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friction feed

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friction feed

A mechanism that allows cut paper forms to be used in a printer. The paper is passed between the platen and a roller that presses tightly against it. Contrast with tractor feed.

friction feed [′frik·shən ‚fēd]
(mining engineering)
Longitudinal movement or advance of a drill stem and bit accomplished by friction devices in a diamond-drill swivel head, as opposed to a system consisting entirely of meshing gears.
(printer)friction feed - A method some printers and plotters use to move paper by rotating one or both of a pair of spring-loaded rubber-coated rollers with the paper sandwiched between them.

Friction feed printers are notorious for slipping when the rollers wear out, but can take standard typing paper.

For printers with a sheet feeder, friction feed is more appropriate than sprocket feed which requires the holes in the paper to engage with the sprockets of the feed mechanism.


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The combination of brake tension and friction feed maximizes the number of bales per roll, maintains tension on the wrap and automatically adjusts tension to the size of the net wrap roll.
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Paper can be fed through the rear push and friction feed.
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