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After you have completed the splicing procedure, go to step 5.

5.

SELECT

the Forms are Connected pushbutton.

6.

SELECT

the Feed to Align pushbutton on the Thread/Align Forms window.

7.

Visually verify that the dashed alignment mark that is printed on Printer 1 is

aligned to the alignment mark on the input station on Printer 2.

a.

If the alignment mark is aligned at Printer 2, check to see if there is a

sufficient buffer loop of forms between Printer 1 and the Buffer/Flipper

Unit. If you need to increase the buffer loop, change the “Length of Forms

Between Transfer Points” printer configuration item. See the table item on

page 223 for more information.

b.

If the Printer 1 alignment mark is short of the alignment mark in Printer 2,

SELECT

the Printer 2 Feed Page pushbutton on the window as many times

as necessary until the Printer 1 alignment mark is aligned at Printer 2.

c.

If the Printer 1 alignment mark is past the alignment mark in printer 2, first

add some more buffer loop between Printer 1 and the Buffer/Flipper Unit

by SELECTING the Printer 1 Feed Page pushbutton several times. Then

SELECT

the Cancel pushbutton on the window.

You must now restart this Thread/Align Forms procedure.

8.

After you have visually verified that the Printer 1 alignment mark is aligned

correctly on Printer 2, SELECT the Mark is Aligned pushbutton on the

window.
At the Verification window, SELECT the OK pushbutton.
This informs the control unit that the alignment is complete.

Important

If your visual verification of alignment is incorrect, all following duplex

print jobs are printed with incorrect alignment between the front and back

of the pages.

9.

If a postprocessing device is installed and not threaded, SELECT the Feed

Forms

pushbutton on the window as many times as necessary to advance the

forms enough to thread the postprocessing device.

10.

SELECT

the Completed pushbutton on the window that removes this

window.
This completes this type of Thread/Align Forms procedure.

11.

To begin printing, SELECT the Ready pushbutton on the main Display Touch

Screen window.

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