Folding Machine Settings

The Folds You’ll Use Most

What you’re foldingFoldTop barBottom bar
Sunday bulletin (legal paper)Legal BifoldDReversed (turned around)
Monthly newsletter (letter paper)Letter BifoldCReversed (turned around)
Letters for #10 envelopes (regular mail)Letter TrifoldAS

How to Change a Setting

  1. Loosen the thumbscrews on the bar by hand.
  2. Slide the bar until it lines up with the letter you need. Do the same on both sides.
  3. Tighten the thumbscrews again.
  4. If the bottom bar needs to be reversed, lift it out, turn it around so its short side faces in toward the machine, and put it back.

See Anatomy of the Folding Machine for pictures of the bars.

Always fold one test sheet first and check it before you fold the whole stack. A spare or misprinted sheet works well for this.

All Settings

Each cell shows the top bar / bottom bar letters. A - for the bottom bar means reverse it (in the machine’s own wording, REVERSE SECOND FOLD TABLE).

FoldLetter (8.5x11)Legal (8.5x14)11x17A4A3
TrifoldA/SH/YP/EJ/KQ/X
Trifold zigzagB/SI/YF/EN/KC/X
QuadfoldC/UD/ZG/WR/VT/L
BifoldC/-D/-G/-R/-T/-

The same table is printed on the sticker on the paper output tray.

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