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Requirements For NPRO To Function
The following conditions must be met before NPRO can function:
v
The printer is in a Not Ready state
v Forms are loaded
v
The following printer conditions are not present:
– Program Check
– Out of Supplies
– Printer Error
– Intervention Required (except
END OF FORMS 078A )
v
A Thread/Align Window does not appear
v There are no errors or intervention conditions present on any preprocessing
or postprocessing devices except END OF FORMS 078A .
You may do the following steps at the main Display Touch Screen window.
Consistently perform all required steps at the same window.
Simplex Mode
v
Once you have ensured that the preceding conditions have been met, under the
Operate pull-down menu SELECT the Stop pushbutton; then SELECT the
NPRO pushbutton on the main Display Touch Screen window of the printer.
v Forms, starting with the page at the transfer station, move through the printer to
the stacker area. The distance they move is the fixed NPRO length plus an
additional length if either the “NPRO Length” or the “Pre/postprocessor
Extended NPRO” values are set to a non-zero value.
Duplex Mode
v
Once you have ensured that the preceding conditions have been met, under the
Operate
pull-down menu SELECT the Stop push button; then SELECT the
NPRO
pushbutton on the main Display Touch Screen window of the target
printer.
v Forms, starting with the page at the transfer station of Printer 1, move through
both printers to the stacker area of Printer 2. The distance they move is the fixed
NPRO length plus an additional length if either the “NPRO Length” or the
“Pre/postprocessor Extended NPRO” values are set to a non-zero value.
NPRO Page Procedure
NPRO Page is a single-page advance function. NPRO Page moves the forms
forward to the next top-of-form position, one page at a time.
NPRO Page is active under the same conditions that allow NPRO to function. See
“NPRO Procedure” on page 75.
In duplex mode, NPRO Page moves forms forward through the forms path of
Printer 1 one page at a time, the Buffer/Flipper Unit, and Printer 2 toward the
stacker area to the next top-of-form position. A page that is already printed on
Printer 1 is printed on Printer 2, and Printer 1 processes a blank page. A page
already printed in Printer 1 at the start of this procedure and a page printed in
Printer 2 during this procedure are fused as they move toward their respective
stacker areas.
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