Epson FX-980 User Manual page 8

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Chapter 2 Printing on Continuous Paper

Setting the Paper Release Lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

Setting the Paper Thickness Lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

Using the Rear Push Tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6

Loading paper onto the rear push tractor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6

Removing a printed document from the rear

push tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10

Using the Front Push Tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12

Loading paper onto the front push tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-12

Removing a printed document from the front

push tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17

Removing the front push tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18

Reinstalling the tractor in the front push position. . . . . . . . 2-19

Using the Tractor in the Pull Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21

Installing the tractor in the pull position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21

Loading paper onto the pull tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-23

Removing the paper from the pull tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-28

Using two tractors in a push/pull combination . . . . . . . . .2-29

Removing the pull tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-31

Loading Multi-Part Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-33

Loading Continuous Paper With Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-34

Removing continuous paper with labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-35

Switching Between Printing on Continuous Paper

and Printing on Single Sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-36

Switching to printing on single sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-36

Switching to printing on continuous paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-37

Adjusting the Top-of-Form Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-38

Advancing the Paper to the Tear-Off Edge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-41

Using the Tear Off/Bin button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-41

Advancing the paper to the tear-off position

automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-42

Adjusting the tear-off position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-42

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