chapter 7
OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES
You can select the following accessories as option.
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Automatic sheet feeder (SF- 10DS)
Pull tractor unit (PT-1OZS)
Font cartridges (FC series)
RAM cartridge (RC-32Z, DC-32Z)
Serial-Parallel Converter (SPC-8K)
This chapter describes how to install and use these optional accessories.
NOTE: When you install or remove the optional accessories, turn off the power switch.
AUTOMATIC SHEET FEEDER (SF-1ODS)
You can use the Automatic Sheet Feeder (ASF) to print on cut-sheet forms.
Before installing the ASF, check each item in the box against Figure 7-1 to make sure that you have everything.
Figure 7-1.
Check to make sure you have all five items: 1) Sheet Feeder, 2) Hopper attachment, 3) Stacker attachment, 4) Printer cover, and 5) ASF Users manual.
NOTE: The Automatic Sheet Feeder is protected by packing and tape during shipping. Be sure to remove all of the protective material and tape before use.
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Setting up
The procedure to install the ASF is:
1. Use the printer’s EDS mode to select ASF as “installed”. (For details, please refer to Chapter 5.)
2. Open the front cover by lifting up the back using the two grips on either side, then remove the cover by pulling up.
3. Open the rear cover by lifting up the front using the two grips on either side.
4. Move the printer bail lever toward the front of the printer to open the paper bail.
Figure 7-2. Remove the front cover, and open the rear cover,
5. Tip the Automatic Sheet Feeder forward slightly by aligning the notches on the ASF cover with the bail rollers, then put the feeder into place behind the printer platen roller.
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Figure 7-3. Align the notches and the bail rollers, then tip the ASF forward slightly.
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6. Lower the rear side of the Automatic Sheet Feeder and attach it to the holder shaft.
7. Install the printer cover provided with the Automatic Sheet Feeder.
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Figure 7-4. Install the printer cover.
8. Insert the hopper attachment on top of the hopper support section as shown in Figure 7-5.
Figure 7-5. Insert the hopper attachment
9. Insert the stacker attachment into the holder on the front part of the sheet feeder.
NOTE: The flat side of the attachment should be located to the rear, as shown in Figure 7-6.
Now, you can use the ASF by installing the paper stack into the hopper.
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NOTE: Set the front cover aside carefully after they have been removed from the printer. Reverse the procedure described above when removing the Automatic Sheet Feeder.
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Figure 7-6. Insert the stacker attachment.
Loading paper
1. If fanfold paper has already been loaded in the printer, park the paper through the rear slot.
2. Push the printer release lever toward the rear of the printer (~) to load single sheets.
3. Pull the paper loading lever toward the front of the printer to pull the hopper out until it is in position.
loading lever
Figure 7-7. Pull the paper loading lever torward.
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4. Adjust the left paper guide to the desired left position by moving it horizontally in either direction.
Figure 7-8. Adjust the paper guides to accommodate the width of the paper.
5. Adjust the right paper guide to accommodate the width of the paper.
The guides should be adjusted to restrict the amount of horizontal play while allowing the paper to slide up and down freely between the two paper guides. The ideal distance between paper ream and paper guides is
0.25 mm (0.01”) on both sides at the narrowest part of the paper guides.
6. Fan the paper stack and square it off properly before inserting it into the
Automatic Sheet Feeder.
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Figure 7-9. Fan the paper before inserfing into the ASF.
7. Insert the paper stack into the Automatic Sheet Feeder.
The stack should not be more than 50 sheets of 20 lb paper.
If necessary, remove some sheets. The ASF may not perform satisfactorily if it is overloaded.
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8. Push the paper loading lever toward the rear of the printer.
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Figure 7-10. Push the paper loading lever to hold the paper stack.
Now, you are ready to start printing with the Automatic Sheet Feeder.
Feeding a single sheet
A single sheet of paper can also be fed manually with the Automatic Sheet
Feeder.
1. Set the paper by inserting into the slot at the front of the stacker attachment, as shown in Figure 7-11.
Figure 7-11. Insert a single sheet into the slot at the front of the stacker attachment
2. With the power on, press the I ON LINE I button to put the printer offline. Then press the I EJECT/PARK button. The paper will feed into the printer.
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