Changing Tearoff Position; Adjusting Bidirectional Alignment - Lexmark Forms Printer 4227 Plus User Manual

Changing Tearoff position

The paper must be setting at the current tearoff position in order to change the
tearoff position. Pressing the Tear Off button toggles between TOF and the
current tearoff position. Follow these steps to set the tearoff position:
1
Press Start/Stop to take the printer offline.
2
Press Micro
position on the tear bar. The printer beeps if you go out of range.
3
Press Start/Stop to set and save the tearoff position. SAVED appears
on the display for one second. The printer beeps twice. The paper rolls
backward, then goes to the new tearoff position. The Ready light goes
on.

Adjusting Bidirectional Alignment

If your print job looks fuzzy or blurry, you may want to adjust the character
alignment (also called bidirectional alignment) on your printer. The following
steps illustrate how to adjust the alignment of the print wires.
1
After loading continuous forms, press Menu.
2
Press Item
3
Press Next .
4
Press Item
alignment pattern once (uni-directional). Courier prints each
alignment pattern twice (bidirectional).
5
Press Start/Stop to print the alignment pattern. The following example
shows a printer that needs alignment.
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or Micro to move the paper to the appropriate
until Print Adjust appears on the display.
or Item to choose Draft or Courier. Draft prints each