User manual LEXMARK FORMS PRINTER 4227 PLUS

[. . . ] 4227 User's Guide First Edition (June 1996) The following paragraph does not apply to the United Kingdom or any country where such provisions are inconsistent with local law: LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. PROVIDES THIS PUBLICATION "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Some states do not allow disclaimer of express or implied warranties in certain transactions, therefore, this statement may not apply to you. This publication could include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors. [. . . ] To change the Auto Tear-Off setting in One-Second mode: 1 2 3 Press Start/Stop to take the printer offline. Press Micro or Micro to move the paper to the appropriate position on the tear bar. The printer beeps if the paper is out of range. Press Start/Stop to set and save the tear-off position. The paper rolls backward, then advances to the new tear-off position. The Ready light comes on. If your application software has delays between data transmissions while Auto Tear-Off is set to one second, partial pages may print. To prevent this, set Auto Tear-Off to on. 80 Chapter 4: Selecting and Loading Paper Adjusting Bidirectional Alignment If your print job looks fuzzy or blurry, you may wish to adjust the character alignment (also called bidirectional alignment) on your printer. The following steps illustrate how to adjust the alignment of the print wires. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Load continuous forms. Press Item until Print Adjust appears on the display. Press Item or Item to choose Draft or Courier. Selecting and Loading Paper Draft prints each alignment pattern once (uni-directional). Courier prints each alignment pattern twice (bidirectional). Press Start/Stop to print the alignment pattern. The following example shows a printer that needs alignment. The message Choose the Best Alignment appears on the display. Chapter 4: Selecting and Loading Paper 81 7 Press Next or Prev. Lines 2 and 4 move to align with lines 1 and 3. The printer is aligned correctly when lines 2 and 4 are vertically aligned with lines 1 and 3. Press Item to move lines 2 and 4 to the right. Press Item to move lines 2 and 4 to the left. In the example below, press Item to correct the alignment. Lines 1 and 3 do not move Lines 2 and 4 move right to align with lines 1 and 3 Selecting and Loading Paper 8 9 Press Store to save the selected value. Press Start/Stop to print the alignment pattern. The example below shows proper alignment. 10 Press Quit to exit the menu. 82 Chapter 4: Selecting and Loading Paper Printer Options Chapter The following options are available for your printer: Available Options Auto Sheet Feeder Extended Cut Sheet Paper Guides Parallel Cable Part Number 79F4841 1333163 5 Printer Options 1329605 (3. 05 m [10 ft. ]), 1427498 (6. 1 m [20 ft. ]), or equivalent 1368001 1180786 11A6196 Printer Stand Serial Cable Tractor 2 Feeder Chapter 5: Printer Options 83 This section also describes how to install the Auto Sheet Feeder and Tractor 2 Feeder. Paper loading instructions for the options are also included. For information about the: Auto Sheet Feeder Tractor 2 Feeder See page 85 96 Printer Options 84 Chapter 5: Printer Options Auto Sheet Feeder Read this section to install the Auto Sheet Feeder, change the Auto Sheet Feeder setting on the printer, and load paper in the Auto Sheet Feeder. The Auto Sheet Feeder attaches to the front of your printer and automatically feeds single sheets of paper into the printer. [. . . ] The line position of the paper where the first line prints. A device that automatically feeds continuous forms. short lines stemming from the upper and lower ends. serial interface. A type of connection that links a printer to a computer, by which the 8 bits of a character are sent one bit at a time. A short line stemming from, and U underscore. [. . . ]