Printek 8000 - Manual (Page 91)

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Form Construction and Layout Tips
FORM CONSTRUCTION
Although the FormsMaster 8000 series printers have been designed to
handle difficult forms, you may come across a form that does not feed
reliably or provide adequate print quality on all copies.
One of the main causes of paper misfeeds is a form that is “tented”. Tenting
is a tent-like bulge at the perforation when forms are unfolded from the box.
The printer allows a maximum form thickness of 0.025 inches, which a
badly tented form may exceed.
Tenting is usually caused by glue drying on the perforation after the forms
maker puts the forms into the box, or forms which are not glued at all.
Forms with solid glue lines which run vertically down the entire form are
the most susceptible. If you experience such a problem, request
“interrupted glue line” forms from your vendor. This method stops the
glue approximately three-quarters of the way down the form and then
resumes gluing at the top of the next form. The gluing should not begin
too far below the top of the form or pages of the form will be able to fan apart
and be a potential cause of jamming.
Another area where not all forms are alike is in the quality of carbon paper
used, or in the way carbonless inks are applied. If the back copies of your
form are too light, request a quick-release carbon or a higher quality
carbonless inking method.
FORM LAYOUT CONSIDERATIONS
When designing preprinted forms, the most common problem is forms that
are designed “too tight”. This means that boxes where data have to be
printed are just barely large enough for the data, and that even the slightest