Epson LQ-2180 User Manual page 46

Chapter 2
Printing on Continuous Paper
Setting the Paper Release Lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Setting the Paper Thickness Lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Loading Multi-Part Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Loading Continuous Paper With Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Removing continuous paper with labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Using the Front Push Tractor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Installing the tractor in the front push position . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Loading paper onto the front push tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
Removing the printed document from the front
push tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
Removing the front push tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15
Using the Rear Push Tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16
Loading paper onto the rear push tractor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16
Removing the printed document from the rear
push tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20
Using the Tractor in the Pull Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21
Installing the tractor in the pull position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22
Loading paper onto the pull tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-23
Removing paper from the pull tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-29
Using two tractors in a push and pull combination . . . . . . . 2-29
Removing the pull tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-32
Switching Between Printing on Continuous Paper
and Printing on Single Sheets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-34
Switching to printing on single sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-34
Switching to printing on continuous paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-35
Adjusting the Top-of-Form Position. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-36
Advancing the Paper to the Tear-Off Edge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-39
Using the Tear Off/Bin button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-39
Advancing paper to the tear-off position automatically . . . 2-40
Adjusting the tear-off position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-40
Printing on Continuous Paper
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