Apple ImageWriter II - Manual (Page 5)

ImageWriter II Power Socket
Press the On/Off button. The green Power light and red Error light should light up. (The Error light is on
because the printer is out of paper.) The print head moves to the left margin and then to the center. The
ImageWriter II moves the print head to the center when no paper is present.
The On/Off Button and Related Lights
If nothing happens, check the following.
Is the front cover in place?
Press the On/Off button again. Is the printer on now?
Check the power cord connections. Is everything firmly plugged in?
Has anything interrupted power to the wall socket or power strip?
Does your power strip have an on-off switch?
If you’re still having problems, see Chapter 5, “General Troubleshooting.”
Loading Paper
This section shows you how to load either pin-feed paper or single sheets of paper. The vertical sides of
pin-feed paper have holes punched through them and perforations between sheets. For the printer test,
select the type of paper that you intend to use most often.
If you plan to use the ImageWriter II SheetFeeder, or multipart forms, envelopes, or labels most of the
time, use a few sheets of typing paper for now. Chapter 4 covers loading and printing on multipart forms,
envelopes, and labels.
If you’re working with single sheets of paper, see the section titled “Loading Single Sheets of Paper.”
Loading Pin-Feed Paper
Loading pin-feed paper for the first time takes three steps: adjusting the tractors to accommodate your
paper width, setting the printer to pin feed instead of friction feed, and rolling the paper in.
Get out your pin-feed paper. If the lead sheet is torn, wrinkled, or otherwise flawed, tear it off at the next
perforation to present a clean edge to the printer.
Lift up and remove the back cover to get to the forms tractor, the device that pulls paper into the printer.
Set the cover aside.
Removing the Back Cover
Flip open both paper clamps by lifting them in an outward direction. The clamps should spring into an
upright position.
Opening a Paper Clamp
Flip the tractor release levers into the up position by pushing them toward the front of the printer. This
frees the tractors, the pinned belts that move the paper, so you can adjust them to the width of your
paper.