User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Selecting stock for your Xerox Nuvera System
- 2. Managing your paper supply
- 3. Tips by stock type
- Xerox Nuvera MX: Special considerations
- Stock types
- Tips that apply to all stocks
- Bond (56 to 158 gsm)
- Bristol (147 to 220 gsm)
- Carbonless
- Cover coated (140 to 220 gsm)
- Cover uncoated (106 to 220 gsm)
- Drilled paper
- Envelopes
- Heavyweight coated (140 to 220 gsm)
- Heavyweight uncoated (106 to 220 gsm)
- Index (130 to 220 gsm)
- Label stock
- Lightweight uncoated (56 to 84 gsm)
- Middleweight uncoated (91 to 105 gsm)
- Perforated paper
- Preprinted paper
- Recycled paper
- Scored paper
- Synthetic papers and plastics
- Tabs
- Transparencies
- Xerox DocuCard
- 4. About Xerox papers
- A. Converting paper weight from pounds to gsm
- B. Printing with tabs
- Obtaining additional tabs guide kits
- Installing the tabs guide
- Tab Optimization Mode
- 1. On the DocuSP Controller, select [Printer: Tab Optimization Mode]. A dialog window appears.
- 2. Select the [On] checkbox.
- 3. Close the window. The Tab Optimization Mode is enabled.
- 1. On the DocuSP Controller, select [Printer: Tab Optimization Mode]. A dialog window appears.
- 2. Select the [Off] checkbox.
- 3. Close the window. The Tab Optimization Mode is enabled
- Define stocks, program, and load feeder trays
- 1. At the system interface, add the tab stock to the Stock Library.
- 2. Assign the tab stock to a feeder tray.
- 3. Load the tab stock as shown on the label in the tray.
- 4. Adjust the paper tray guides and adjust any tabs that are misaligned.
- 5. Open the Feed Module front door and remove the tab guide (A4/11 or A5/5.5).
- 6. Install the tab guide making sure it is positioned below the actuator arm of the paper guide.
- 7. Assign the 8.5 x 11 inch (A4) or 8.5 x 5.5 inch (A5) stock for the body sheets to another paper tray and load the stock.
- Printing on tabbed stock
- C. Managing the feed modules
- Feeder procedures
- Add stock to a tray directly from the Stock Library window
- Copy stock attributes from one tray to another
- 1. Open the Paper Trays tab.
- 2. Select the stock you wish to copy.
- 3. Select [Save Settings] from the Tray pull-down menu.
- 4. Enter the information in the Save Tray Setting window.
- 5. Select [OK].
- 6. Select the tray into which you want to place the saved stock.
- 7. Select [Load Settings] from the Tray pull-down menu.
- 8. Select the stock from the list of saved stocks.
- 9. Select [OK].
- 10. Load the stock in paper tray.
- Load non-tab stock in a paper tray
- 1. Wait for the LED on the tray to turn off before opening the tray.
- 2. When the LED is off, pull the feeder tray out from the feeder until it stops.
- 3. Move the side and rear guides away from the stack.
- 4. Load the required stock in the tray. Load the stock with the curl side down. Load Xerox stock with the package seam side face up.
- 5. Position one ream of the stock against the leading (left) edge and roughly centered in the tray.
- 6. Move the side and trail edge guides until they touch the stack. Continue loading the stock to the recommended amount.
- 7. Close the tray slowly, but firmly, until it latches.
- Load tab stock in a paper tray
- 1. Wait for the LED on the tray to turn off before opening the tray.
- 2. When the LED is off, pull the feeder tray out from the feeder until it stops.
- 3. Move the side and trail edge guides away from the stack.
- 4. Load the required stock in the tray.
- 5. Position the stock against the leading (left) edge of the tray.
- 6. Move the rear and side guides until they touch the stack.
- 7. Close the tray slowly, but firmly, until it latches.
- Prevent a tray from feeding
- View a list of paper trays and their settings
- Inserter procedures
- Feeder procedures
- D. Managing the Finishing Transport Module and Stacker
- Finisher procedures
- Stacker Limitations
- Unload stacker cart
- 1. If an Unload condition exists, go to step 5.
- 2. Open the Stacking Tab.
- 3. Select the stacker to be unloaded. The row is highlighted.
- 4. Press the right mouse button and select [Unload].
- 5. To unload a stacker cart, open the stacker front door.
- 6. Pull the cart from the stacker.
- 7. Remove the stack from the cart (or use the alternate cart).
- 8. Push the cart into the stacker.
- 9. Firmly close the stacker door.
- View stacker settings
- Unload stacker cart
- E. Managing the Stock Library
- Define a new stock
- 1. Select the Stock Library tab in Printer Manager.
- 2. On the Stock Library tab, select the source stock. The table row is highlighted.
- 3. Select [Stock: Duplicate]. A settings window opens.
- 4. The Stock Name field is empty; type new value in the field.
- 5. Select the attribute to be modified.
- 6. Select the desired value for the attribute from the menu or type a new value in the field.
- 7. Repeat steps 5 and 6 for each attribute to be modified.
- 8. To add or modify comments, type the desired text in the Comments field. These comments will be displayed on the settings window for this stock only.
- 9. To make the changes without closing the settings window, select [Apply]. Otherwise, select [Save] to apply the changes and close the window.
- Delete a stock
- Edit stock attributes
- 1. Select the Stock Library tab.
- 2. Select the stock to be edited. The table row is highlighted.
- 3. Double click the row to open a settings window.
- 4. Select the attribute to be modified.
- 5. Select the desired value for the attribute from the menu or type a new value in the field.
- 6. Repeat steps 4 and 5 for each attribute to be modified.
- 7. To add or modify comments, type the desired text in the Comments field. These comments will be displayed on the settings window for this stock only.
- 8. To make the changes without closing the settings window, select [Apply]. Otherwise, select [Save] to apply the changes and close the window.
- Define a new stock
- Glossary of paper terms
Xerox Nuvera Paper Guide
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Tips by stock type
Preprinted paper
NOTE: When printing over offset inks, image permanence may be
compromised.
Table 3-16. Preprinted paper
Description Any previously printed paper that will be printed on again. Examples of
preprinted papers are forms, mailers and catalogs that will be personalized
with customer names and addresses.
Selection tips • Select papers printed with laser-compatible, lithographic inks to
minimize offsetting. UV-cured inks are recommended, especially on
coated stocks, to insure complete drying before printing on a Xerox
Nuvera. Laser inks can be oxidative, or heat set types.
• Do not use papers preprinted with xerographic processes.
• Design the preprinted image so that no ink, varnish, or aqueous coating
is placed in the area to be printed on by a Xerox Nuvera. Toner
adhesion can not be assured when printing over inks or varnish. If the
Xerox Nuvera image must be printed over pre-printed ink, results are
more likely to be acceptable if the color is screened back to less than
30% or the base stock is uncoated paper.
• Select preprinted sheets that are free of excessive curl.
• Select uncoated and coated papers that are laser compatible or that
appear in the Media Compatibility Guide.
• Select preprinted materials that are able to withstand:
– Fuser temperatures of up to 437F (225 C) at 100 pounds per square
inch for 29 milliseconds.
– Exposure to fuser fluid.
• Avoid cold set inks to prevent excessive offsetting.
• Avoid conductive inks containing carbon blacks or metal powders.
– Sheets will not hold sufficient electrical charge for proper dry ink
transfer.
– Paper handling problems may occur with conductive inks.
• Test a small quantity of a preprinted paper before ordering a large
quantity. However, if the guidelines provided here are not followed,
results may be inconsistent.
CAUTION: Never print on sheets that were printed with rubber-based inks
or cured with a drying agent (starch, talc, or rosin powders). Machine
contamination will result, causing background spotting, streaking, deposits
in the fuser and/or spots on the photoreceptor.
CAUTION: If you wish to use a preprinted paper that has not been tested
by Xerox, check with your Xerox representative first. Some preprinted
papers can cause system damage.
Storage tips Protect preprinted sheets from moisture to prevent image quality defects
and feeding problems.