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setting topĆofĆform 7 Lower the forms thickness lever. Set it to match the paper thickness. Refer to the note on the shuttle cover. note Do not set the forms thickness lever too tightly; excessive friction can cause paper jams and ribbon jams with potential for ribbon damage, smeared ink, or wavy print. A Thin Paper B Medium Paper C Thick Paper 8 Press Set Top Of Form. One of the following occurs: a. If there is no data in the printer buffer (you have not yet sent a print job to the printer), the paper moves down NOTE: Thin Paper = single sheet Medium Paper = two-part form Thick Paper = six-part form to the top-of-form position. To verify the top-of-form setting, run one of the operator print tests. See page 68. Check the placement of the characters on the printout. Your application software may also provide a forms alignment check to verify the placement of the characters. If the character placement is correct, continue with step 9. Otherwise, go back to step 3. b. If there is data in the printer buffer (such as after a paper jam), the printer moves to the position where printing stopped. Continue with step 9. note After a paper jam, it may be necessary to reprint one or more pages. 46 Operator's Guide

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A
B
C
Thin
Paper
Medium Paper
Thick Paper
NOTE:
Thin Paper = single sheet
Medium Paper = two–part form
Thick Paper = six–part form
setting topĆofĆform
46
Operator’
s Guide
7
Lower the forms thickness lever. Set
it to match the paper thickness.
Refer to the note on the shuttle
cover.
note
Do
not set the forms thickness lever too
tightly; excessive friction can cause paper
jams and ribbon jams with potential for
ribbon damage, smeared ink, or wavy print.
8
Press
Set Top Of Form
. One of the
following occurs:
a.
If there is no data in the printer buf
fer
(you have not yet sent a print job to
the printer), the paper moves down
to the top–of–form position.
To verify the top–of–form setting, run
one of the operator print tests. See
page 68. Check the placement of the
characters on the printout. Your
application software may also
provide a forms alignment check to
verify the placement of the
characters.
If the character placement is correct,
continue with step 9. Otherwise, go
back to step 3.
b.
If there is data in the printer buf
fer
(such as after a paper jam), the
printer moves to the position where
printing stopped. Continue with
step 9.
note
After
a paper jam, it may be necessary to
reprint one or more pages.