Printek FormsMaster 8000 Operator's Manual page 86

P R I N T E R C O N F I G U R A T I O N
to the Form Length setting for the current form) has been reached.
printing finishes and the form boundary has not been reached, take the
printer off line and the FORM FEED button may be used to advance the form
to the tear bar. This item may also be used to disable Auto-Scroll by
setting the value to
always be used to advance the form to the tear bar.
Paper Out Fault Action
Possible Values:
This item selects what action is to be taken when a paper out condition
occurs. The action taken for each of the possible values is described in the
following paragraphs.
When
Finish Page
bottom of the page when a normal paper out condition occurs. Conditions
that will prevent this from happening are when the end of paper is detected
too far from the end of the form (the printer assumes there is not a complete
page available), when reverse paper motion is attempted within the last one
inch of the form, or when a paper jam occurs. If the printer is unable to
finish printing the page, it will attempt to reprint the page as described
below (also refer to the Reprint Page Size option which follows). Note that
if highly precise printing is required in the last inch of the form,
may not provide accurate enough paper motion since the form is no longer
controlled by the tractor mechanism .
When
Reprint Page
end of paper or a paper jam condition is detected and the printer will go off
line. After a new box of forms is loaded, the printer will attempt to reprint
the current page from the beginning. If the printer is able to reprint the page,
Reprinting Page!
previous partially printed page should probably be discarded). If the printer
is unable to reprint the page, the page will be broken,
will be displayed, and printing will resume where it left off as
Too Large
described in the next paragraph. The printer's ability to complete the
reprint successfully depends on whether the data for the current page is still
in the printer's memory. Refer to the following Reprint Page Size option
for more information regarding how much data may be retained.
80
. When disabled, the FORM FEED button must
Off
Finish Page*
Reprint Page
Break Page
is selected, the printer will attempt to print to the
is selected, the printer will stop printing as soon as the
will be displayed when the new form is loaded (the
Paper Out Fault
Finish Page
Finish Page
Cannot Reprint - Page
If