flex back and forth

English translation: Bend

04:18 May 8, 2010
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Printing & Publishing
English term or phrase: flex back and forth
Before loading the print media, flex the sheets back and forth, and then fan them
GILOU
France
Local time: 11:57
Selected answer:Bend
Explanation:
Bend them back and forth and then fan them, It makes sure all the sheets are separated...not stuck together.. same as what you do to paper before you load it in the printer
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Gary D
Local time: 20:57
Grading comment
thanks
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Bend


Explanation:
Bend them back and forth and then fan them, It makes sure all the sheets are separated...not stuck together.. same as what you do to paper before you load it in the printer

Gary D
Local time: 20:57
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
thanks

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M
4 mins
  -> Thanks Tony

agree  Jack Doughty
54 mins
  -> Thank you

agree  Alison Sabedoria (X)
1 hr
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agree  Rolf Keiser
1 hr
  -> Thank You

agree  Edith Kelly
2 hrs
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agree  Jenni Lukac (X): This technique does, in fact, work!
2 hrs
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agree  Phong Le: or it could be using the fan to blow the dust/debris
3 hrs
  -> Thank you .. it is fan like when you fan a deck of cards when you run your thumb accross the end

agree  B D Finch: No, it could not be "using the fan to blow the dust/debris".
4 hrs
  -> Thank you

agree  British Diana: With B D Finch, fanning is waving the pages as if they were a fan
7 hrs
  -> Thank you, as explained to Phong

agree  Mark Nathan
15 hrs
  -> Thank you

agree  Joyce A: Your 11th agree.
21 hrs
  -> Thank you
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