Dynamic Paper Tension Adjustment - Printronix P5000 Maintenance Manual

Dynamic Paper Tension Adjustment

This procedure helps you identify and eliminate conditions that contribute to
paper jams, excessive tension on the paper feed motor, and vertical dot
compression or expansion.
1. Open the printer cover.
2. Unload paper. Make sure a ribbon is installed in the printer.
3. Unlock both tractors and move them outward to the sides as far as they
4. Prepare a length of 14 inch wide paper consisting of three sheets that are
5. Fold a two-inch piece of plastic tape over the top sheet, midway between
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Three sheets of 14 inch,
18 pound paper
Figure 19. Preparing Paper for Tension Measurement
Loading Through the Network Interface Card (NIC)
will go.
still attached at the perforations. (The paper must be single part, 18 lb
maximum weight, 0.0036 inch maximum thickness.) Open the cabinet
front door and feed the paper up through the print station until the first
page clears the ribbon mask by about one inch. (See Figure 19.)
the sides, as shown in Figure 19.
Plastic Tape
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