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Automatic paper width
detection (APW)
The automatic paper width detection feature
APW
prevents the prin-
ter from printing beyond the paper edge. This is useful to prevent the
printer from printing on the platen, for example, because of an incor-
rect driver setting.
Select the
APW
(2) menu.
Setting options:
On/Off
Default setting:
On
If
APW=On,
the printer is in the standard mode and truncates all
data located beyond the right-hand paper edge. These print data are
lost.
When you select
APW=Off
, the printer does not prevent undesirable
printing on the platen.
The printer determines the paper width by means of an optical sen-
sor in the print head module. The print head carriage moves once
across the maximum possible printable area of the paper and stores
the width measured in this process. The measuring process varies,
depending on the paper source selected.
Tractor
: The measurement is made
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after power-on and before the first print job;
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after paper end and before the subsequent print job; after
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changing the paper source (e.g. from Tractor 1 to Tractor 2).
Single sheet mode
: The measurement is made for each printed
sheet.
Manual sheet feeder
: The measurement is made for each printed
sheet.
When you submit a print job which exceeds the paper width, the fol-
lowing message appears in the display:
The print job is stopped at the measured paper-end position after
printing the first line.
APW
AED
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