Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!pitt!darth!investor.pgh.pa.us!rbp From: rbp@investor.pgh.pa.us (Bob Peirce #305) Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers Subject: Re: Epson LQ510 vs. Panasonic 1124 Message-ID: <1991Mar11.182100.10052@investor.pgh.pa.us> Date: 11 Mar 91 18:21:00 GMT References: <1991Feb1.175831.22617@investor.pgh.pa.us> <46623@rphroy.UUCP> Reply-To: rbp@investor.pgh.pa.us (Bob Peirce #305) Organization: Cookson, Peirce & Co., Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 59 In article <46623@rphroy.UUCP> rhaar@albert.cs.gmr.com (Robert L. Haar CS50) writes: >Either I am misunderstanding what you said, or our KXP-1124's work >differently, or you are not following the manual instructions carefully. >I have a Panasonic KXP-1124 that I use in single sheet mode for printing >on letter head paper. I can 'park' the fanfold paper, switch to single sheet, >and return to continuous feed without resetting the printer or adjust the >Top-Of-Form position of the fanfold paper. To do this, I follow this >sequence: > > (starting with fanfold paper at the top of an unused page, with > previously printed pages torn off.) > > 1) press then soft keys. this rolls the > fanfold paper back. > > 2) move the paper feed selector lever from T-PUSH to F. > > 3) insert single sheet paper through front feed slot, feed up to > print postion, and adust position if necessary. > Print it and repeat for additional pages. > > 4) When done with single sheet printing, switch feed selector lever > to T-PUSH. > > 5) push and keys. This rolls the fanfold > paper forward to the first print position. > > 6) push key. and your are all set. > >The key point in returning to the print position is #5. It is possible to use >the and keys to bring the fanfold paper back up, but it >will come up in the middle of a page. You have to read the Pansonic manual >to get this. Using the does seem natural. > > >|> Single sheets feed in from the >|> bottom front and the only guide is a raised edge on the left. It is >|> very easy to get the paper slightly skewed. > >Yes, the mechanism for inserting single sheet paper or envelopes with the >Panasonic is less than perfect. Getting the paper straight requires some >attention. The printer manual suggests loosening the tension and adjusting the >paper position after you have rolled the sheet up to the print head. This is >an extra bother, but is workable. I haven't used the 24 pin Epson printer >in single sheet feed, but can believe that their feed mechanism is more >convenient. I am afraid this confirms my previous findings. On the Espon, you just take it off line, press LOAD/EJECT, switch the lever to single sheet and go. When you insert the single sheet and put the printer on line the sheet is advanced to the top of page. When you are finished, you move the lever back to continuous form, put the printer on line and the paper advances to top of form. I didn't say (or didn't intend to say) this couldn't be done on the Panasonic, just that it wasn't very easy. -- Bob Peirce, Pittsburgh, PA 412-471-5320 ...!uunet!pitt!investor!rbp rbp@investor.pgh.pa.us