Rear Tear Mode; Paper Overlay - IBM 4247 A00 User Manual

Rear Tear Mode

This parameter selects the tear-off function for forms that are loaded in the Rear
Push forms path. (See "Checking and Adjusting Tear-Off Position" on page 25 for
more information about adjusting the tear-off position.) Your choices are:
Norm (default)
Auto
No
To change or check the Rear Tear Mode value:
1. Ensure the printer is powered off (O).
2. Press and hold Menu/Enter while powering on (|) the printer. The message
3. After start-up is complete, release Menu/Enter and the message PRINT OUT=NO
4. Press
5. Press
6. Press
7. To exit from Power On Configuration, press Menu/Enter. Your new value is

Paper Overlay

The paper overlay function allows you to simultaneously feed (and overlay) a single
sheet of paper from the Manual Sheet Feed while processing forms through one of
the push paths (Front Push or Rear Push forms path). You can set forms overlay to
one of the following values:
No (default)
Yes
Notes:
1. The Paper Overlay function cannot be used with the Rear Pull or Push+Pull
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This is the default option. Press Tear to move the form to the tear
line. After a 10 second delay the forms will back down into the
printer. Press Tear again to move the forms back without waiting for
the 10-second delay.
Once printing finishes, the forms automatically move up to the
tear-off line. The forms remain there until another job is sent to the
printer. When a job is sent, the forms move down to the print
position and printing continues.
This option disables reverse forms movement. Select No for forms
that should not be moved through the printer in a reverse direction,
such as forms with attached labels and forms with overlays.
Note: Setting this parameter to No modifies how forms park. See
"Parking One Continuous Form and Loading Another (Dual
Push)" on page 59 and "Parking Continuous Forms" on
page 29.
STARTING UP displays.
displays.
until the message FUNCTIONS displays.
until the message FRONT TEAR=xxxx displays, where xxxx can be NORM,
AUTO, or NO.
until the message REAR TEAR=xxxx displays, where xxxx can be NORM,
AUTO, or NO. If you want to select a value other than the one displayed, press
or .
stored in NVM. It takes a few seconds for the new value to be accepted.
Disables the printer from feeding simultaneously from the Manual
Sheet Feed and one of the forms paths.
Enables the printer to feed simultaneously from the Manual Sheet
Feed and one of the forms paths.
forms paths.