LexmarkTM Forms Printer 2400 Series Setup / Quick Reference Printer ship group English Printer setup/ quick reference User's guide Registration card Power cord Ribbon cartridge 1 Printer setup 1 a b c 2 b a c d 2 3 a b c SNAP 3 4 a b 5 a b 4 6 5 Front view of printer Forms thickness lever Ribbon access cover Power switch Operator panel Front cover Paper guides Manual feed door Paper select lever Rear view of printer Latch Acoustic flap Tear Off bar Latch Optional Serial interface knockout Power cord connector Tractor 2 connector (behind plastic knockout cover) USB connector Parallel connector 6 Setting the forms thickness lever Forms thickness for 2480/2481 Paper type Single forms Paper thickness Thin Paper weight 56 g/m² (15 lb) continuous forms 65 g/m² (16 lb) cut form Single forms Normal 68 g/m² (18 lb) 75 g/m² (20 lb) Thick Multiple-part forms 90 g/m² (24 lb) 2-part form 3-part form 4-part form 5-part form 6-part form Envelopes Note: · Print quality depends on the multiple-paper quality and the operating environment. Printing at low temperature may cause poor print quality, depending on the paper used. · When the setting is 4 or higher, printing speed becomes slower. 2 2 or 3 3 or 4 4 or 5 5 or 6 5, 6, or 7 4, 5, or 6 1 or 2 Forms thickness lever setting 1 7 Forms thickness for 2490/2491 Paper type Single forms Paper thickness Thin Paper weight 56 g/m² (15 lb) continuous forms 65 g/m² (16 lb) cut form Single forms Normal 68 g/m² (18 lb) 75 g/m² (20 lb) Thick Multiple-part forms 90 g/m² (24 lb) 2-part form 3-part form 4-part form Envelopes 2 2 or 3 3 or 4 4, 5, 6 or 7 4, 5, or 6 1 or 2 Forms thickness lever setting 1 Note: Print quality depends on the multiple-paper quality and the operating environment. Printing at low temperature may cause poor print quality, depending on the paper used. 8 Loading paper Loading continuous forms using the push tractor 1 2 3 4 Press FormFeed to clear the paper path. Set the forms thickness lever. For help, see "Setting the forms thickness lever" on page 7. Move the paper select lever down to continuous forms . Pull out the front cover to release it and swing the cover up out of the way. Front cover Paper select lever Front cover Push tractor 9 5 Pull up the left and right tractor locking levers to unlock the tractors. Left tractor door Locking lever Left tractor door Locking lever 6 7 Open the left and right tractor doors. Place the paper pinfeed holes over the second or third pins of the tractor unit. If necessary, adjust the left or right tractor to fit the paper width. 8 9 Close the left and right tractor doors. Set the left margin. Move the tractor to align the left margin on your paper with the [A symbol printed on the rear plate. Keeping the left tractor positioned to the left of the rubber tractor stop keeps your paper within the paper sensor area while in push tractor position. 10 11 12 13 14 Push down the left tractor locking lever. Adjust the right tractor to remove slack in the paper and lock the right lever. Close the front cover. Press Load/Unload to load paper to the current Top-Of-Form. Press Start/Stop to put the printer online. 10 Loading a cut form or envelope manually 1 2 Clear the paper path. If continuous forms are currently loaded, tear off any used forms and press Load/Unload to park the continuous forms. The Paper Out light is blinking. 3 4 5 6 Set the forms thickness lever. For help, see "Setting the forms thickness lever" on page 7. Move the paper select lever up to cut forms Open the manual feed door. Set the left margin. Move the left paper guide so that the print start position you want aligns with the [A symbol printed on the margin guide. . 7 8 9 Place a cut form or envelope against the left paper guide. Move the right paper guide against the right edge of the paper. Insert paper into the printer until the Paper Out light stops blinking. a b If Auto Cut Sheet Load is set to On, the paper feeds automatically to the Top-Of-Form. If Auto Cut Sheet Load is set to Off, press FormFeed. 10 Printer is online (Ready light On solid). If it is not, press Start/Stop until the Ready light is On solid. 11 Using the operator panel Layer 1 Press this button: Start/Stop LineFeed When you want to ... Alternate the printer between online (Ready light is On) and offline (Ready light is Off). Advance the paper one line. If you press and hold LineFeed, the paper advances 5 micro movements and then goes into continuous mode. FormFeed Tear Off Load/Unload Tractor Font Note: · Repeatedly pressing the Font button rotates through the printer font selections. If you continue pressing Font through a second pass, the font selections are locked. · This setting will be lost when the printer is powered Off and back On. Advance the paper to the next Top-Of-Form. Alternate paper between Tear Off and Top-Of-Form. Load paper to the current Top-Of-Form or unload paper to parked position. Alternate between Tractor 1 and Tractor 2 if the optional Tractor 2 is installed. Select one of the resident font styles: 2480/2481 · · · · · · · · FastDft Draft Gothic Courier Courier Prestige Gothic Presentor · · · · Orator Script Draft FastDft 2490/2491 Note: Some functions may not work when data is being processed and the printer is online (Ready light is On). 12 Layer 2 1 Power Set TOF 2 1 3 4 Power Macro 1 2 3 Macro 4 Macro LineFeed Set TOF LineFeed Macro Micro Micro Setup Micro Micro Setup Pitch 10 12 15 17 20 PS Pitch 10 12 15 17 20 24 PS Lock Lock Press this button: Set TOF LineFeed When you want to... Set Top-Of-Form. Top-Of-Form is the position of the first print line on the page. Advance the paper one line. If you press and hold LineFeed, the paper advances 5 micro movements and then goes into continuous feed. Macro Select between four document formats. For more information, refer to "Using Setup mode" in the User's Guide. Feed the paper upward in: · 1/72-inch increments (2480/2481 models) · 1/90-inch increments (2490/2491 models) If you press and hold Micro , the paper advances in micro movements and then goes into continuous feed. Use Micro to adjust the Top-Of-Form. Micro 13 Press this button: Micro When you want to... Feed the paper downward in: · 1/72-inch increments (2480/2481 models) · 1/90-inch increments (2490/2491 models) If you press and hold Micro , the paper advances in micro movements and then goes into continuous feed. Use Micro to adjust the Top-Of-Form. Setup Pitch Note: · Repeatedly pressing Pitch rotates through the printer pitch selections. If you continue pressing Pitch through a second pass, the pitch selections are locked. · This setting will be lost when the printer is powered Off and back On. Enter Setup mode. You can change the default values and modes for printer operation. Set the character pitch to: 10 cpi, 12 cpi, 15 cpi, 17 cpi, 20 cpi, or Proportional Spacing. Note: · On 2490/2491 models you can also select 24 cpi. · Fast Draft supports only 10, 12, and 15 pitch. Note: Some functions may not work when data is being processed and the printer is online (Ready light is On). 14 Top-Of-Form Setting Top-Of-Form for continuous form paper in push mode Top-Of-Form can range from minus 1 inch to plus 14 inches from the top of continuous form paper. Note: Use this method to also setTop-Of-Form for continuous forms loaded in the optional Tractor 2 Feeder. 1 Clear the paper path. If the Paper Out light is Off, tear off excess forms and press Load/Unload. Press FormFeed to clear a cut sheet. 2 3 4 5 Move the paper select lever to continuous forms . Load continuous form paper on the push tractor feed pins (or Tractor 2 feed pins if you are using the optionalTractor 2 Feeder). Remove the ribbon access cover. Press Load/Unload. The Paper Out light goes Off. 15 6 7 Open the operator panel cover to layer 2. Press any paper movement button (LineFeed, Micro , Micro ) to align the Top-Of-Form you want with the horizontal lines (located on the platen). This illustration shows the position of the horizontal lines on either side of the metal platen bar. Use these lines as your reference point when lining up your Top-Of-Form. The bottom of a printed character will be even with the horizontal lines. Top view of printer Horizontal line Align paper with the horizontal lines on metal platen bar Paper Platen Operator panel Front cover Ribbon cartridge 8 9 10 Press Set TOF to set and save Top-Of-Form. Close the operator panel cover. To verify the new Top-Of-Form, press Load/Unload to unload the continuous forms and press Load/Unload again to reload the forms. The continuous forms load to the current Top-Of-Form setting. 11 12 Reinstall the ribbon access cover. Press Start/Stop to set printer online. 16 Setting Top-Of-Form for a cut form or envelope Top-Of-Form can range from minus 1 to plus 22 inches from the top of cut sheet paper. 1 2 3 4 Press FormFeed to clear paper path. If the Paper Out light is Off, tear off excess forms and press Load/Unload. Move paper select lever to the cut forms. Load a cut sheet of paper or envelope through the manual feed door. The printer moves the paper or envelope to the current Top-Of-Form, if Auto Cut Sheet is set to On. If not, press FormFeed when the Paper Out light goes Off. 5 6 7 8 9 Open the operator panel to layer 2. Press any paper movement button (LineFeed, Micro , Micro ) to align the Top-Of-Form you want with the horizontal lines (located on the platen). Press Set TOF to set and save Top-Of-Form. Close the operator panel cover. Press Start/Stop to put the printer online. Changing from continuous forms to a cut sheet or envelope Load/Unload parks (unloads) continuous forms so you can insert a cut form or envelope into the manual feed door to print or load paper to the current Top-Of-Form. 1 2 3 4 Make sure the tractor unit is in the push position. Tear off the continuous form at the perforation. Move the paper select lever down to continuous forms. Press Load/Unload. The continuous form paper moves out of the paper path. The Paper Out light blinks and the paper out alarm sounds. 5 Move the paper select lever up to cut forms. 17 Printing a demonstration sample 1 2 3 4 5 6 Turn the printer On. Load paper in the printer. Adjust the left and right paper guides to fit the paper. Turn the printer Off. Press and hold the Font button while turning the printer On until the operator panel lights blink. Release Font. The demonstration page prints. © Copyright 1993, 2000 Lexmark International, Inc. 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