Paper Feed Mode |
There are 3 options for Paper Feed Mode which controls how the printer feed the paper during printing operation.
An "Easy" feed mode supports only Marvelio TP4030,TP4040,TP4060.
For beginners, we recommend using the "Easy Mode." If the "Easy Mode" is not available on your printer, please try using the "Strict Mode" first.
The "Fixed Length" paper feed mode enables the printer to ignore the size of the paper placed on the printer and feed the paper by the length specified on the printer driver.
Gaps, notches, or eye marks on the paper have no effect on identifying each page. You can print images on the paper without these page identifiers.When this mode is selected, the "Measure Length" button on the Addition/Edit of the Label dialogue of the printer driver will turn gray and thus be disabled. Clicking the Align TOF button on the printer driver also will not initiate the alignment operation.
Note that during a printing job, the printer cannot detect a paper jam.
The "Easy" paper feed mode enables the printer to detect the top of the form (page) placed on the printer and start printing on that position, but ignore the end of the form and print the image up to the distance specified by the host.
Gaps, notches, or eye marks on the paper are used to identify each page. You cannot print images on the paper without these page identifiers.When this mode is selected, you can obtain the data of the paper length and the sensor level for the page boundaries such as gaps, notches, and eye marks by clicking the "Measure Length" button on the Addition/Edit of the Label dialogue of the printer driver. If you click the Align TOF button on the printer driver properties, you can adjust the top of a form (page) to the print start position.
A print start position in a "Easy" paper feed mode is just after "Paper Gaps(*1)" or "Paper Marks(*2)".
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Useful functions of the "Easy" mode are illustrated below with some figures.
- 1Preference to the paper length specified by the host over the actual length of the paper set on the printer.
Suppose a label sheet, as shown below, is placed on the printer.
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If the paper length on the host is shorter than the length of the actual paper,
a printing job will start on the top of a form (page) and end in the middle of the actual form. The job for the next page will be started on the top of the next form of the actual paper.
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If the paper length on the host exceeds the length of the actual paper,
a printing job will start on the top of a form (page), and the printing continues onto the next form of the actual sheet. The printer will perform the job for the next page, detecting the top of the next form of the actual paper.
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- Skipping to the next label position when some labels are missing.
Even if you are using a label sheet with some missing labels or joints on the label sheet, the printer can print images without fail. However, an error will occur if 3 consecutive labels are missing on the sheet.
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In the "Strict" paper feed mode, the printer measures the actual paper length based on the paper length preset by the host to print images. The printer detects the top of a form (page) placed on the printer, start printing from the top, detect and handle the end position as the page end.
Gaps, notches, or eye marks on the paper are used to identify each page. You cannot print images on the paper without these page identifiers.When this mode is selected, you can obtain the data of the paper length and the sensor level for the page boundaries such as gaps, notches, and eye marks by clicking the "Measure Length" button on the Addition/Edit of the Label dialogue of the printer driver. If you click the Align TOF button on the printer driver properties, you can adjust the top of a form (page) to the print start position.
The "Strict" mode is suitable for print jobs intended to fit the paper length preset by the host accurately to the actual paper length on the printer. On the other hand, an error will occur if the actual paper length or the sensor level for the page boundaries such as gaps, notches, and eye marks on the actual paper are different from those preset by the host.
A print start position in a "Strict" paper feed mode is center of "Paper Gaps(*1)" or "Paper Marks(*2)".
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