Xerox 701P28020 Conditioning paper to the printing environment, Loading paper into feeder trays

Managing your paper supply

•Start up the production system by following the Powering On the Xerox Nuvera procedure in the Xerox Nuvera User Guide and Training Aid online.

Conditioning paper to the printing environment

When paper is moved from a storage area to a print room, it must be conditioned to the print room temperature before it is used.

Conditioning means allowing the paper to stand, unopened, in the print room until its temperature matches the temperature of the print room.

NOTE: Properly conditioning paper is the most important thing you can do to improve paper handling.

Jamming, due to paper curl, and degraded image quality, due to paper expansion, are common problems when paper is not adequately conditioned.

The times in Table 2-3.should be considered minimum conditioning times and must be followed to obtain optimum performance.

Table 2-3. Paper conditioning times

	Minimum conditioning times
Type of stock	Reams	Carton	Pallet
Uncoated stock	4 hours	24 hours	72 hours
Coated and specialty stocks	24 hours	72 hours
(labels, envelopes, films,
etc.)
Transparencies	4 hours	24 hours

Conditioning can be accelerated by removing the reams from the cartons - but never open the reams until you are ready to print.

Loading paper into feeder trays

For the best possible paper handling and image quality, you must use proper techniques when loading paper into feeder trays.

Each feeder tray has a stock loading label (Figure 2-2.and Figure 2-3.) that is visible when the tray is opened. Refer to the label for help in loading different sizes and types of stock. Also refer to Chapter 3, Tips by stock type, for tips on loading specific types of stock.

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