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COLOR MATERIALS USAGE GUIDE
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Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Making the best decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Answers to these question and more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Papers for today’s business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
About this guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
About Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Fundamentals of Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Let’s take a look at the papermaking machines. . . . . . 3
Why do we produce so many documents? . . . . . . . . . 3
What Happens When Dry Ink Meets Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
When dry ink meets paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Important Paper Properties for Color Xerography . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Paper influences on document quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Optical paper qualities that influence image quality . . 10
Reliability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Moisture content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Electrical properties (conductivity and resistivity) . . . . 13
Surface strength . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Friction coefficient . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Paper Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Stacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Temperature and humidity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Conditioning paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Why Paper Doesn’t Always Work the Way it Should . . . . . . . . . . 18
Coated paper and offset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Coated paper and xerography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Moisture and xerography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Textured stock and xerography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Technology and Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Digital production printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Office laser printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Office digital copying and printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Xerox Papers and Xerox Digital Copier/Printers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
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