Troubleshooting guide

SECTION 2
INSTALLING THE PRINTER
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4. Loosen knobs on Side Guides. Adjust Side Guides to
within 1/32" of media. Tighten knobs.
5. Adjust Rear Guide so that media is raised about 1/2"
and rests on curve of Rear Guide. When running 10"
or longer or heavy media you may have to set
RearGuide so that it just touches back of media.
6. Feed a piece of media through Printer and adjust two
Exit Guides so that they ride on media. To prevent
smearing, make sure that Exit Guides do not track
over any printed information.
7. Turn Printer ON, then turn Media Thickness knob to
set initial Printhead height as follows:
NOTE: These are initial settings. It may be
necessary to adjust MEDIA THICKNESS Control
to optimize print quality.
8. Press ON LINE key. Then press ENTER to
test-feed media.
Installing Printer Driver
Printer Driver (included) must be installed on your computer before installing AstroPrint Software.
Install Driver for the Printer:
1. Close any applications running on your computer. Restart computer before installing Driver.
2. Install the CD in the CD drive and click START. Then click
RUN, then type the following:
D:\Setup.exe (where D is the CD drive). Click OK.
Media Thickness
Dial Setting
0.004" to 1/32"
0 to 2
1/32" to 1/8"
2 to 3
1/8" to 5/16"
3 to 7
5/16" to 3/8"
7 to 10