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Paper guide

VARYPRESS 200

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General finishing / transformation requirements

5.1

ENVIRONMENT

In order to maintain dimensional stability, forms must be finished in a controlled environment with the
following conditions:

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temperature between 20ºC and 23ºC;

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relative humidity between 40% and 50%.

Summary of Contents for Varypress 200

Page 1: ...MAGNETIC PRINTER VARYPRESS 200 Paper guide 22 A6 09NS REV0 ...

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Page 3: ...0 Paper guide MATERIEL Document release Sept 2005 Creation 22 A6 09NS REV0 NIPSON SAS 28 rue E Thierry Mieg BP 257 90005 Belfort Cedex France Tel 33 0 3 84 54 50 00 Fax 33 0 3 84 54 52 18 http www nipson com e mail info nipson com ...

Page 4: ... remarks is provided at the end of this manual This document is for information purposes only NIPSON cannot be held responsible for any damage caused by applying instructions contained within it Corrections or modifications to the content of this document may be made without notice they may be communicated to recipients in later updates 22 A6 09NS REV0 ii ...

Page 5: ... CHARACTERISTICS 2 2 3 PAPER SPECIFICATIONS 3 3 SELF ADHESIVE LABELS 1 3 1 CHARACTERISTICS SPECIFICATIONS 1 3 1 1 Backing sheet material 1 3 1 2 Adhesive 1 3 1 3 Front face characteristics 2 3 2 LABEL SPECIFIC FINISHING REQUIREMENTS 2 4 SPECIAL SUBSTRATE TYPES 1 4 1 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS 1 4 2 PREPRINTED SUBSTRATE 1 4 3 PREGLUED SUBSTRATE 2 4 4 PLASTIC CARDS 2 4 5 LAMINATES 3 4 6 WINDOWS 3 4 7 CARB...

Page 6: ... 1 5 2 SHEET DIMENSIONAL TOLERANCES 2 5 3 PERFORATIONS 3 5 3 1 Sheet edges at fold perforations 3 5 3 2 Fold perforation tensile strength 3 5 3 3 Fanfold beak set 3 5 3 4 Internal Perforations 3 5 3 5 Other perforations 4 6 PACKAGING AND STORAGE 1 6 1 PACKAGING REQUIREMENTS 1 6 2 SHIPPING CONDITIONS 1 6 3 STORAGE REQUIREMENTS 2 ...

Page 7: ...e run on the printer or to anticipate every problem that may be encountered when using a variant of a substrate type which can normally be recommended The user is thus strongly advised after consulting this guide to test any unfamiliar substrate type on the printer before buying in quantity and to test far enough in advance of actual need to be able to arrange any necessary modifications with the ...

Page 8: ... Simplex Pinfeed 3 76 mm 24 610 mm 36 915 mm with RIP4 32 812 mm 24 610 mm 36 915 mm with RIP4 36 914 mm 6 5 165 mm 20 5 520 mm Simplex Pinless 6 152 mm 24 610 mm 24 610 mm 24 610 mm 24 610 mm 6 5 165 mm 20 5 520 mm TED Pinless Pinfeed 6 152 mm 18 457 mm 18 457 mm 18 457 mm 18 457 mm 6 5 165 mm 20 5 520 mm SED 6 152 mm 18 457 mm 18 457 mm 18 457 mm 18 457 mm 7 5 190 mm 9 9 251 mm with ST20 6 152 m...

Page 9: ...nds to restrict their use Kraft pulps Give brown colored paper or cardboard having high mechanical strength NOTA NIPSON recommends using a 100 chemical pulp paper Paper using mechanical or recycled pulp may however give good results for certain applications 2 1 2 Paper additives Blueing agent Fluorescent substance which increases paper whiteness Very high levels tend to decrease printing density F...

Page 10: ...he paper thus affecting printing density Relative humidity in the paper stack Is an easily measurable parameter related to moisture content Roughness or smoothness Defines the surface aspect of the paper A paper which is too rough will give poor image quality Opacity Describes the paper s ability to block transmitted light Sufficient opacity is required to allow detection by optical sensors and to...

Page 11: ...an 10 s Dynamic stiffness More than 0 15 mN x m for 64 g m2 paper More than 0 20 mN x m for 80 g m2 paper More than 0 50 mN x m for 90 g m2 paper Tensile Strength More than 4 kN m machine direction Tearing resistance 450 mN minimum Opacity More than 62 Physical chemical stability Under 10s exposure to 90ºC the paper must not emit odor nor show any modification in color surface aspect or flatness a...

Page 12: ...side Less than 180s Silicone coating On label side only The coating will cause neither label migration nor printer contamination no transfer of silicone to the image drum is allowed 3 1 2 Adhesive Migration No migration of adhesive to label periphery under allowed storage or printing conditions Solvents solvent elimination temperature if solvent present above 120ºC Coating weight From 20 to 24 g m...

Page 13: ...iffness leads to false folds in the stacker and to disruption of the image puffing at the leading edge of each label The following parameters affect this discontinuity Trimming Advantages Trimming around labels allows continuous verification of label cut quality Trimming around tractor holes and fold perforations avoids adhesive in these areas Trimming around fold perforations makes stacking easie...

Page 14: ...ransfer zone contact must be maintained at all times between the image drum and the surface being printed To achieve this the substrate surface must either be flat or easily flattened and must not be able to move freely relative to its support medium 4 2 PREPRINTED SUBSTRATE The machine will print on a wide variety of preprinted substrate material Attention should be given to the following charact...

Page 15: ...e quality is possible due to electrostatic interactions between substrate and machine environment Image quality as well as the stability of the toned image adhesion to card surface smearing level lack of offset to facing sheet must be verified The presence of greases or oils such as silicone on the card surface is prohibited Thickness For cards having standard dimensions 55mm x 85mm Maximum overal...

Page 16: ...in transparent plastic window materials which are glued over openings in a paper support application self contained mailers The following restrictions are necessary to reduce electrostatic effects 1 Anti static surface surface resistivity between 1010 and 1013 ohms matte finish 2 Good contact must be maintained between the window material and the image drum at transfer absence of wrinkles or flutt...

Page 17: ...t interfere with end of paper detection see section 5 3 5 Other perforations 4 7 CARBONLESS SELF COPY PAPER Best results in regard to image blackness are obtained using an organic resin based CF coating example NCR formula European formula CF coating based on reactive clay can give satisfactory results for many applications but the printing blackness is generally lower higher image blackness can b...

Page 18: ... 5 General finishing transformation requirements 5 1 ENVIRONMENT In order to maintain dimensional stability forms must be finished in a controlled environment with the following conditions temperature between 20ºC and 23ºC relative humidity between 40 and 50 ...

Page 19: ...y 254mm is 0 3 mm 0 12 inch Parallelism tolerance between any left and right centerlines is 0 15 mm A centerline is defined as the line that connects the centers of any 2 tractor holes which are on the same side of the form and which are distant by 254 mm 10 inches 6 0 7 90 distance nominal 0 5 width nominal 0 5 fold perforation 0 1 max 0 1 max 0 15 max 12 7 0 05 4 0 1 ...

Page 20: ...l Hang a segment of 5 sheets against a vertical flat surface with the top sheet touching the surface and the first fold opening away from the surface The distance between the lowest fold and the vertical surface must be less than 30mm 5 3 4 Internal Perforations Tensile strength of internal vertical perforations must be at least 700N m Tensile strength of horizontal perforations must be between 80...

Page 21: ...t be continuously present at one or more of the following positions End of Paper optical sensor positions Standard printer 50mm 152 5mm 232mm S E D printer recto 50mm 152 5mm 232mm verso 289mm 368mm 471mm measured from 1st side left paper edge when left side tractor is in its far left position ...

Page 22: ...allowed to satisfy this requirement The carton must be of sufficient quality to withstand a stack height of six cartons Cartons delivered on pallets must be completely protected from moisture by a plastic film as well as by a moisture barrier between pallet and cartons NOTA The maximum allowed paper stack height for the paper input tray inside the machine is 300mm the capacity for using input stac...

Page 23: ...d of reconditioning before printing If the temperature difference between the paper storage area and the printer site is greater than 5ºC it is advised to have a conditioning area near the printer having temperature and humidity close to printer conditions to stabilize the paper temperature before using The packaging must only be opened at the moment when the paper is to be used The following tabl...

Page 24: ... promptly investigated by qualified technicial personnel and action will be taken as required If you require a written reply furnish your complete mailing address below SOCIETE COMPANY ADRESSE ADDRESS DATE Remettez cet imprimé à un responsable de NIPSON ou renvoyez le à l adresse ci dessous Please give this technical publications remarks form to your NIPSON representative or mail to address below ...

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