GBC HeatSeal Sprint H925 Instruction Manual page 8

HeatSeal Sprint H925 - Lamination Tips
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Selection of media/paper requirements
The following is a guide to selecting the proper paper for this unit to perform at an optimum level.
Before laminating important or unique documents always run a test document through the
laminator using a similar media. If you find that your printed media is not compatible with the
H925, try a different media and/or a different print engine.
Size & finish/weight
Size: The minimum width that can be fed through the H925 is 6" or 152 mm. Standard paper
sizes that will automatically feed into the laminator are as follows: (leading edge into machine
is indicated in bold)
Type Size
Letter 11" x 8.5"
Legal 8.5" x 14"
Menu 11" x 17"
Half-letter 8.5" x 5.5"
10.5" x 7.25"
Executive
8.5" x 13
Government legal
Finish/weight: As stated above, even standard media can change from time to time due to
circumstances that cannot be controlled by GBC. It is always recommended that the user
experiment with the media prior to loading a full run into the feed tray. The media range that will
optimize performance of the feeder when stack loading is as follows*:
Media
Standard copy/bond paper
Cover stock
Index stock
Porous photo paper
* Certain finishes (levels of gloss), weights and ink compositions may require the user to feed
single sheets into the laminator rather than stack loading.
Media such as double sided printed output, designer papers, card stocks, cover stocks, high
gloss photo papers, glossy photo cards and others with specialized coatings should be fed into
the laminator one sheet at a time to avoid mis-feeding or jamming the feeder mechanism.
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Type
Government letter 10.5" x 8.5"
A4 297 x 210 mm
A5 210 x 148 mm
B5 250 x 176 mm
210 x 330 mm
F4
Minimum Weight Maximum Weight
20lb / 75gsm 53lb / 203gsm
28lb / 75gsm 80lb / 216gsm
42lb / 75gsm 110lb / 203gsm
20lb / 75gsm Up to 50lb / 200gsm
HeatSeal Sprint H925 - Lamination Tips
Loading
Before loading prints, fan sheets on all four sides. This creates a small layer of air between the
sheets that will help the feeder mechanism by eliminating any blocking that may have occurred
while the sheets were drying or while in storage.
To maximize the film usage for letter/A4 stock, it is best to load the prints into the feeder tray
with landscape orientation. For legal/A3 stock, the media must be loaded with portrait
orientation.
If your document is severely curled, or warped, it may pose a feeding problems for the H925
feeder. To minimize this potential issue you can try to eliminate the curl by rolling the media
stack in reverse prior to loading the document. You may also try loading the document upside
down or backwards.
Size
When loading a stack of prints, it is best to square off the bottom edge of the stack by lightly
tapping the entire stack on a flat surface. Loading the feeder tray with the bottom of the stack
squared will help eliminate mis-feeds.
Ensure the paper side guides on the document feed tray are properly spaced to rest against the
edges of the paper without compressing the stack. If paper side guides are not against the
media, sheets can skew during lamination.
Once media is loaded into the feeder tray, the lamination run must conclude before adding
more prints. DO NOT add more pages to the feed tray while lamination job is in process.
The film rolls will laminate more total pages per refill if the maximum width is utilized when
loading media into the feed tray.
Exit tray
IMPORTANT: When laminating any media that is longer than letter/A4 in the landscape orientation,
the exit tray MUST be folded back into the machine. Failure to do so will result in a jam caused by
the finished media not having enough room to clear the rollers once laminated.
The exit tray was designed to only stack letter/A4 and smaller media in the landscape orientation.
Capacity of this tray varies based on overall thickness of media and film mil used. GBC recommends
emptying the exit tray frequently.
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