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Print Head Gap Adjustment

Adjust Top-of-Form

Quick Reference Guide
Press the FIRST key.
Press the ENTER key.
Print head gap is the distance from the print head nozzle to the
striker bar. If this gap is too tight, the printout will smudge. If the
gap is too large, the printout will be light and ragged, and print
head wear will accelerate.
As shipped, the printer will automatically adjust the print head
gap. The printer senses the thickness of a form when it is loaded
and adjusts the print gap accordingly.
The automatic print head adjustment can be fine tuned for best
print quality. Semiautomatic head gap adjustment and fixed head
gap may also be selected. For more information on these
selections see Chapter 7 in the 3870 User's Manual.
NOTE: The automatic print head adjustment will put a mark
on the first sheet of paper after loading paper.
When loading the very first form, the printer feeds paper so that
the top of the first printable line of characters is slightly below the
top of the paper. Ideally, the application software that composes
the page should advance paper to the first print line upon
printing.
To adjust vertical paper position, make sure the printer is not in
the menu mode. Use the UP ARROW and DOWN ARROW keys to
advance or retract the paper, much like a paper advance knob on
some printers.
Moves paper up by 1/72 inch per click.
Experiment with it and see how it works.
Moves paper down by 1/72 inch per click. Do no
move paper down enough to print on the striker
bar.
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