Identifying media sources and specifications
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Media specifications
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Glossy papers
Book
88 to 176 g/m
2
grain long
(60 to 120 lb book)
88 to 176 g/m
2
grain long
(60 to 120 lb book)
Cover
162 to 176 g/m
2
grain long
(60 to 65 lb cover)
162 to 176 g/m
2
grain long
(60 to 65 lb cover)
Card stock—
maximum
(grain long)
3
Index Bristol
163 g/m
2
(90 lb)
163 g/m
2
(90 lb)
Tag
163 g/m
2
(100 lb)
163 g/m
2
(100 lb)
Cover
176 g/m
2
(65 lb)
176 g/m
2
(65 lb)
Card stock—
maximum
(grain short)
3
Index Bristol
199 g/m
2
(110 lb)
199 g/m
2
(110 lb)
Tag
203 g/m
2
(125 lb)
203 g/m
2
(125 lb)
Cover
216 g/m
2
(80 lb)
216 g/m
2
(80 lb)
Transparencies
Laser printer
161 to 192 g/m
2
(43 to 51 lb bond)
161 to 192 g/m
2
(43 to 51 lb bond)
Labels—maximum
4
Paper
180 g/m
2
(48 lb bond)
199 g/m
2
(53 lb bond)
Envelopes
Sulfite, wood-free or
up to 100% cotton
bonds
Inapplicable
60 to 105 g/m
2
(16 to 28 lb
bond)
5, 6
Media types and weights (continued)
Legend
✓
— supported
✘
— unsupported
Media
Type
Media weight
550-sheet trays
Multipurpose feeder
1
Paper weighing less than 75 g/m
2
(20 lb bond) is limited to simplex printing only at less than 60%
relative humidity.
2
This paper weight in any source is not supported for duplex (two-sided) printing.
3
For 60 to 176 g/m
2
(16 to 47 lb bond) paper, grain long fibers are recommended. For papers heavier
than 176 g/m
2
(47 lb bond), grain short is recommended.
4
Pressure sensitive area must enter the printer first.
5
100% cotton content maximum weight is 90.2g/m
2
(24 lb) bond.
6
105 g/m
2
(28 lb bond) envelopes are limited to 25% cotton content.
