Star Micronics DOT MATRIX PRINTERS, LC-1521 Paper Handling, Selecting paper types, Fanfold Paper

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Chapter 9: 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 16.54″ / 178 to 420mm
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, B4, A3, 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:	10 sheets
Fanfold Paper	4″ to 16.5″ / 101.6 to 419mm
Width (push feed):
Width (pull feed):	4″ to 16.0″ / 101.6 to 406mm
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.