Impact Strength - IBM 4247 A00 User Manual

Impact Strength

With this category you can select the impact force applied by the printhead to the
ribbon and the forms. You can select either of the following impact values:
Soft (default) For single-part continuous and cut-sheet forms. If soft is set and a
Strong
To change or check the Impact Strength:
1. Press Menu/Enter. The message PRINT OUT=NO displays.
2. Press
3. To exit from Program Configuration, press
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by the Rear Pull tractor. If this path is selected, the Rear
Push and Push+Pull paths are not available. See "Pull" on
page 84 for more information.
Push+Pull Forms feed from the Front Push tractor and are pulled by
the rear tractor. This path is only available if a second tractor
is installed and PUSH+PULL was selected in the Power On
Configuration menu. If this path is selected, the Rear Push
and Rear Pull forms paths are not available.
ASF1 Forms feeding from the Automatic Sheet Feeder Tray 1. This
path is available only if the Automatic Sheet Feeder is
installed.
ASF2+3 Forms feeding from the Automatic Sheet Feeder Trays 2 and
3. This path is available only if the Automatic Sheet Feeder
is installed.
To change or check the Paper Path:
1. Press Menu/Enter. The message PRINT OUT=NO displays.
until the message PATH=xxxxxxxxxxx displays, where
2. Press
xxxxxxxxxxx can be FRONT PUSH, MANUAL FEED, REAR PUSH, REAR PULL,
PUSH+PULL, ASF1, or ASF2+3. If you want to select a value other than the
one displayed, press
3. To exit from Program Configuration, press
STORE=QUIT displays. If you want to exit without saving the new value,
press Menu/Enter.
If you want to save the new value, press
STORE=SAVE (new value is stored in NVM) or STORE=CURRENT (new value
remains valid until the printer is powered off (O)). Press Menu/Enter to
save the new value.
thicker form is detected or graphics are printed, then the printer
automatically switches to strong .
For multiple-part forms. If strong is set and a single-part form is
detected, the impact stays at strong .
until the message IMPACT=xxxxxx displays, where xxxxxx can be SOFT or
STRONG. If you want to select a value other than the one displayed, press
displays. If you want to exit without saving the new value, press Menu/Enter.
If you want to save the new value, press
value is stored in NVM) or STORE=CURRENT (new value remains valid until the
printer is powered off (O)). Press Menu/Enter to save the new value.
or .
until the message
or
until the message STORE=QUIT
to select either STORE=SAVE (new
or
to select either
or .