Formax FD 280 - Manual (Page 26)

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6.3 Feeding Portrait
Mail Piece
1. Switch the Tab Size Switch to Set-Up
2. Turn FD 280
’s POWER SWITCH on. Push Stop
button.
3. Place a sample of the piece to be tabbed between
the input guides and lock the guides tight to the
edge of the piece without binding the piece.
Figure 6.3 Setting up Input Guides on the FD 280
4. Take the same sample piece and set it between the
vertical tab indicator plates on the exit side of the tab
heads. Run the transport and rotate the Head
Position control to bring the heads close (to within a
sixteenth of an inch) to both edges of the piece.
Some pieces are not folded square. Use the widest
part of the piece to set the distance between the
heads.
5. Stop the transport and slide a feeder up into position.
Start the transport and send sample pieces through.
Make sure that guides are set and locked and that the
heads are not too close together to jam pieces.
Pieces must travel smoothly through the machine.