Epson EPL-5900 Service Manual page 65

EPSON EPL-5900/EPL-5900L
Neither Check Paper Size error nor Check Paper Type occurs.
♦ When paper has been used up during printing
When the printer has run out of paper, it displays Manual Feed mode again.
And the subsequent operation will be the same as when it prints the first sheet
in Manual Feed mode.
♦ Printing of multiple copies
Printing of multiple copies is handled as one job in Manual Feed mode.
It is not necessary to press the Start/Stop switch at printing the first sheet of
each copy.
♦ When pages to be printed in Manual Feed mode and pages to be printed in
normal mode are mixed in one job
The printer displays Manual Feed mode and waits user's operation only before
printing the first page of the first copy in Manual Feed mode.
The printer does not stop to wait user's operation before printing the second
and subsequent copies in Manual Feed mode.
Paper source setting is effective in the job.
[Explanation of symbols]
Table 1-49 shows the symbols referred to in the examples below:
Table 1-49. Explanation of Symbols
Symbol
M- Manual Feed mode
Command TX- Specify tray X (No manual feed mode)
aM, aTM "a" represents a page number.
:M Manual Feed mode (waiting user's operation)
If there is some paper in a tray, the printer
Result :MC
automatically starts continuous printing.
:TX The printer loads paper from the tray X.
[Ex.1] <Command> 1M-2M-3T1-4M- (two copies in one job)
<Result> 1st copy
2nd copy
Product Description
Meaning
1M:M-2M:MC-3T1:T1-4M:MC
1M:MC-2M:MC-3T1:T1-4M:MC
Control Panel
[Ex.2} <Command> 1T1-2M-3M-4T2- (two copies in one job)
<Result> 1st copy
2nd copy
NOTE: In the 2nd or subsequent Manual Feed mode in a job, sheets will
be fed from the paper source which was selected by user's
operation in the previous Manual Feed mode.
♦ In the case of double-sided printing
Printing is carried out in a mode selected for the first page.
♦ In the case of n-up printing (set by printer driver)
Printing is carried out as specified for the first page.
Others
• MP Mode (SelecType setting) does not influence operation in Manual Feed
mode.
• If the paper source setting command and the Manual Feed command are issued
for the same page, the paper source setting is ignored.
<Recommended operation>
Recommended operation to ensure that paper is fed from your desired paper
source:
1. Set only the required number of sheets in the desired paper source.
2. Remove all the sheets, if any, from the other paper sources or set the sources
unavailable.
3. Press the Start/Stop switch.
Recommended operation when the printer is to be operated the same way as
the old model:
1. Set only one sheet of required paper in the desired paper source.
2. Remove all the sheets, if any, from the other paper sources or set the sources
unavailable.
3. Press the Start/Stop switch.
Revision B
1T1:T1-2 M:M-3 M:MC-4T2-T2
1T1:T1-2 M:MC-3 M:MC-4T2-T2
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