Parking Fanfold Paper; Unparking Fanfold Paper; Using The Tear-Off Function - Star XB24-250 II User Manual

Parking fanfold paper

It is not necessary to remove fanfold paper currently loaded in the printer in
order to print on cut-sheet paper. Instead, simply use the following procedure to
park the fanfold paper.
Tear off the paper at a perforation so there is no more than half a page
sticking out of the front cover of the printer.
If necessary, you can press the control panel's ON LINE button to put the
printer off-line. and then use the LINE FEED button to feed the paper until
a perforation is just past the front cover.
Press the control panel's ON LINE button to put the printer off-line.
Press the control panel's SET/EJECT/PARK button. The printer
automatically reverse feeds the fanfold paper until it is no longer in contact
with the platen, which is indicated by the printer beeping a number of
times. Also, the control panel's POWER indicator starts to flash because
paper is not loaded.
Move the release lever to the cut-sheet position.
Change the paper guide to its upright position.
You can now load cut-sheet paper into the printer using the procedures
under "Manual sheet feeding" on page 40.

Unparking fanfold paper

After you are finished printing on cut-sheet paper, use the following procedure
to unpark fanfold paper and make it available for printing.
Remove all cut-sheet paper from the printer.
Change the paper guide position so it is laying down flat.
Move the release lever to the fanfold position.
Press the SET/EJECT/PARK button to feed the paper to the starting
position.
The printer automatically goes back on-line at this time.

Using the tear-off function

The following procedure makes it easy to tear off fanfold paper.
Check to make sure that the printer is on-line.
Press the FORM FEED button to perform the long tear-off operation, or
press the LINE FEED button to perform the short tear-off operation.
The long tear-off operation causes the paper to be fed automatically so the
tear assist edge of the printer cover is aligned with the paper's next
perforation.
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