IBM 4247 Model 003, User Manual

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Parking One Continuous Form and Loading Another
The 4247 printer can have two continuous forms loaded at the same time. The
topics below explain how you can take advantage of this feature and free yourself
from having to reload forms when you need to print on a different form.
Parking a Continuous Form
1. Press Park/Path. If forms are currently loaded from the Front Push or Rear
Push forms paths, the printer displays:
091 FANFOLD PARK
TEAR OFF AT OUTPUT AND PRESS PARK
Or, if forms are currently loaded in Rear Pull or Push-Pull forms paths or if
forms are loaded in the Front Push forms path with FRONT FORMS BACKUP
set to DISABLED or in the Rear Push forms path with REAR FORMS BACKUP
set to DISABLED, the printer displays:
092 FANFOLD EJECT
TEAR OFF AT INPUT AND PRESS EJECT
2. Press Stop and perform the action requested on the operator panel display.
3. Press Park/Path to back the forms below the print line or press Load/Eject to
eject the last sheet.
Changing the Forms Path
Select another continuous form as follows:
1. Ensure that a form is in the tractors of the desired alternate forms path.
2.
Press Park/Path again to change the forms path on the operator panel display
to the desired alternate forms path.
Rear Pull Forms Path
To use this forms path, the following should not be installed in the printer:
v
The Automatic Sheet Feeder (ASF)
v
The Front Push forms tractor
v
The paper bail
It is not recommended to select Manual when the printer is set for either the
Rear-Pull or the Push-Pull forms paths. Manual can be selected from the operator
panel, but to use it, you will need to re-configure the forms path both before and
after using Manual. Manual cannot be selected via the IPDS data stream when the
printer is set for either the Rear-Pull or the Push-Pull forms paths.
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