Placing Originals
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Originals not recommended for the Auto Document Feeder (ADF)
Placing the following types of originals in the ADF can cause paper misfeeds or
light & black lines or result in damage to the originals. Place these originals on
the exposure glass instead.
• Originals other than those specified on “Sizes and Weights of Recommended
Originals”.
• Stapled or clipped originals
• Perforated or torn originals
• Curled, folded, or creased originals
• Pasted originals
• Originals with any kind of coating, such as thermal fax paper, art paper, alu-
minum foil, carbon paper, or conductive paper
• Originals with perforated lines
• Originals with indexes, tags, or other projecting parts
• Sticky originals such as translucent paper
• Thin, highly flexible originals
• Thick originals such as postcards
• Originals of inappropriate weight
• Bound originals such as books
• Transparent originals such as OHP transparencies or translucent paper
• Originals that are still wet with ink or correction fluid.
Note
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The original might become dirty if it is written with a pencil or a similar tool.
Reference
p.9 “Sizes and Weights of Recommended Originals”
