Control Data Corporation CYBER 170 Series Operator's Manual page 288

When the POWER ON switch is lighted indicating power to
the printer, control operation with the following switches.
POWER OFF
Turns off power supply.
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LINE LINE
Pressing alternates between 6 and 8 line-per-inch
spacing. One-half of the indicator is illuminated,
depending on which spacing mode has been
selected.
PAGE EJECT
Under manual control, advances paper to top of
form as determined by format loop control.
STOP
Stops printer control.
LAMP TEST
Pressing causes all lamp indicators on the control
panels to light.
START
Readies printer (lighted when selected).
The remaining indicators light when the condition specified
has occurred.
FORMAT (CARRIAGE CONTROL) TAPE LOADING'
1. Press the POWER HOOD switch to raise hood.
2.
Loosen the tape spool and slide it toward the drive
hub.
3.
Place. the format tape on the drive hub and in the
space between the reader and the lamp housing.
The coincidence lines on the format tape must be
aligned with the scribe lines on the drive hub and
the arrows on the tape must point toward the back
of the printer.
4. Place the format tape over the tape spool, slide
the tape spool down the slot until there is lI8-inch
slack in the format tape loop.
5. Tighten the tape spool.
Standard format tape configurations for the 580 Line
Printer are given in appendix A.
PAPER LOADING
To load paper into the 580 printer:
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1. Press POWER HOOD switch on left side of
cabinet to raise hood.
2.
Remove old paper supply with PAGE EJECT
switch.
3. Open front printer gate.
4. Open pressure plate on upper and lower left and
right tractors.
5. Raise paper vertically from supply box and place
into upper and lower paper tractors. Ensure that
header page will always be an inner page (that is,
page is visible when output is laid flat) by placing
inner fold at front edge of printer's paper bail
assembly. Close all four pressure plates.
6. Close front panel securely.
7.
Press PAGE EJECT four times and manually feed
the forms over the paper bail and into the stacker
exit rollers.
8. In back of printer, press PLATFORM DOWN
switch to lower forms platform.
9. Press PAGE EJECT to observe that forms fold
properly and are correctly aligned.
10. Press PLATFORM UP switch and observe that
forms fold and fit properly as platform rises.
To load forms of a different width or thickness:
1. Move tractors to approximate position by
loosening the tractor locking knob and sliding
tractors until aligned. Tighten locking knob.
2.
Place forms in upper left paper tractor and close
tractor door.
3. Place forms in lower left paper tractor and close
tractor door.
4. Place forms in upper right paper tractor and close
tractor door.
5. Place forms in lower right paper tractor and close
tractor door.
6. Slide the two right tractors to adjust the
horizontal paper tension. Forms should not buckle
(too loose) and the tractor pins should not deform
the holes (too tight). Tighten the tractor locking
knobs on the right hand tractors.
7. Close the forms alignment scale against the
paper. The scale indicates print column location
and the top of the ribbon shield indicates the
bottom of the next line of print.
8. Adjust the horizontal position control to align the
forms with the proper print columns.
9.
Place the forms lock control in the manual
position and adjust the manual forms advance
control to align forms vertically to the top of
forms position.
10. Place the forms lock control in the auto position,
relatch the forms alignment scale to the print
gate, and the print gate to the print head.
11.
Press PAGE EJECT three times and manually feed
the forms over the paper bail and into the stacker
exit rollers.
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