Chapter 5 - Media: Selecting, Handling, And Printing; Introduction; Media Specifications; Guidelines For Selecting And Storing Media - Xante FilmMaker 4 User Manual

Chapter 5 - Media: Selecting, Handling, and Printing

Introduction

This chapter covers selecting, handling, and printing on various media types and sizes.

Media Specifications

To ensure your job prints correctly, always use appropriate media. Store and handle it
carefully to prevent damage to the media and printer. This section provides guidelines
for selecting media and describes media types and sizes for your printer.

Guidelines for Selecting and Storing Media

To prevent media jams and print quality problems when selecting media for your
printer, use media that
• can withstand a temperature of 302˚ F (150˚ C).
Preprinted inks, such as letterheads, that cannot withstand these temperatures can
damage the printer's fusing rollers permanently.
• meets weight and media type requirements for the media source. See "Loading
Media" later in this chapter.
Do not use media that
• is unusually thick, thin, wrinkled, torn, curled, creased, wet, damp, or otherwise
damaged.
• is coated, synthetically reinforced, colored with surface treatment, or heavily
textured.
• has metal clasps, strings, staples, cutouts, perforations, or windows.
• has exposed adhesives or is a partial sheet of labels or a sheet on which the glue
has soaked through the labels.
Using media that does not meet these guidelines may void your printer warranty. XANTÉ
is not responsible for damages caused by media. Repair will be at the user's expense.
To prevent damage to media, store media
• in small, flat stacks (not set on its side or end).
• in the original wrapper in a location with a temperature range from 50 to 86˚ F
(10 to 30˚ C) and a stable relative humidity from 30 to 65%.
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