AMT Datasouth Printer Accel 7450 User guide pdf

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3. Rotate the paper rack down and press onto the rack holder pins. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4. Slide the left paper guide all the way right against the paper rack  
 stop. This squares the left guide and locates the paper edge for  
 auto detection.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The right paper guide should be 
positioned all the way to the right for 
optimum performance.    
						

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Setting up for Cut Sheet Manual mode 
1. Attach the paper rack holders (right / left) and the paper rack, as 
described in Installing the Front Paper Rack on page 10.  
 
2. Slide the left paper guide all the way right against the paper rack stop. 
This squares the left guide and locates the paper edge for auto 
detection. 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
						

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3. Slide the paper path lever to the cut sheet symbol.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Note: The printer in this mode will automatically load cut sheet paper 
about one (1) second after a sheet is fully inserted in the manual input 
paper slot.  
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4. Insert a cut sheet paper straight along the LEFT paper guide. Make sure 
the paper is inserted as far as it will go and that it is square to the feed 
rollers. The printer beeps one time then feeds the sheet in. NOTE: The 
delay period can be adjusted by setting Control Panel menu item #36 
LOAD DELAY. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
LEFT paper guide 
Cut sheet paper will NOT load unless the printer’s 
reflective photo sensor sees the back of the sheet 
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Special Note for Loading Narrow Cut Sheet Paper 
 
 To load cut sheets narrower than 4 ½ inches, disable menu item #25 
PAPER SKEW DETECT. Refer to Control Panel operation on page 19 . 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
Special Note for Loading Dark Colored Forms 
Excessive top/left margins or paper not loading may be caused by forms with 
non-reflective or colored areas.  Use the special DARK FORM LOAD feature to 
print such forms. To get started, make sure  at least one (1) reflective (white or 
light colored) form  has been loaded and ejected since the printer was last 
powered up or since the left paper guide was moved. This step sets the left 
starting print position in the printer’s memory. 
 
 Press the                              keys. The LCD shows DARK FORM LOAD. 
 Fully insert the form into the paper slot until it seats square in the feed 
rollers BEFORE the printer starts loading. 
 Eject the form and start over if the form is not grasped immediately as the 
printer will not automatically compensate for the top starting print position. 
 Send the print job. 
Press the ALT+EJECT/LOAD keys again to load each dark form. The printer 
reverts to normal (white or light colored) paper loading after each load. 
The SKEW: NO setting can be re-instated by 
performing an initialization #1(press HIGH 
IMPACT+LF keys and cycle ON power).   
						

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Installing the Rear Tractor 
 
1.  Snap the black plastic paper guides onto the tractor assembly if 
they are not already in place. The curved ends point away from the 
printer.  
 
2. Make sure the printer power is off. Plug the cable from the tractor 
into the connector at the back of the printer. 
 
 
 
3. Insert the top slot in the tractor brackets onto the top printer pins.  
 
Allow the bottom bracket slots to rest on the bottom printer pins. 
The tractor brackets do not snap in place. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
WARNING! Make sure the tractor brackets are fully seated in the bottom 
pins. Cut sheet forms may jam on the tips of the tractor paper guides if the 
tractor brackets are not seated.  
						

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4.  Set fanfold paper onto the tractors. Release the lock lever to adjust 
the tractors right /left to fit the pin feed paper width. 
 
 
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
5.  Use the zero 0 mark on the ruler label attached to the back of the 
printer as a reference to line up the starting print position by sliding 
the tractors left or right. 
 
  Adjust the tractors so the paper is snug between them without 
tearing or elongating the pin fed holes.  
 
6. To select the rear tractors as the paper feed source, slide the paper 
path lever on the printer front panel to the rear tractor symbol: 
 
 
 
Note: The lever position can be at AUTO only when using the 
printer driver to select paper sources.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7. If the paper length is not 11 inches (factory default), specify the 
appropriate length in the printer’s control panel menu item #6 
“TRACTOR PAGE LGTH”. 
 
 
CAUTION Do not put your finger 
under the tractor cover.      
						

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 See Control Panel on page 19 for instructions on using the printer’s 
control panel menu.  
 
Note: Fanfold paper size is usually marked on the package  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
If the paper length is not specified, the page length can be 
determined by the number of sprocket holes per sheet. 
 
The number of holes x 0.5 inch equals to the page length. For 
example if the sheet has 8 holes then length is 4 inches. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8.  Perform a test print job after connecting the printer to the computer. 
 
  Fine adjust the tractor’s side to side position for the desired left 
starting print position. 
 
The vertical, starting print position may be adjusted as follows: 
 
 Full lines:       Set the “TOP MARGIN” using the printer’s control 
   panel menu. 
 
Partial Lines:  Set “TOF ADJ TRACTOR” using the printer’s 
   control panel menu. This adjustment has a 1/60th  
   inch resolution (0.0166”) 
    
						

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Paper Cutter 
 
The printer has two (2) cabinet edges where perforated fan fold paper may 
be separated.   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Use the front edge when using the rear tractor to feed paper. 
 
 
Paper cutter    
						

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Control Panel 
The liquid crystal display (LCD) on the control panel displays the current printer 
status, user messages and menu functions.  
Control Panel Layout 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Control Panel Key Functions  
 
1. ONLINE       The ONLINE key is used to enable printing (ONLINE light ON) or 
disable printing (ONLINE light OFF). 
 
 When the light is off, printing is suspended due to a user action 
(such as pausing the printer) or an error condition (such as a 
paper out, ribbon problem or paper jam). 
 
 
  
 
     ONLINE 
JAM REMOVAL   
						

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2. EJECT/LOAD 
 
   If a cut sheet paper is loaded,  pressing the  EJECT/LOAD key 
ejects the sheet out the front.  
   If the EJECT/LOAD key is pressed when fanfold paper  is 
loaded,  the paper is fed back to the parking position.  
   If the EJECT/LOAD key is pressed when fanfold paper is at the 
parked position, the paper is loaded to the TOF position.  
   When the EJECT/LOAD key is pressed with no paper in 
manual load mode, and menu item #25 PAPER SKEW 
DETECT has been set to YES, AUTO SKEW mode is toggled 
ON and OFF.  Press the ENTER key to activate the displayed 
mode. 
3. SPEED 
Press the SPEED key to display the currently selected printing 
quality on the LCD. Each press of the key displays the printing 
qualities in the following order. 
 
LQ  NORMAL 
   
HIGH  2  HIGH 1 
 
The factory default value is LQ 
4. TEAR OFF 
Pressing the TEAR OFF key, causes the printer to  
automatically advance the pin feed paper perforation to the 
paper cutter position (for fanfold paper only). 
 
If the perforation is not adjusted to the cutter position, correct 
the position with the MICRO LF or MICRO RLF key. The 
correct position is saved in memory, and the perforation is fed 
automatically to the paper cutter position at next time. 
 
 
  EJECT/LOAD 
 
DARK FORM   SPEED 
RESET   TEAR OFF 
FF