Star Micronics LC-6211 - Manual (Page 18)

12 Printer Setup
Printing on fanfold paper
When printing on fanfold paper, take care not to print too close to the
perforations that separate each sheet. The following shows the recommended
print area for fanfold paper and cut-sheet paper.
Parking fanfold paper
It is not necessary to remove fanfold paper currently loaded in the printer in
order to print on cut-sheet paper fed by hand. Instead, simply use the following
procedure to park the fanfold paper.
❏
Tear off the paper at a perforation so there is no more than half a page
sticking out of the front cover of the printer.
If necessary, you can press the control panel’s
ON LINE button to put the
printer on-line. and then use the SET/EJECT/PARK button to feed the
paper until a perforation is just past the front cover.
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Press the control panel’s ON LINE button to put the printer off-line.
❏
Press the control panel’s SET/EJECT/PARK button. The printer
automatically reverse feeds the fanfold paper until it is no longer in contact
with the platen.
4 mm (0.16")
18 mm 18 mm
(0.7")
6 mm (0.25")
Bottom of
Form
Perforation
Cut-sheet paper
5 mm
6 mm (0.25")
5 mm
4 mm (0.16")
(0.2")
(0.2")
(0.7")
4 mm (0.16")
4 mm (0.16")
Fanfold paper