Printek 8000SE manual Form Construction

FORM CONSTRUCTION

Form Construction

Although the FormsMaster 8000se series printers have been designed to handle difficult forms, you may come across a form that does not feed reliably or provide adequate print quality on all copies.

One of the main causes of paper misfeeds is a form that is “tented”. Tenting is a tent-like bulge at the perforation when forms are unfolded from the box. The printer allows a maximum form thickness of 0.025 inches, which a badly tented form may exceed.

Tenting is usually caused by glue drying on the perforation after the forms maker puts the forms into the box, or forms which are not glued at all. Forms with solid glue lines which run vertically down the entire form are the most susceptible. If you experience such a problem, request “interrupted glue line” forms from your vendor. This method stops the glue approximately three-quarters of the way down the form and then resumes gluing at the top of the next form. The gluing should not begin too far below the top of the form or pages of the form will be able to fan apart and be a potential cause of jamming.

Another area where not all forms are alike is in the quality of carbon paper used, or in the way carbonless inks are applied. If the back copies of your form are too light, request a quick-release carbon or a higher quality carbonless inking method.

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