摘要 |
<p>A sheet of support material is disclosed in which a non-fibrous image receiving portion has a fibrous paper portion secured thereto is used in a sheet feeding apparatus of an electrophotographic printing machine. The sheet feeding apparatus has a rotary driven feed roll cooperating with a retard roll for advancing successive sheets of support material from a stack. The paper portion of the support material extends in an outwardly direction from the non-fibrous portion with the trailing marginal region thereof overlapping and being secured adhesively to the leading marginal region of the non-fibrous portion. During the forward advancement of the sheet the paper portion is initially interposed between the feed roll and retard roll. This facilitates separation of successive sheets of support material from the stack. In addition, the paper portion is serrated in the region adjacent to the non-fibrous portion permitting the portions to be readily separated from one another.</p> |