September, 99
TTPM2 Installation and Programming Manual
51
12 DOCUMENT
STOCK
The TTPM2 printers are produced and calibrated for, and tested with the customers ticket
stock. To ensure accurate ticket issuing, we do require 100 tickets of the customer ticket
stock for each ordered printer.
12.1 Ticket
base
material
Material
Paper, 100 % chemical pulp, no ground wood permitted
Laminate (Triplex)
Plastic (PVC)
Stiffness
18–36 g/cm (in grain direction)
Thickness
Paper and laminate: 0.18–0.40 mm, 170–210 g/m²
Plastic (PVC): 0.18–0.25 mm
Factory setting:
0.18–0.25 mm (default)
0.26–0.32 mm (optional)
0.33–0.40 mm (optional)
Curl
Deviation from flatness < 0.6 mm across the length, width, or
diagonal of the ticket
12.2
Coating and preprint
Thermal coating
Shall meet or exceed the ANSI 3.11 specification
Smoothness:
Max. 75 Sheffield units
Properties:
Same as fax grade 3
Top coating
The thermo-sensitive surface of the document stock can be
provided with a protective UV or moisture proofing top coating
Preprint
Tickets can be preprinted on one, or both sides
Ink for thermo-sensitive side: Laser printer approved ink with-
out
whiteners
Ink for magnetic stripe side: Offset ink
CAUTION!
– Never use abrasive inks as they reduce the life of the thermal print head.
Thermal print to preprint alignment
Tolerances in the printer, and in the ticket stock itself, can
cause misalignment between the preprint of the ticket stock and
the thermal print. The ticket guides in the printer are adjusted to
54.38 ± 0.05 mm. Narrower adjustment tolerances would cause
paper jam when the relative humidity changes the ticket width.
A ticket width of 53.98 ± 0.2 mm gives a maximum misalign-
ment of 0.65 mm (54.38 + 0.05 – (53.98 – 0.2)).