Franking
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4.6
Positioning and franking a letter
Caution! By simple preventive measures and spe-
cial care when positioning letters, you can avoid
gaps in the imprint, tearing the ribbon and damaging
the thermal print head:
– You can frank letters up to a thickness of 5 mm.
The difference in thickness in the printing area in
letters containing several sheets can lead to an ir-
regular imprint. In this case, frank the empty enve-
lope or use the franking labels.
– Use envelopes with as smooth a surface as
possible. This gives optimum imprint quality.
– Make sure you remove all staples and paper clips
from the area around the imprint.
– Before imprinting, knock the upper edge of the
envelopes against a smooth underlay. By aligning
the content of the letter with the upper edge of the
envelope you get an even surface to achieve bet-
ter franking imprints.
– It is best to let go of normal format letters (DL, C6)
during franking. Give large envelopes (C5, B4) a
little support.
– Under no circumstances should you attempt to
straighten the envelope whilst it is running
through.
How to feed a letter
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Place the letter on the letter receiving tray:
– The side to be printed facing upwards, the
address field visible.
– The top edge must be against the letter guide.
•
Push in the letter in the direction of the arrow until
the optimail grips the letter.
As soon as the mail sensor detects a letter, a roller
presses the letter against the ribbon and print head
– the franking starts. The franked letter is ejected to
the right.
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