Chapter 5: Paper Handling; Selecting Paper Types - Star XB24-250 II User Manual

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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. Note that printing is
supported for both portrait and landscape orientation unless specifically noted
otherwise.
Cut-Sheet Paper (Manual Feed)
Width:
Length:
Size:
Thickness:
Weight:
Cut-Sheet Paper (with Optional Automatic Sheet Feeder)
Width:
Length:
Size:
Thickness:
Weight:
Hopper:
Stacker:
Fanfold Paper
Width (push feed): 4 to 16.0 / 101.6 to 406mm
Width (pull feed): 4 to 16.0 / 101.6 to 406mm
Thickness:
Weight:
Copies:
7.2 to 16.5 / 183 to 420mm
5.5 to 14.3 / 140 to 364mm
B5, A4, Letter, Legal, B4 (Landscape), A3 (Landscape)
0.00276 to 0.00472 / 0.07 to 0.12mm (1-ply only)
14 to 24 lbs / 52 to 90g/m
7.2 to 16.5 / 183 to 420mm
7.2 to 14 / 183 to 356mm
B5, A4, Letter, Legal, B4 (Landscape), A3 (Landscape)
0.00315 to 0.00472 / 0.08 to 0.12mm (1-ply only)
16 to 24 lbs / 60 to 90g/m
50 sheets of 64g/m
10 sheets
0.00276 to 0.00433 / 0.07 to 0.11mm (1-ply)
0.01378 / 0.35mm max. (total thickness of multi-ply, non-
carbon)
14 to 22 lbs / 52 to 81g/m
11 to 14 lbs / 40 to 52g/m
Original + 1 or 2 (Normal Mode)
2
/ 45 to 77 kg
2
/ 52 to 77 kg
2
, 30 sheets of 80g/m
2
/ 45 to 70 kg (1-ply)
2
/ 34 to 45 kg (multi-ply)
2