Set The Tear Bar Distance - Printronix P8000 Series Administrator's Manual

Set the Tear Bar Distance

To set the tear bar distance, do the following steps:
1. Make sure the printer is offline.
2. Press ENTER key to enter Menu mode.
3. Press the right arrow  until the PRINTER CONTROL icon is highlighted.
4. Press ENTER to go into PRINTER CONTROL.
5. Press the down arrow  until "ZTP SETTINGS" is highlighted.
6. Press ENTER to go into the "ZTP SETTINGS" submenu.
7. Press the down arrow  until "ZTP TearDistance" is highlighted.
8. Press the left arrow  or right arrow  to decrease or increase the tear bar distance in increments of
1/144th of an inch.
9. Press ENTER to select the desired value. An asterisk appears next the selected value and a scale
prints to indicate the tear bar distance in relation to the tear bar. For correct tear bar distance, the
zero should align with the tear bar. See Figure 51.
NOTE: The Tear Distance value must be changed to print the scale.
NOTE: When a new ZTP Tear Bar Dist value is selected, the printer will lose the current print position
until you reset the top of form to automatically save the new value.
10. Reset the top of form using the procedure on page 304.
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Figure 51 Correct Tear Bar Distance
Physical Tear Bar
Position
Correct
Tear Bar
Distance
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