LA30N/LA30W Companion Printer TM User Guide Order Number: EK-LA30E-UG-001 *1 Cover (1)-UG 1 28/05/96, 13:58 *1 Cover (1)-UG 2 28/05/96, 13:58 LA30N/LA30W Companion Printer User Guide Digital Equipment Corporation Maynard, Massachusetts #00_0 Title Page (2) 1 23/05/96, 14:09 #00_0 Title Page (2) 2 23/05/96, 14:09 Table of Contents Preface .................................................................................................... vii About This Guide............................................................................................................... vii Printer Models and Options ............................................................................................... vii Organization ....................................................................................................................... viii The LA30N and LA30W Model Specifications ....................................................... viii Notes, Cautions and Warnings ........................................................................................... ix 1. Introduction ........................................................................................ 1-1 Features .............................................................................................................................. 1-1 Options ............................................................................................................................... 1-2 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 iii #00_2 TOC (2) 3 24/05/96, 10:57 3. Printing ................................................................................................ 3-1 Selecting Print Features ..................................................................................................... 3-1 Using Commercial Software ..................................................................................... 3-2 Using the Control Panel ............................................................................................ 3-2 Selecting Macro 1 or Macro 2 .......................................................................... 3-3 Switching Macros and Selecting Features on the Control Panel ..................... 3-4 Selecting a Resident Font ................................................................................. 3-7 Changing the Protocol ...................................................................................... 3-8 Starting or Stopping Printing ............................................................................................. 3-9 Starting Printing ........................................................................................................ 3-9 Stopping and Viewing Printing ................................................................................. 3-9 Resuming Printing ..................................................................................................... 3-9 Resuming from a Paper-Out ...................................................................................... 3-9 Removing Printed Pages .................................................................................................... 3-10 Removing Single Sheets ........................................................................................... 3-10 Removing Continuous Forms ................................................................................... 3-10 4. Using Set-Up Mode ............................................................................ 4-1 What is Set-Up Mode for? ................................................................................................. 4-1 How Set-Up Works ............................................................................................................ 4-2 Entering the Set-Up Mode ................................................................................................. 4-2 Overview of the Set-Up Mode........................................................................................... 4-5 Set-Up Mode Functions ............................................................................................ 4-5 Points to Remember .................................................................................................. 4-11 Printing the Printer Configuration ..................................................................................... 4-11 Deciding Which Options to Change .................................................................................. 4-13 Changing Macro 1 and Macro 2 Options .......................................................................... 4-14 Macro 1 and Macro 2 Options List.................................................................................... 4-15 Changing Install Options ................................................................................................... 4-25 Install Options List ............................................................................................................ 4-25 Adjusting Top-of-Form Origin .......................................................................................... 4-29 Changing Menu Access Options........................................................................................ 4-30 Exiting and Saving ............................................................................................................. 4-30 Recalling Factory Settings ................................................................................................. 4-31 Using the Diagnostic Functions......................................................................................... 4-31 Printing Test............................................................................................................... 4-31 Hex Dump Mode ....................................................................................................... 4-32 Set-Up Mode Quick Reference.......................................................................................... 4-34 iv #00_2 TOC (2) 4 24/05/96, 10:57 5. Maintenance........................................................................................ 5-1 Cleaning ............................................................................................................................