Using Short Tear-Off. Epson LQ-510

Using Short Tear-Off

When you are finished printing, the short tear-off feature automatically feeds the perforation of the continuous paper to the tear-off edge of the printer cover so that you can tear off the last sheet. When you resume printing, the paper feeds backward to the loading position. This feature lets you save the paper normally lost between documents.

To use this feature, set DIP switch 2-2 to on. Then load continuous paper in the normal way.

You can leave the short tear-off feature turned on (DIP switch 2-2 on) even when you are using single sheets. When you move the paper release lever to the single-sheet position, the short tear-off feature is disabled.

WARNING:

Never use short tear-off with labels.

Otherwise, labels may come off their backing and jam the printer.

When you have finished printing, and if the perforation is at the top of form position, the printer automatically feeds the perforation of the continuous paper to the tear-off edge of the printer cover. You can then tear off the page using the tear-off edge as shown on the next page.

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If the page perforation is not properly aligned with the tear-off edge, you can adjust the tear-off position using micro-adjustment, as described below.

Note: Short tear-off is not performed unless printing of a page is completed and the paper has advanced to the top of the next page. If the paper has not advanced to the top of the next page, press the ON LINE button to put the printer off line and press the

FORM FEED button to advance the paper. Then put the printer back on line and paper will feed to the tear-off position.

When you resume printing after tearing off the sheet, the paper automatically feeds backward to the loading position before printing begins.

Adjusting the Tear-off Position

If the paper’s perforation does not meet the tear-off edge, you can adjust the tear-off position using the micro-adjustment feature.

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1. Make sure the printer feeds the paper to the tear-off position after printing the document.

2. The MULTI-PART light should begin blinking, indicating that you can now use the micro-adjustment feature to make fine adjustments to the tear-off position.

3. To make fine adjustments to the tear-off position, press the

FORM FEED button to feed the paper forward or the LINE FEED button to feed it backward.

You can now tear off your document from the perforation and resume printing. The printer remembers this new tear-off position even after the printer is turned off and on again.

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