Switching Between Continuous and Single Sheets. Epson FX-1050, FX-BO

Switching Between Continuous and Single Sheets

Even with continuous paper loaded in the printer, you can easily switch to single sheet printing without removing the continuous paper from the tractor. To switch from continuous paper to single sheets, follow the steps below.

1.

Open the printer cover and press the ON LINE button to take the printer off line.

2.

Remove your printed document. If you are not using the short tearoff function, press the FORM FEED button to advance your document to a point where it can be removed.

Note: To avoid feeding your continuous paper backward more than is necessary, always make sure that you tear off the printed document before removing paper with the LOAD/EJECT button.

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3.

Press the LOAD/EJECT button to feed the continuous paper backward out of the printer and into a standby position. The paper is still attached to the tractor, but is no longer in the paper path. The

PAPER OUT light comes on when the paper is completely out of the paper path.

Note: Pressing the LOAD/EJECT button once may not feed the paper back enough to reach a standby position. If the PAPER OUT light does not come on, press the LDAD/EJECT button again. With normal continuous paper, you can press the LOAD/EJECT button up to three times. (With continuous paper narrower than six inches, you can press the LOAD/EJECT button only once.)

4.

Push the paper release lever back to the single sheet position.

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5.

Stand the paper guide upright, and adjust the edge guides to roughly match the width of your paper.

6.

Close the printer cover. Next, slide the paper between the edge guides until it meets resistance. At this point, the PAPER OUT light turns off.

7.

Press the LOAD/EJECT button to automatically feed the page to the loading position.

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8.

Press the ON LINE button to put the printer on line.

Switching back to continuous paper

To switch back to printing with continuous paper, first eject the single sheet of paper and take the printer off line.

1.

Open the printer cover. Lower the paper guide onto the back of the printer.

2. Pull the paper release lever forward to the continuous paper position.

3.

Press the LOAD/EJECT button to feed the paper to the loading position.

4.

Press the ON LINE button to put the printer on line.

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