Citizen Systems Citizen Swift 90 - Manual (Page 21)

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Top Of Form Fine Adjustment - VTOP
This is also known as Variable Top Of Form or VTOP. You should never need to use the paper
feed knob for setting the top of form or feeding paper. The only time you need to use it is to clear
a paper jam.
All changes to the top of form can be made with the top of form fine adjustment feature. You can
make minute modifications to the top of form on continuous or single sheets by following these
steps:
1 With the printer on, set the paper select lever forward if you are using continuous paper
or backward if you are using single sheets.
2 Load paper into the push tractor or into the paper guide. If you are using single sheets the
paper automatically advances to the top of form, so skip the next step.
3 If you are using continuous paper press the PARK/LOAD key on the control panel.
4 Press the ON LINE key to set the printer on line.
5 Press and hold the PARK/LOAD key or the LF/FF key for 3
seconds. This step directly enters the function to change the
top of form position. However, if you have just finished a
print job and the paper is at the tear bar, this step first re-
tracts the paper to the top of form position and into the top of
form adjusting function. The current setting is the factory set-
ting, which is approximately 8mm from the edge of the paper
to the top of a normal height character.
6 Press the PARK/LOAD key to adjust the paper upwards in 1/
60 increments or you can press the LF/FF key to adjust the
paper downwards in 1/60 inch increments. The up arrow (A)
and down arrow (B) on the control panel remind you which
key moves the paper in which direction
7 Save your new top of form as the default setting by pressing
the QUIET/SAVE key on the control panel. Press the ON LINE
key to return to the online state.
You can set one VTOP for single sheets and another for continuous paper and save both set-
tings. The printer senses which VTOP to use by the position of the paper select lever. This
convenience eliminates the need to change the top of form each time you switch between con-
tinuous paper and single sheets.
• Print quality in the top half-inch of the page may not be as good as the rest of the page.
This depends on the type of paper used and the contents of the text or graphics printed.
• Depending on the type of paper used, occasional paper feeding problems may occur.
• Due to their characteristic thickness, envelopes
should not be used with VTOP settings of 12mm
or less. Paper feeding problems may occasion-
ally occur.
• To avoid paper feeding problems, we recom-
mend that text or graphics should not be printed
in the first or last 1 inch of the first two lines of
the page.