Adjusting the Preheat Temperature

The Preheat selection in Form Characteristics box of the De®ne Form window allows you to increase the preheat platen temperature to enhance fusing of labels or heavy-stock forms. You increase or decrease the temperature in increments of 5° until optimum fusing is achieved. You should not use the lower temperature settings to print on some synthetic forms, such as vinyl- or latex-impregnated forms.

When you are using regular forms, the temperature should be set to the default value. The default value is set in ªPrinter Con®gurationº.

To adjust the preheat platen temperature, do the following:

vSELECT the Con®gure pull-down menu on the main Display Touch Screen window.

vSELECT the De®ne Form procedure.

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Standard 2UpLetter 12x18

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12.00

Length

8.50

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in. mm

Form Description

Standard 8.5 x 12 in.

Form Characteristics

Pinless: No

Pinless mark: Preprinted form

Printable width: Normal width

Preheat: 0

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vSELECT the Form Name for which you want to change the preheat temperature.

vSELECT the Preheat ®eld. A keypad window appears.

vENTER the new temperature in increments of 5° (such as 75°, 85°, 90°).

Note: To use the default temperature that is set during printer con®guration, ENTER 0 (zero), not the default temperature.

vSELECT the OK pushbutton.

vPrint several hundred feet of forms at the new temperature.

vCheck the fusing to see if it is acceptable. If it is not, repeat the procedure.

IBM 3000 manual Adjusting the Preheat Temperature, Select the Dene Form procedure

Models: 3000