Restore The Printer To Operation; Removing The Media Cutter - Printronix t8000 Administrator's Manual

Restore the Printer to Operation

NOTE:
The printer cannot detect the presence of the cutter unless the cutter is in the up (closed)
position and the cutter top cover is installed when the printer is powered on.
1. Set the printer power switch to | (ON).
2. Press the PAUSE key to place the printer OFFLINE (Home Screen).
3. Find the Settings ICON and press ENTER.
4. Press the up and down arrow keys together until "ENTER SWITCH UNLOCKED" displays.
5. Find the Media ICON and press ENTER.
6. Go to the "Handling" submenu and press ENTER.
7. Find the "Media Handling" menu and press ENTER to go into Edit Mode.
8. Select the "Cut" option and hit ENTER.
9. Press the PAUSE key to put the printer back ONLINE.
10. If the bar code validator is installed, adjust the validator beam. (See the Online Data Validator User's
Manual).
11. Make sure any media sticking out of the platen goes in the cutter entrance slot.
12. Test the printer cutting operation and print quality by selecting the Tools > Print Tests > Run Test
menu and printing one of the test patterns. (Refer to Diagnostics and Troubleshooting page 243.)
13. To save the configuration parameters, refer to Saving a Configuration page 54.

Removing the Media Cutter

1. Set the printer power to O (OFF).
2. Pull the cutter assembly to the down (open) position.
3. Using the appropriate metric hex key, remove the two screws securing the cutter bracket to the
lower support assembly.
4. Unplug the RJ-11 connector from the RJ-11 receptacle.
5. Remove the media cutter from the printer.
6. Install the front door assembly on the printer lower support assembly Media Cutter Tray Installation
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