Staple Pitch Adjustment

You can adjust the staple pitch.

As an example, how to adjust the staple pitch to widen the finished staple width by 4 mm is explained below.

• Meaning and Purpose of Staple Pitch Position Adjustment

  • When the staple pitch of saddle stitch is too narrow or too wide, this function allows you to adjust the pitch by specifying the desired value.

  • Negative values make the staple pitch narrower.

  • Positive values make the staple pitch wider.

• When to perform

  • When the staple pitch of saddle stitch is too narrow or too wide

•Intended Environment

Image Controller

Image Controller IC-604

Mounted finisher

Saddle Stitcher SD-506

* The sample screen may be different from the actual display depending on your system environment.

  1. Check the current staple width 'a' using a ruler.

    • supplementary explanationThe standard positions for staple width are predefined for each paper size.

    • supplementary explanationFor A3 Horizontal, the staple width is 148.5 mm (Vertical length 297 mm divided by 2).

  2. On the touch panel of the main body, press Adjustment on the MACHINE screen.

  3. Press Finisher Adjustment on the Adjustment Menu screen.

  4. Press Saddle Stitcher Adjustment on the Finisher Adjustment menu.

  5. Press Staple Pitch Adjustment on the Saddle Stitcher Adjustment menu.

  6. Press the paper size to adjust. Enter the adjustment value and press Set.

    Example: Make the staple pitch 4 mm wider for A3 Horizontal.

    Item

    Setting

    A3 Horizontal

    +4 mm (+4)

    • Press 4 and Set to enter the value [+4]. This makes the staple pitch 4 mm wider.

    • supplementary explanationPress the keypad on the screen to set the value.

    • supplementary explanationUse +/- to specify the value to be positive or negative.

    • supplementary explanationWith a specific paper size selected, the set value becomes the sum of the entered value and the value previously specified for Offset for All Size.

    • supplementary explanationPressing Print Mode switches the mode to print mode, which allows you to print the original.

  7. Print the original again and check the staple pitch.

    Repeat the above steps until the desired staple positions are obtained.