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Removing Single-sheet Paper, Loading Pin-feed Paper, Installing the Tractor Unit

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Removing single-sheet paper To remove single-sheet paper from the printer, set the printer in the off-line mode by pressing the ON LINE button (remember its's a toggle). The ON LINE and READY lights should now be off. Press the FF (FORM FEED) button and the paper will be ejected from the printer. Loading Pin-feed Paper Pin-feed paper is used quite frequently. It is convenient if you do lots of printing or want to use special pin-feed forms such as labels. It is also very convenient for printing rough drafts of documents where you can use less expensive paper. Loading the LQ-1500 with pin-feed paper is not difficult, but it does require that you have the optional tractor unit purchased separately from your dealer. As with single-sheet feed, the printer does most of the work and virtually takes care of itself until the paper runs out. All you have to do is load the paper correctly. Installing the tractor unit The following steps show you how to prepare the printer for pinfeed paper (see Figures 3-3 and 3-4). 1. Turn OFF the printer. Remove the dust cover and the front cover. 2. If the sheet guide unit is installed, lay it back flat against the top of the printer. It should not remain in the upright position when you install the tractor unit. 3. Remove the small protective cover on the right side of the printer to make room for the tractor unit. It is retained by a single Phillips screw as shown in Figure 3-3. Put the piece away in a safe place. 4. Locate the metal brackets on either side of the printer. These brackets have two functions: they hold the sheet guide unit and the tractor unit. Notice that there are two unused wedge-shaped slots which will hold the tractor unit. Pick up the tractor unit by each end and slip the tiny silver pegs into the open slots (see Figure 3-4). 34

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Removing single-sheet paper
To remove single-sheet paper from the printer, set the printer in the
off-line mode by pressing the ON LINE button (remember its’s a tog-
gle). The ON LINE and READY lights should now be off. Press the FF
(FORM FEED) button and the paper will be ejected from the printer.
Loading Pin-feed Paper
Pin-feed paper is used quite frequently. It is convenient if you do
lots of printing or want to use special pin-feed forms such as labels. It
is also very convenient for printing rough drafts of documents where
you can use less expensive paper.
Loading the LQ-1500 with pin-feed paper is not difficult, but it does
require that you have the optional tractor unit purchased separately
from your dealer. As with single-sheet feed, the printer does most of
the work and virtually takes care of itself until the paper runs out. All
you have to do is load the paper correctly.
Installing the tractor unit
The following steps show you how to prepare the printer for pin-
feed paper (see Figures 3-3 and 3-4).
1. Turn OFF the printer. Remove the dust cover and the front cover.
2.
If the sheet guide unit is installed, lay it back flat against the top of
the printer. It should not remain in the upright position when you
install the tractor unit.
3. Remove the small protective cover on the right side of the printer
to make room for the tractor unit. It is retained by a single Phillips
screw as shown in Figure 3-3. Put the piece away in a safe place.
4.
Locate the metal brackets on either side of the printer. These brack-
ets have two functions: they hold the sheet guide unit and the trac-
tor unit. Notice that there are two unused wedge-shaped slots
which will hold the tractor unit. Pick up the tractor unit by each
end and slip the tiny silver pegs into the open slots (see Figure 3-4).
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