Genicom LA36 - Manual (Page 4)

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Table of Contents
Preface ................................................................................................... vii
About This Manual ............................................................................................................ vii
Printer Models and Options ............................................................................................... vii
Organization ....................................................................................................................... viii
The LA36N and LA36W Model Specifications ....................................................... viii
Notes, Cautions and Warnings ........................................................................................... ix
1. Introduction ........................................................................................ 1-1
Features .............................................................................................................................. 1-1
Options ............................................................................................................................... 1-2
2. Paper Handling .................................................................................. 2-1
Getting to Know the Printer’s Major Parts and the Control Panel .................................... 2-01
Parts of the Printer ..................................................................................................... 2-02
Operations of the Control Panel ................................................................................ 2-04
Basic States of the Printer ......................................................................................... 2-04
Control Panel Operations .......................................................................................... 2-05
Printer Acoustical Feedbacks .................................................................................... 2-07
Selecting Paper ................................................................................................................... 2-07
Paper Specifications .................................................................................................... 2-07
Paper Thickness and Number of Copies .................................................................... 2-07
Overview of Paper Operations ........................................................................................... 2-08
Levers and Buttons Used for Paper Handling ............................................................. 2-09
Adjusting for Paper Thickness .......................................................................................... 2-10
Using Single Sheets ........................................................................................................... 2-11
Loading a Single Sheet of Paper ............................................................................... 2-11
Ejecting Single Sheets ............................................................................................... 2-13
Using Continuous Forms ................................................................................................... 2-14
Positioning the Paper Stack ....................................................................................... 2-15
Loading Continuous Forms (Push Tractor and Rear Feed) ...................................... 2-16
Loading Continuous Forms (Pull Tractor and Bottom Feed) ................................... 2-19
Unloading Continuous Forms (Push-Feed Mode) .................................................... 2-24
Recovering from an Unexpected Unloading Operation ........................................... 2-24
Tearing Off Continuous Forms ................................................................................. 2-24
Feeding and Positioning Paper .......................................................................................... 2-26
Print Area Definition ................................................................................................. 2-26
Line Feed/Form Feed ................................................................................................ 2-28
Top-of-Form Adjustment ........................................................................................... 2-28
Switching Paper Types ....................................................................................................... 2-29
Switching from Continuous Forms to Single Sheets (Push-Feed Mode) ................. 2-30