Epson FX-980 User Manual page 8

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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-36
Switching Between Printing on Continuous Paper
and Printing on Single Sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-37
Switching to printing on single sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-37
Switching to printing on continuous paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-38
Adjusting the Top-of-Form Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-39
Advancing the Paper to the Tear-Off Edge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-42
Using the Tear Off/Bin button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-42
Advancing the paper to the tear-off position
automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-43
Adjusting the tear-off position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-43
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