friction feed

printer 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.

(1997-07-09)