Paper handling

The following steps provide the complete procedure for this topic.

1. Open the roll cover.

   

2. Remove the black end of the spindle from the printer, then the blue end.

   CAUTION:

   Be sure to remove the black end first. Removing the blue end first could damage the black end.

   Warning:

   Do not insert your fingers into the spindle supports during the removal process.

   

3. The spindle has a stop at each end. The blue stop can move along the spindle. remove the blue stop from the end of the spindle.

4. If there is already a roll or core on the spindle, remove it.

5. If the roll is long, rest it horizontally on a table and insert the spindle into it.

   Tip:

   You may need two people to handle a large roll.

6. Slide the new roll onto the spindle. Make sure the paper type is oriented as shown. If it is not, remove the roll, turn it 180 degrees and slide it back on to the spindle. There are labels on the spindle showing the correct orientation.

   Note:

   From the front of the printer, the blue stop should be inserted into the right-side holder.

   

7. Put the blue stop onto the open end of the spindle, and push it towards the end of the roll.

   

8. Ensure that the blue stop is pushed in as far as it goes, until both ends are against the stops.

The following steps provide the complete procedure for this topic.

1. From the front panel, press , then the roll icon, then Load.

   If the roll you have selected is already loaded, you have to wait while it is automatically unloaded.

2. If you start to load roll 1 while roll 2 is already loaded, roll 2 is withdrawn to the standby position, so that it can be printed on again without reloading whenever required (and vice versa).

   Note:

   If at any time you open a roll cover while that roll is loaded but not printing, the roll will be automatically unloaded, and you will have to reload it the next time you want to print on it.

3. Open the roll cover.

   

4. Load the spindle into the printer, with the blue stop on the right. Hold the spindle by its ends and not in the middle, to avoid touching the paper and perhaps leaving marks on it.

   

5. If the edge of the roll is not straight or torn (sometimes due to tape used to hold end of the roll), pull the paper slightly and cut a straight edge.

   

6. Insert the edge of the paper into the printer.

   Warning:

   Do not push your fingers inside the printer's paper path.

   

   

7. Roll the paper into the printer until you feel resistance and the paper flexes slightly. When the printer detects the paper, it feeds it in automatically. You will hear a beep.

   

8. If the leading edge of the paper has a barcode, the printer reads and then cuts off the barcode, which falls into the basket.

9. If the leading edge of the paper has no barcode, the front panel prompts you to select the paper category and type.

   Tip:

   If you have loaded a paper type whose name does not appear in the paper list, see .

10. The front panel may ask you to specify the length of the roll. See Printing paper info. Press OK.

11. Close the roll cover only when the front panel prompts you to do so.

The following steps provide the complete procedure for this topic.

1. Measure sheet length before loading (if it is not standard size).

   

2. Ensure that both roll covers are closed. If a roll cover is opened while a sheet is loaded, the sheet is immediately unloaded.

   Warning:

   Do not load the sheet before starting the loading process from the front panel.

3. At the front panel, press , then the sheet icon, then Load > Load sheet.

4. If a roll is already loaded, you have to wait while it is automatically unloaded. The roll is not unloaded, but withdrawn to the standby position, so that it can be printed on again without reloading as soon as the sheet paper has been unloaded.

   Note:

   If at any time you open a roll cover while that roll is loaded but not printing, the roll will be automatically unloaded, and you will have to reload it the next time you want to print on it.

5. Select your paper category and type.

   Tip:

   If you have loaded a paper type whose name does not appear in the paper list, see .

6. When prompted by the front panel, insert the sheet into the front of the printer.

   

7. Align the left-hand edge of the sheet with the blue line on the left-hand side of the printer.

   

8. Push the sheet into the printer until it will not go any further.

   
   Warning:

   Do not push your fingers inside the printer's paper path.

9. Guide the sheet into the printer until the printer beeps and starts pulling the paper.

10. The printer checks the alignment.

11. If the sheet is not correctly aligned, it is ejected, and you will have to try again.