Printronix P5000LJ user manual Methods Of Forms Attachment, Gluing, Staples

Appendix B Paper Guidelines

Specification	Inches	Millimeters
Hole centerline (CL) to edge of form	0.236 ± 0.028	6.0 ± 0.10
Hole Diameter (Serrations or any	0.156 ± 0.004	4.0 ± 0.10
occlusion due to incorrect registration
of multipart forms cannot exceed this
dimension.)
Distance between centers of two	0.500 ± 0.002	12.7 ± 0.05
consecutive holes
Maximum deviation of holes from their	0.004	0.10
centerline
Maximum deviation of lefthand hole to	0.006	0.15
adjacent righthand hole (CL to CL)
Maximum parallel deviation of lefthand	0.006	0.15
hole CL to righthand hole CL

Methods Of Forms Attachment

Any method of attachment (staples, crimps, gluing, etc.) must be designed in a way that does not permit air to be trapped between copies of a form. Hard or wire brads and staples must not be used.

Any attachment must not coincide with the major perforation or any horizontal perforation.

Gluing

Gluing must be controlled and uniform, since it is a major contributor to the maximum form thickness. A form that meets the maximum forms thickness requirement in the print area but which exceeds the maximum thickness at a glue line is considered an unreliable and unpredictable form.

Staples

Staples must be used only in the margin area of the form and must not be in line with the path of the tractor holes. Ideally, staples are placed in the margins so that they coincide with areas of the form where printing does not occur.

The figure below shows acceptable and unacceptable ways of fabricating staples.

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