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– VarioLink 3550cp Series User’s Guide
Media Weight Ranges
• Tray 1: 17-50 lb. US Bond (64-188 g/m )
• Optional Trays 2 and 3: 17-54 lb. US Bond (64-203 g/m )
Media Weight Settings
These settings can be made in the printer menu or in the printer
driver. Settings made in the drive override settings made in the
menu.
• Light: 17-19 lb. US Bond (64-74 g/m )
• Medium Light: 20-21 lb. US Bond ( 75-82 g/m
2
)
• Medium: 22-30 lb. US Bond (83-104 g/m
2
)
• Heavy: 28-32 lb. US Bond (105-120 g/m
2
)
• Ultra Heavy1 (Tray 1): 32-50 lb. US Bond (121-188 g/m
2
)
• Ultra Heavy2
-(Tray 2): 32-54 lb. US Bond (121-203 g/m
2
)
-MP Tray: 32-58 lb. US Bond (189-220 g/m
2
)
If you have identical paper stock loaded in another tray (2nd or 3rd
tray if you have one, or multi purpose tray) you can set the printer
to automatically switch to the other tray when the current tray
runs out of paper. When printing from Windows applications, this
function is enabled in the driver settings. When printing from other
systems, this function is enabled in the Print Menu. (See
“Menu
functions” on page 21
.)
Multi purpose tray _______________
The multi purpose tray can handle the same sizes as trays 1, 2 and
3 but in weights up to 58 lb. US Bond (220
g/m )
. For very heavy
paper stock use the face up (rear) paper stacker. This ensures that
the paper path through the printer is almost straight.
The multi purpose tray can feed paper widths as small as 3 inches
(76 mm) and lengths up to 47.25 inches (1220 mm) (banner
printing).
For paper lengths exceeding Legal 14-inch (356 mm) use paper
stock between bond US de 28 lb. (90 g/m ) a nd bond US de 32 lb.
(128 g/m ) and the face up (rear) paper stacker.
Use the multi purpose tray for printing on envelopes and
transparencies. Up to 50 sheets of transparencies or 10 envelopes
