Chapter 9: Paper Handling; Selecting Paper Types - Star LC-4511 Instruction Manual

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Paper Handling

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:
Length:
Thickness:
Weight:
Cut-Sheet Paper (with Optional Automatic Sheet Feeder)
Paper size:
Thickness:
Weight:
Hopper:
Stacker:
Fanfold Paper
Width (push feed): 4" to 16.5" / 101.6 to 419mm
Width (pull feed): 4" to 16.0" / 101.6 to 406mm
Thickness:
Weight:
Copies:
7.0" to 16.54" / 178 to 420mm
5.5" to 14" / 140 to 356mm
0.00276" to 0.00472" / 0.07 to 0.12mm
14 to 24 lbs / 52 to 90g/m
B5, A4, LT, B4, A3, Legal
0.00315" to 0.00472" / 0.08 to 0.12mm
16 to 24 lbs / 60 to 90g/m
50 sheets of 64g/m
30 sheets of 80g/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 82g/m
11 to 14 lbs / 40 to 52g/m
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.
2
/ 45 to 77 kg
2
/ 52 to 77 kg
2
2
2
/ 45 to 70 kg (one-ply)
2
/ 34 to 45 kg (multi-ply)

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