Adjusting the Loading Position. Epson LQ-510

Adjusting the Loading Position

The Loading Position

The loading position is the position of the paper when it has been automatically loaded by the printer.

This position is important because it determines where the printing begins on the page. If the printing is too high or too low on the page, change the loading position using the micro-adjustment feature described in the next section.

CAUTION: Never use the platen knob to feed paper except in case of a paper jam or other paper feeding problem. (If you need to use the platen knob, make sure the power is off.) If you need to adjust the loading position, always use the micro-adjustment feature.

Until the loading position is reset, the printer remembers this position even if it is turned off, and uses it as a reference point for feeding paper.

The micro-adjustment feature moves the paper in 1/180-inch increments to make fine adjustments to the loading position. Once you have used micro-adjustment to change the loading position of continuous paper, the printer remembers that position even after it is turned off.

However, when you use micro-adjustment to change the loading position of single-sheet paper, the printer does not remember this position after the power is turned off. When the power is turned back on, the loading position returns to its factory setting.

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Adjusting the Loading Position

Using Micro-adjustment

1. Make sure that the printer is turned on and that either a single sheet or continuous paper is ready to be loaded.

2. Press the LOAD/EJECT button to feed paper to the loading position. Then press the ON LINE button; the MULTI-PART light begins to blink.

MULTI-

PART

Note:

You can use the FORM FEED and LINE FEED buttons for micro-adjustment only while the MULTI-PART light is blinking.

3. Press the FORM FEED button to feed the paper forward or the

LINE FEED button to feed the paper backward.

Note: When the paper reaches the factory-set loading position, the printer beeps and micro-adjustment feeding pauses for a moment before continuing. You can use this factory setting as a reference point when adjusting the printer’s loading position. When the paper reaches either the minimum or maximum top margin, the printer beeps and the paper stops moving.

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