Dascom LA48N/LA48W Quick Start Guide - Manual (Page 2)

2-1 Adjusting for paper thickness
The paper thickness lever has nine settings: 1 to 5 and A to D.
Use the following table to determine the appropriate setting for your paper;
then move the paper thickness lever to the appropriate position.
2-2 Loading single sheets
A) Move the paper select lever forward.
B) Adjusting the left margin.
A printer driver is required to use the printer in a Windows environment. Special printer drivers for
Windows 95, 98, Me, NT 4.0, XP, and 2003 are available on the CD shipped with your printer.
For information on how to install printer drivers, refer to the Readme.txt file for the printer driver to
be installed.
Number of copies
(Including the original) Setting
1 copy 1
2 copy 2
3 copy 3
4 copy 4
5 copy 5
Ribbon replacement D
Table
Paper
thickness
lever
C) Insert a sheet of paper into the cut sheet
stand. Make sure that the bottom edge of the
paper engages snugly with the platen.
Adjust the right paper guide.
D) Press the LOAD button. The paper will
advance to the top-of-form position.
The top-of-form position is the first line on
which printing can start.
2-3 Loading continuous forms
A) Move the paper select lever to the
rear of the printer.
B) Release the tractor
locking levers by pulling
them up. Open the
tractor paper holders.
See the following figure.
C) Position the right tractor
(as seen from the rear
of the printer) to adjust
the left margin.
Push the right locking
lever down to secure
the tractor.
2-2 (Cont.)
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Release
Left margin
(including perforation area)
Locking lever
2-3 (Cont.)
Paper holders
Locking levers
Tractor guide
D) Fit the paper feed holes onto the left and right
tractor pins. Adjust the left tractor (as seen from
the rear of the printer) to the width of the form.
Close the paper holders.
E) Press the LOAD button to advance the paper to the
top-of form position. Top-of-form is the first line on
which printing can start.
Paper holders
Paper handling
Installing the printer driver
A printer driver is required to use the printer in a Windows environment. Special printer drivers for Windows 95,
98, ME, 2000, 2003 Server, XP and Vista are available on the CD shipped with your printer. The drivers can only
be used in the EPSON ESC/P2 emulation, not in the IBM and DEC emulation.
For information on how to install printer drivers, refer to the Readme.txt file for the printer driver to be installed.