DMP-207  (260-2917)           Tear-Off                 Faxback Doc. # 6686

The DMP-207 has a tear bar at the top of the automatic sheet feeder.  When
your computer sends a form feed command and no further data, indicating the
end of a print job, the DMP-207 automatically advances the continuous paper
up to the tear bar and stops.  All you have to do is reach over and pull 
paper across the tear bar.

Sometimes a print job ends in the middle of a page because no form feed 
command was sent.  When that happens, the paper does not automatically 
advance to the tear bar.  You can manually sent a form feed by pressing the
ON/OFF LINE key once (to take the printer off line); then pressing the 
LOAD/PARK key.  This advances the paper to the paper tear-off position.

When you are ready to print again, the paper retracts back to the correct 
top-of-form (starting position).  There are two conditions that cause the 
paper to return to the top-of-form:   
  
   1) your computer sends more data, indicating a new print job, or
   2) you manually advance the paper to the top-of-form position with the
      LOAD/PARK key.

If the paper you are using does not advance to the perforation, check the 
length of your paper against the form length setting on your printer.

Note:  Occasionally, you may not want the paper to automatically advance to
       the paper tear-off.  You can turn off this feature by changing TEAR
       OFF to OFF in the Setup menu.

PAPER TEAR-OFF ADJUSTMENT

The paper tear-off position is adjusted at the factory for standard 
continuous paper.  Occasionally, this position may not be suitable for the
kind of paper you are using.  In those cases, you can adjust the tear-off 
position by doing the following:

1.  Load your paper into the tractor unit.

2.  With the printer off line, press the LOAD/PARK key to advance the
    paper to the tear bar.

3.  Switch the printer on line.

4.  Hold the LOAD/PARK and LF/FF keys for three seconds.  The LOAD/PARK
    and LF/FF indicators blink.  Release the keys.

5.  To adjust the edge of the paper upward to the tear bar by 1/60-inch
    increments, press the LOAD/PARK key.  Pressing the LF/FF key adjusts
    the paper downward in 1/60-inch increments.

To save your adjustment, press the ON/OFF LINE key.  This setting remains 
in effect, even if you turn the printer off, until you repeat this 
procedure to set a different tear-bar position.

If you do not wish to save your adjustment, simply turn the printer off, 
and then on again while in the tear off adjustment mode.

(LG/all-06/28/94)