PAPER FACTS
Paper performance guides
The following guides summarize the capabilities of the paper
trays, duplex printing considerations, and paper stock
considerations.
Note: You may use the adjustable levers to optimize
performance when running heavy weight or oversized papers.
Refer to the “Problem solving tasks“ chapter, “Printing
problems“ section for information on these levers.
Table 3-2.
Trays 1 and 2 performance guide**
Paper
Superior performance
Good performance
Performance limits and
suggested alternatives
Size range***
8 by 10 to 9 by 14
inches/203 by 254 to 229 by
356 mm. Includes:
•
8.5 by 11 inches
•
A4 (210 by 297 mm)
Paper smaller than 8 by 10
inches/203 by 254 mm
cannot be used.
For paper larger than 9 by 14
inches/229 by 356 mm, refer
to the Performance Guide
for trays 3, 4, 5 and 6.
Weight range
20 to 110 pounds/75 to 200
gsm
16 to 20 pounds/60 to 75
gsm****
Weights outside the limits
shown are not
recommended.
Refer to the Paper Stocks
Guide later in this chapter
for additional information.
Capacity
Tray 1: 1100 sheets, 20
pound/75 gsm paper
Tray 2: 600 sheets, 20
pound/75 gsm paper
For greater capacity, use
trays 3, 4, 5 and 6 and the
Autoswitch feature.
Type or
condition
•
Xerographic paper in
good condition
•
Predrilled stock
(fanned thoroughly)
•
Tab stock (in perfectly
flat condition)
•
Transparencies
•
High-speed label
stock
•
Slightly curled paper*
•
Intermixed weights
•
Paper with reinforced
binding edges
•
Excessively curled
paper*
•
Manual two-sided
(duplex) prints
•
Freshly printed offset
prints
*
Curl direction should be determined before loading
paper into trays. Refer to the “Paper jams and paper
curl” section of chapter 12, “Problem solving tasks,” for
additional information.
**
Refer to the Paper stocks guide for additional
information.
***
Optional 7 X 10 enablement kit allows 7 by 10 inches/178
by 254 mm paper size.
****
Make sure that heavy weight paper levers (located in
areas 2 and 4 of the printer) are in the appropriate
position for the weight of paper being used. Refer to
the “Prints are skewed“ section of the “Problem solving
tasks“ chapter.
XEROX 4635 LASER PRINTING SYSTEM OPERATOR GUIDE
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