Installing The Sheet Guide; Assembling The Three Pieces; Attaching The Sheet Guide - Epson LQ-1500 User Manual

Installing the Sheet Guide

The sheet guide serves a dual purpose on the LQ-1500. If you are
using single sheets of paper, the guide ensures consistent margins and
straight lines of print. If you are using pin-feed paper, the sheet guide is
used as a paper separator to keep the incoming and outgoing paper
from interfering with each other.

Assembling the three pieces

First, you must assemble the three pieces of the sheet guide.
1. Orient the sheet guide so that the textured side is up and the metal
mounting pins are facing you. Lay one of the two sliding paper
guides on top of the sheet guide. The matching textured side should
be facing up and the lipped end should be facing toward you. Now
tilt the top of the sheet guide up so that you can hook the tabs at the
top of the sliding paper guide over the top edge of the sheet guide
(see Figure 1-10).
turn the sheet guide over so the back side is facing you. Use
2.Next,
your thumbs to snap the the two plastic spring clips over the bot-
tom edge of the sheet guide. One of the sliding paper guides should
now be securely in place.
position the sheet guide so that the textured side is facing
3.Again,
you. Move the installed sliding guide to the proper end of the sheet
guide. The vertical standing edge of the sliding paper guide should
be flush against the outer edge of the sheet guide. The flattened side
of the sliding guide faces toward the center.
To install the other paper guide, just repeat the steps above. Be sure
4.
to attach the second sliding guide with the vertical standing edge
facing out toward the end of the sheet guide and away from the
center (see Figure

Attaching the sheet guide

To install the sheet guide, place the metal mounting pin on the right
side of the sheet guide into the corresponding hole in the metal frame.
Then lower the left side until the tab on the left side drops into the slot
in the metal frame. Figure
12
1-11).
shows how to do this.
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