Fan-out at the sheet tail
Medium severitySymptoms
Perfect registration at the grippers but open toward the tail, especially on large formats
Probable causes
- Sheet fanning under impression pressure
- low paper stiffness
- moisture
- held only at the lead edge
The Print Guy · 2026-10-05
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