Paper Specification
Paper Specification
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9.4.1
General Guidelines
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Transport holes
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Quality
The printer works best with high-quality media. Quality fanfold media for the
Note:
All measurements conditioned at 23
E
C (68° F) and 50% RH
laser printer is characterized by uniform physical properties, freedom from
dust and lint, accurate fold, and proper packaging. Proper packaging
protects media from moisture and physical damage.
Avoid paper with curled or bent edges, spots, dust or lint, wrinkling, or
inaccurate size. All these characteristics can cause misfeeding, jamming
premature wear out of printer parts, or unsatisfactory print quality.
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Basis weight
Basis weight (also called grammage) is an important charactaristics of
paper. Paper that is too light or too heavy can cause misfeeds, misstacking,
paper jams, poor image quality, or excessive mechanical wear out in the
printer.
The range of paper weight is from 64 to 155 g/m² ± 5% (17 to 41 lb).
The left centre line of the transport holes
must be parallel to the left centre line.
Tolerance of ± 0.15 mm (0.006 inch)