the
paper to the tear-off position whenever it receives a full page of
data or a form feed command followed by no more data.
The steps below describe how to use auto tear-off.
1. When printing is finished, the printer advances the
perforation of the final printed page to the tear-off position.
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Paper Handling