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Learn about stacking behavior

One or two high capacity stackers collect the prints and automatically eject a stack of prints.

Below you find three stack and eject scenarios (A, B, C) for transaction and document print jobs that you configure on the varioPRINT iX-series.

A. Use the full capacity of the stack trays

Transaction print job
Document print job
  1. The stack tray of the first high capacity stacker collects the prints from the first job until the maximum stack height has been reached.

  2. The eject tray of the first high capacity stacker ejects the first stack of job 1.

  3. The stack tray of the first high capacity stacker collects the remaining prints from the first job and first prints from the second job.

  4. The stack tray of the second high capacity stacker collects the remaining prints of the second job, because the linking of output s is enabled.

How to configure this scenario?

Settings Editor

Control panel

  1. Define a stack height.

  2. Set 100% as minimum filling rate.

  1. Specify in the workflow profile that a stack eject occurs when the tray is full and enable the linking of output trays.

B. Keep the sets of document print jobs together

B. Keep the sets of document print jobs together
  1. The stack tray of the first high capacity stacker collects the sets from the first job until the maximum stack height has been reached.

  2. The eject tray of the first high capacity stacker ejects the first stack of job 1.

  3. The stack tray of the first high capacity stacker collects the remaining sets from the first job and the first sets from the second job.

  4. The stack tray of the second high capacity stacker collects the remaining sets of the second job, because the linking of output trays is enabled.

How to configure this scenario?

Settings Editor

Control panel

  1. Define a stack height.

  2. Set a minimum filling rate, for example 80%.

  1. Specify in the workflow profile that a stack eject occurs when the tray is full and enable the linking of output trays.

C. Keep the jobs together

Transaction print job
Document print job

How to configure this scenario?

  1. The stack tray of the first high capacity stacker collects the prints from the first job until the maximum stack height has been reached.

  2. The eject tray of the first high capacity stacker ejects the first stack of job 1.

  3. The stack tray of the first high capacity stacker collects the remaining prints from the first job and the first prints from the second job.

  4. The stack tray of the second high capacity stacker collects the remaining prints of the second job, because the linking of output trays is enabled.

Settings Editor

Control panel

  1. Define a stack height.

  1. Specify in the workflow profile that a stack eject occurs after each job and enable the linking of output trays.

NOTE
  • Use the control panel of the high capacity stacker to manually eject a stack.

  • You can also define specific print delivery settings in the job properties, in an automated workflow, and with transaction setups.

  • It can be helpful to add separator sheets, banner pages, or trailer pages to the jobs.