Environmental Considerations
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Environmental Considerations
Before they are used, forms should be stored for at least 24 h ours—
preferably 48 hours—in the environment in which they wil l be used. This
stabilizes the moisture content of the paper, resultin g in better feeding and
stacking. Forms should never be stored in environments that re sult in dam age
such as delamination of glues, creasing, folding, et c.
Form Types
Three kinds of continuous form paper are specified for u se with the printer:
•Edge-perforated, fanfolded, single-part forms
•2- to 6-part multipart carbon forms
•2- to 4-part multipart carbonless forms
For all forms, the width range is from 3 to 17 inches, and t he length range is
from 2 to 12 inches.
Form Weight
Use 15 to 100 pound (6.80 to 45.36 kg) stock. Light weight and recyc led
forms must be strong enough to assure that tractor holes and perforations do
not tear or detach during form feed, skipping, and ejecting operations.
Form Thickness
Forms must be no thicker than 0.025 inches (0.0635 cm). This figure is for the
thickest point of the form—including glue lines, staples, perforations, etc.—
and is not restricted to just the print area.
Form Evenness
The evenness of forms must not exceed 0.003 inches (0.00762 cm) across
the print area (between the side perforations).
Tenting caused by buildup of perforation thickness m ust be minimized. A
perforation thickness measured at the major perforation th at exceeds 1.25
times the forms thickness measured in the print area will resu lt in an
unpredictable and unreliable form. The perforation thic kness must never
exceed the maximum forms thickness of 0.025 inches (0.0635 cm).
Tractor Pin Engagement
The printer uses tractors with 6-pin engagement. Detailed engageme nt
specifications are given in ISO-2784, but are summar ized in the table below.