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)
