Genicom LA36 User Manual

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Paper Handling

9. Turn the platen knob

4 to adjust the print start position and turn the printer on. The

horizontal embossed rib under the red cursor on the print head carriage corresponds to
the base line of the characters to be printed.

Setting Continuous Forms Paper on the Tractors

10. Lean the top cover against the tractor unit.

11. Adjust the paper thickness lever to the appropriate position.

12. Press the

Pause

button to place the printer in the Ready state. Print a sample page and

check the first line and the page margins. Make the following adjustments, as necessary:

Horizontal alignment. Move the forms tractors as required.

Margin settings. Use your software or the printer Set-Up mode (see Chapter 4,
“Using Set-Up Mode.”)

Caution:

In the pull-feed mode, reverse feeding is allowed up to 1/3 inch and the print

accuracy is lower than the accuracy available with the push-feed mode. Use the
pull-feed mode when printing items such as labels that are affected by curling.

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