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Chapter 5: paper handling, Selecting paper types – Star Micronics LC-1021 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.

Cut-Sheet Paper (Manual Feed)

Width:

7.0

to 10.5

/ 178 to 267mm

Length:

5.5

to 14

/ 140 to 356mm

Thickness:

0.00276

to 0.00472

/ 0.07 to 0.12mm

Weight:

14 to 24 lbs / 52 to 90g/m

2

/ 45 to 77 kg

Cut-Sheet Paper (with Optional Automatic Sheet Feeder)

Paper size:

B5, A4, LT, Legal

Thickness:

0.00315

to 0.00472

/ 0.08 to 0.12mm

Weight:

16 to 24 lbs / 60 to 90g/m

2

/ 52 to 77 kg

Hopper:

50 sheets of 64g/m

2

30 sheets of 80g/m

2

Stacker:

30 sheets

Fanfold Paper

Width:

4

to 1

0.0″

/ 101.6 to 254mm

Thickness:

0.00276

to 0.00433

/ 0.07 to 0.11mm (1-ply)

0.01378

/ 0.35mm max. (total thickness of multi-ply, non-

carbon)

Weight:

14 to 22 lbs / 52 to 82g/m

2

/ 45 to 70 kg (one-ply)

11 to 14 lbs / 40 to 52g/m

2

/ 34 to 45 kg (multi-ply)

Copies:

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.