Mechanical Controls - Printronix P7000 Series Maintenance Manual

Line matrix printers

Hide thumbs Also See for P7000 Series:

Table of Contents

Controls And Indicators

Mechanical Controls

Control or Indicator

Paper Supports

Forms Thickness Lever

Forms Thickness

Pointer and Scale

Forms Thickness Lever

and Platen Stop

Tractors (2)

Tractor Locks (2)

Vertical Position Knob

Ribbon Loading Path

Help prevent paper jams by supporting inner sections of paper. They

are positioned manually by sliding them along the tractor shafts.

Sets the platen for paper and forms of different thicknesses. This

lever must be fully opened (raised) to load paper, unload paper, and

move paper with the vertical position knob.

Indicates the relative thickness of forms and paper. Align pointer with

A for thin (single-part) forms, B for thicker forms, and so on.

The forms thickness lever closes the platen to the relative thickness

of the paper. The platen stop assembly returns the platen to the lever

adjustment made by the user.

Hold and feed paper. Used to set side margins and position the paper

horizontally.

Lock tractors in position.

Used to set top of form or the first line to be printed. Open the forms

thickness lever and rotate this knob to move paper vertically.

Instructions showing how to load the ribbon correctly.

A horizontal scale graduated in tenths of an inch, useful for setting

paper margins and counting text columns. (See below.)

Show Quick Links

Table of Contents