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Chapter 5: Paper Handling

Your printer is designed to print on a variety of paper types. This chapter tells you everything you need to know about paper, and how to set the printer up for manual paper feed. In this chapter, you will learn about:

❏Selecting the best type of paper

❏Adjusting for paper thickness

❏Manual sheet feeding

❏Clearing paper jams

Selecting paper types

Use the following information when selecting paper.

Cut-Sheet Paper (Manual Feed)

Width:

7.0″ to 10.5″ / 178 to 267mm

Length:

5.5″ to 14″ / 140 to 356mm

Thickness:

0.00276″ to 0.00472″ / 0.07 to 0.12mm

Weight:

14 to 24 lbs / 52 to 90g/m2 / 45 to 77 kg

Cut-Sheet Paper (with Optional Automatic Sheet Feeder)

Paper size:

B5, A4, LT, Legal

Thickness:

0.00315″ to 0.00472″ / 0.08 to 0.12mm

Weight:

16 to 24 lbs / 60 to 90g/m2 / 52 to 77 kg

Hopper:

50 sheets of 64g/m2

 

30 sheets of 80g/m2

Stacker:

30 sheets

Fanfold Paper

4″ to 10.0″ / 101.6 to 254mm

Width:

Thickness:

0.00276″ to 0.00433″ / 0.07 to 0.11mm (1-ply)

 

0.01378″ / 0.35mm max. (total thickness of multi-ply, non-

 

carbon)

Weight:

14 to 22 lbs / 52 to 82g/m2 / 45 to 70 kg (one-ply)

 

11 to 14 lbs / 40 to 52g/m2 / 34 to 45 kg (multi-ply)

Copies:

Original + 1 or 2 (Normal Mode)

 

Original + 3 or 4 (Multi-Part Mode)

Multi-part Mode and an optional pull tractor are recommended when printing on 4 or 5-ply paper.

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Star Micronics LC-1021 user manual Paper Handling, Selecting paper types, Cut-Sheet Paper Manual Feed, Fanfold Paper