This article provides information on using the auto cutter with the LX-D5500 / LX-P5510.
Solution
If an optional auto cutter is purchased, it will cut paper at high speed.
[1] Auto cutter door
If a paper jam occurs, open and remove the jammed paper.
[2] Paper delivery slot
Cut paper is ejected.
Install the printer so there is enough space for the auto cutter.
If you cut the adhesive portion of the label sheet, the cutter edge may become dull
due to the glue.
[Cutter Setting] tab becomes active only when the optional auto-cuuter is equipped.
Check the [Auto Cutter] check box in the [Cutter Settings] tab.
Set [Cut Interval Settings] for the auto cutter.
Set the timing at which to cut paper, and the number of pages at intervals of which paper is cut. Set how to cut paper in the beginning and end of a job and in the middle of a job.
Setting How to Cut Paper in the Before and After of a Job
To cut at the beginning of the job, check, [Cut before the job] check box.
To cut at the end of the print job, check [Cut after the job] check box.
Visual settings of cutting position and the cutting interval are displayed in a preview.
Setting How to Cut During the Job
To cut in the middle of the print job, check the [Cut during the Job] check box.
[During continuous printing or repeat printing]
Select this option to print continuously or print repetitively per the number of copies.
Cuts paper at intervals of the number of pages set in [Cut Interval] per the number of copies.
To
cut paper per the number of copies, set the number of pages per the number of copies in [Cut Interval].
The settings of cutting position and cut interval are displayed in a preview.
Cut Interval: 1 page
Cut Interval: 2 page
Cut Interval: 3 page
[Group print cut]
Select this option to print multiple copies of the same page in a batch.
Cuts paper by group and, if [Cut within the group] check box is checked, also within each group at intervals of the number of pages set in [Cut Interval].
Cutting within a group won't work if the number of pages set in [Cut
Interval] is greater than the number of pages in the group.
The
settings of the cutting position and the cut interval are displayed in a preview.
Cut Interval: 1 page
Cut Interval: 2 page
Click [OK].
Sets a cutting interval.
To reset [Cut Interval] to its default, click [Defaults].
If a paper jam occurs while using an optional auto cutter, remove the jammed paper in the following manner:
Do not use incompatible paper in order to avoid paper jams and printer
malfunctions.
Do not use of curled or creased paper in order to avoid paper jams.
Open the auto cutter door.
Look into the auto cutter to check for paper jams.
Check
to see if labels or any other foreign substances are stuck inside the auto cutter. Labels or cutting chips stuck inside the auto cutter could disable successful performance. Be sure to remove them.
Open the roll cover.
Press down the upper unit open lever (at the back of the feeder)
to open the upper unit.
While pushing the jam release lever, pull out the paper jammed in the transport section.
Cut out wrinkled portions of the paper.
While pushing the jam release lever, pull out the paper in the direction opposite to the feeding direction.
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Install the printer so there is enough space for the auto cutter.
[Cutter Setting] tab becomes active only when the optional auto-cuuter is equipped.![Check the [Auto Cutter] check box in the [Cutter Settings] tab (both circled)](https://support.usa.canon.com/library/CANON/CITS_TECH_SUPPORT/Printers/LX-D5500/select_auto_cutter_check_box.jpg)
![Figure: [Cut before the job] check box and [Cut after the job] check box circled](https://support.usa.canon.com/library/CANON/CITS_TECH_SUPPORT/Printers/LX-D5500/select_cut_before_and_after_job.jpg)
![Figure: [Cut during the Job] check box circled](https://support.usa.canon.com/library/CANON/CITS_TECH_SUPPORT/Printers/LX-D5500/cut_during_job_box_checked.jpg)
![Figure: [During continuous printing or repeat printing] selected](https://support.usa.canon.com/library/CANON/CITS_TECH_SUPPORT/Printers/LX-D5500/during_continuous_printing_selected.jpg)
