Adjusting The Top-Of-Form Position; Advancing The Paper To The Tear-Off Edge - Epson FX-2180 Manual

Adjusting the Top-of-Form Position

The top-of-form position is the position on the page where
the printer will start printing. If your printing appears too
high or low on the page, you can use the micro adjust feature
to adjust the top-of-form position as described below.
Caution:
Never use the knob to adjust the top-of-form position;
this may damage the printer or cause it to lose the top-
of-form position.
Note:
Your top-of-form position setting remains in effect until you
change it, even if you turn off the printer.
The top margin setting made in some application software
overrides the top-of-form position setting you make with the
micro adjust feature. If necessary, adjust the top-of-form position
using your software.
1. Make sure the printer is turned on and paper is loaded.
2. If you are using a push tractor, press the
to advance the paper to the current top-of-form position.
3. Open the paper guide cover and lift the printer cover up
and off the printer.
4. Hold down the
Pause
light starts flashing and the printer enters the micro
Pause
adjust mode.
5. Press the
Load/Eject U
top-of-form position up or down on the page.
Note:
The printer has a minimum and a maximum top-of-form
position. If you try to adjust it beyond these limits, the printer
beeps and stops moving the paper.
When the paper reaches the default top-of-form position, the
printer also beeps and stops moving the paper briefly. You
can use the default setting as a reference point when
adjusting the top-of-form position.
To adjust the top-of-form position for continuous paper
loaded on the pull tractor, see the following example:
First mark a point 6.5 mm (0.26 inch) above the paper's
perforation; then position the paper so that the mark is even
with the top edge of the plastic ribbon cover. This gives you
an 8.5 mm (0.33 inch) margin on the next page, meaning
the printer starts printing 8.5 mm below the perforation. If
you mark a point 5.5 mm (0.22 inch) above the perforation,
you get a 9.5 mm (0.37 inch) margin on the next page.
Load/Eject
button for about three seconds. The
and buttons to move the
LF/FF D
6. Press the

Advancing the Paper to the Tear-Off Edge

If you use the front or rear push tractor, you can use the tear-
off feature to advance your continuous paper to the printer's
tear-off edge when you finish printing. You can then easily
tear off the printed document.
As described below, you can use the tear-off feature in two
ways: manually by pressing the printer's
or automatically by turning on the auto tear-off mode. The
Tear Off/Bin
position.
Caution:
Never use the tear-off feature to feed continuous paper
with labels backward; they may come off the backing
sheet and jam the printer.
Never reverse feed continuous paper loaded in the pull
tractor using the Tear Off/Bin button; the paper may
button
come off the pull tractor and jam the printer.
Using the Tear Off/Bin Button
After the printer finishes printing your document, press the
Tear Off/Bin
Note:
If the Tear Off/Bin lights are flashing, the paper is in the tear-off
position. If you press the Tear Off/Bin button, the printer feeds your
paper to the next top-of-form position.
Advancing Paper to the Tear-Off Position
Automatically
To automatically advance your printed documents to the tear-
off position, you need to turn on the auto tear-off mode and
select the appropriate page length for continuous paper in the
default-setting mode. For instructions, see "Using the
Default-Setting Mode" on page 13.
When auto tear-off is on, the printer automatically advances
the paper to the tear-off position whenever it receives a full
page of data or a form feed command followed by no more
data.
Adjusting the Tear-Off Position
If your paper's perforation is not aligned with the tear-off
edge, you can use the micro adjust feature to move the
perforation to the tear-off position. Follow the steps below.
Caution:
Never use the knob to adjust the tear-off position; this
may damage the printer or cause it to lose the tear-off
position.
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button to exit micro adjust mode.
Pause
lights flash when the paper is in the tear-off
button to advance the paper to the tear-off edge.
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button,
Tear Off/Bin
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