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- Page 1 CT-10 Envelope Feeder for ColorMaxT4 / ColorMaxT5 INSTALLATION MANUAL 10/2016...
- Page 2 PREPARING THE LASER PRINTER FOR THE ENVELOPE FEEDER 1. To prepare the printer for the CT-10 Feeder, you must first remove the door from the manual feed tray. First, open the manual feed tray door on the right side of the printer.
- Page 3 4. Remove the left side of the door in the same fashion and remove the door from the printer. 5. Open the right side cover on the printer by pulling on the latch shown here: 6. With the right side door fully open, lift the feed roller assembly to gain access to the feed roller and sheet separator area.
- Page 4 NOTE: The envelope feeder is equipped with a paper sensor that will be positioned just to the left of the printer’s manual feed tray feed roller. It is possible for the sensor to detect the white plastic housing just to the left of the feed roller, which can cause erratic feeding.
- Page 5 Step 3. Stand the upper stand assembly on the floor with the slotted bars facing upward as shown below. Then position one of the stand legs on the outside of one of the slotted bars with the bolts extending through the slot as shown. Note: The leg assemblies are identical.
- Page 6 Step 6. Flip the stand over so it is resting on the casters. Ensure that the locking levers are secure so the stand legs do not slip while installing the feeder! Locking levers on inside of stand SETTING THE HEIGHT OF THE STAND TO MATCH YOUR PRINTER Since printers of this type come with a variety of stand heights and additional paper tray options, the LF Pro comes with an adjustable height stand.
- Page 7 Step 3. Now you will attach the feeder to the stand using four button head screws and the included 1/8” allen wrench. The bolts have been attached to the uprights of the stand for shipping. The feeder will be attached to the stand using these threaded holes Step 4.
- Page 8 Step 6. Insert one of the button head screws into one of the holes in the side plate and use the 1/8” allen wrench to tighten the screw. Ensure that the screw is threaded into the threaded hole in the stand Step 7.
- Page 9 3. Lift the acceleration table up as far as it will go with one hand while you push the feeder in towards the printer with the other hand. Acceleration table 4. As you slowly push the feeder in toward the printer, the exit end of the acceleration table should go into the manual feed tray just above the bottom shelf and below the overhanging tabs on the manual feed tray side guides.
- Page 10 6. Continue to push the feeder in toward the printer, ensuring that the feeder side plate extension fingers enter inside the left and right walls of the manual feed tray opening. When the stand is set at the proper height, the top ledge of the extension “finger”...
- Page 11 SETTING UP THE FEEDER FOR ENVELOPES Setting the feeder for your envelopes consists of the following basic steps: 1. Setting up the hopper paper guides 2. Setting up the sheet separator(s) 3. Setting the back wedge (envelope stack support) 4. Setting the delivery table paper guides 5.
- Page 12 Step 4: Place one of your envelopes in the feeder between the paper guides and then rotate the paper guide adjusting knob to move the paper guides in toward the edges of the envelope Place envelope in hopper to adjust paper guides Step 5: Position the paper guides alongside the edges of the envelope leaving them loose enough to allow free movement of the envelopes.
- Page 13 SETTING THE SHEET SEPARATOR(S) utilizes patented “Buckle Separation” technique for separating the bottom envelope from the stack. You will notice in the following instructions that the separator(s) are positioned between feed belts, not over them. When in this position, the separators push down on the envelope as it is advanced from the bottom of the stack, forming a downward “buckle”...
- Page 14 Setting the sheet separator(s) (continued) Step 1. Loosen the locking knob on the front of the separator and slide the separator into the middle of the feeder between the feed belts. (You may need to raise the separator to allow it to slide over the feed belts. Turn the separator height adjustment knob clockwise to raise the separator) Separator height adjustment knob...
- Page 15 Step 5. Continue to slowly lower the separator tip until the envelope is buckled downward between the belts slightly (approx 1/16” to 1/8”) Lower the separator tip to “buckle” the envelope down between belts NOTE: Ensure that the separator tip is between feed belts so it does not “pinch” the envelope. Step 6.
- Page 16 Step 1. After setting the separator as shown in the previous steps, leave the one envelope in the feeder that you used for the separator setup Step 2. Carefully shingle out a small stack of envelopes so that the bottom one will be the foremost envelope in the stack as shown here.
- Page 17 As shown in the pictures above and below, the back wedge should be in just far enough to hold the back edge of the envelope stack up off the belts. Step 5. The angle of the back wedge can be adjusted to assist with different kinds of envelopes. To adjust the angle, loosen the locking lever on the side of the back wedge.
- Page 18 Larger (longer) envelopes have a tendency to “sag” downward in the middle, which can cause double feeding or inconsistent gaps between envelopes. This “sagging” can be remedied by lowering the angle of the back wedge and moving it a bit underneath the stack of envelopes as shown below. The back wedge ramp can be used to lift the middle of the envelopes off the belts As with the separators, some experimentation would be helpful to obtain the best results...
- Page 19 Step 2. Place the power switch in the ON position. Step 3. Grasp one of the acceleration table paper guide adjusting blocks and move the paper guide outward to make room for your envelope. (locking knobs MUST be loose) Grab block to move paper guide outward.
- Page 20 Step 7. Using the speed control knob, SLOWLY advance the envelope to the end of the delivery table and check the paper guides to see if they are close enough to the envelope edges. When the envelope lead edge blocks the stop photo, the feeder motor will stop. MAKE SURE THE GUIDES ARE NOT SO TIGHT AS TO RESTRICT THE ENVELOPE’S MOVEMENT Paper guide Envelope stop photo...
- Page 21 While you are testing the feeder, make note of the gaps between the envelopes as they travel down the delivery table. A small gap of 1” to 2” is satisfactory although the gap can vary a bit. If there is no gap at all, you may need to move your back wedge in underneath the envelope stack a little farther, or lower the separator tip a bit to create a more pronounced buckle for better envelope separation.
- Page 22 Running envelopes with your printer After you have successfully set up and tested the feeder and performed the steps outlined earlier for preparing the printer, you can now feed and print your envelopes. 1. With power to the feeder off, remove the lead envelope from the exit end of the acceleration table. 2.
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Page 23: Important Notes
The lead envelope should advance into the printer’s manual feed tray until the stop sensor signals the feeder motor to stop. 6. Push the “FEEDER READY” lever on the operator side of the acceleration table forward toward the printer. This will trigger the manual feed tray paper present sensor so the printer knows you have envelopes in place. - Page 24 Paper jam or feeder out condition: If the envelope feeder runs out of envelopes, jams, or is delayed in getting envelopes to the printer in time, the printer will recognize this as a “PAPER JAM” and will indicate this on the display. Since this circumstance may not actually be a paper jam, (i.e., feeder runs out), the printer can easily be reset with minimal effort.
- Page 25 Note on printers; The new generation of these printers offers high speeds, excellent print quality and the ability to print envelopes well. Setting the properly to achieve consistent envelope delivery to the printer is imperative as the printer does not feature a “retry” in the manual feed tray. This means that if the feed roller cycles once and does not feed an envelope into the printer, the printer immediately considers it a jam and stops.
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