Compaq LA36 - Manual (Page 3)

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Table of Contents
Preface ................................................................................................... v
About This Manual ............................................................................................................ v
Printer Models and Options .............................................................................................. v
Organization ...................................................................................................................... vi
The LA36N and LA36W Model Specifications ....................................................... vi
Notes, Cautions and Warnings .......................................................................................... vii
1. Introduction ........................................................................................ 1-1
Features .............................................................................................................................. 1-1
Options ...............................................................................................................................
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2. Paper Handling .................................................................................. 2-1
Getting to Know the Printer’s Major Parts and the Control Panel .................................... 2-1
Parts of the Printer ..................................................................................................... 2-2
Operations of the Control Panel ............................................................................... 2-4
Selecting Paper .................................................................................................................. 2-7
Overview of Paper Operations ........................................................................................... 2-8
Adjusting for Paper Thickness .......................................................................................... 2-10
Using Single Sheets ........................................................................................................... 2-11
Loading a Single Sheet of Paper ............................................................................... 2-11
Ejecting Single Sheets .............................................................................................. 2-13
Using Continuous Forms ................................................................................................... 2-14
Positioning the Paper Stack ...................................................................................... 2-15
Loading Continuous Forms (Push Tractor and Rear Feed) ...................................... 2-16
Loading Continuous Forms (Pull Tractor and Bottom Feed) .................................. 2-19
Unloading Continuous Forms (Push-Feed Mode) ................................................... 2-24
Tearing Off Continuous Forms ................................................................................. 2-24
Feeding and Positioning Paper ......................................................................................... 2-26
Print Area Definition ................................................................................................. 2-26
Line Feed/Form Feed ................................................................................................ 2-28
Top-of-Form Adjustment ........................................................................................... 2-28
Switching Paper Types ....................................................................................................... 2-29
Switching from Continuous Forms to Single Sheets (Push-Feed Mode) ................. 2-30
Switching from Single Sheets to Continuous Forms (Push-Feed Mode) ................. 2-30
Switching between Push-Feed and Pull-Feed .......................................................... 2-31
Tips on Paper Handling ..................................................................................................... 2-32
General Tips .............................................................................................................. 2-32
Multipart Forms ......................................................................................................... 2-32
Envelopes .................................................................................................................. 2-32
Labels ........................................................................................................................ 2-32