• Load paper with its printed side up (the front side). If you are using the booklet finisher, load sheets
print side down.
• Load paper in the interposer in the same orientation as paper in the paper tray.
• The staple position or punch hole position will be on the left side of the paper, when you are facing
the machine.
Loading Cover Sheets into the Interposer of the Perfect Binder
• The length/size of cover sheets depends on the thickness of the spine.
• Load paper in the orientation.
• Do not place anything on top of or leave documents on the sensor. This may lead to the paper size
not being correctly detected or paper jams.
Estimating the thickness of the spine
This section explains how to calculate the approximate spine thickness.
Note that the length and size of a cover sheet depends on the thickness of the book block spine.
The following list shows examples for A4 or 8
1
/
2
× 11 size, 80.0 g/m
2
(21.0 lb. Bond) paper:
• 10-sheet book block: 1 mm (0.04 inches)
• 30-sheet book block: 3 mm (0.12 inches)
• 50-sheet book block: 5 mm (0.20 inches)
• 80-sheet book block: 8 mm (0.32 inches)
• 100-sheet book block: 10 mm (0.40 inches)
• 200-sheet book block: 20 mm (0.80 inches)
Specify the cover sheet size based on the thickness of the book block spine. Use the following
equation to calculate the length of the cover sheet:
Loading Paper into the Paper Tray
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