Media and tray
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To prevent paper jams, do not add paper while printing when there is
still paper in the multi-purpose tray. This also applies to other types
of print media.
•
Always load the specified print media only to avoid paper jams and
print quality problems (See "Print media specifications" on page 89).
•
Flatten any curl on postcards, envelopes, and labels before loading
them into the multi-purpose tray.
1.
Hold the handle of multi-purpose tray and pull it down to open.
2.
Flex or fan the edge of the paper stack to separate the pages before
loading papers.
3.
Load the paper.
4.
Squeeze the multi-purpose tray paper width guides and adjust them
to the width of the paper. Do not force them too much, or the paper
will bent resulting in a paper jam or skew.
•
When printing the special media, you must follow the
loading guideline (See "Printing on special media" on
page 38).
•
When papers overlap when printing using Multi-purpose
tray, open tray 1 and remove overlapping papers then try
printing again.
•
When paper does not feed well while printing, push the
paper in manually until it starts feeding automatically.
5.
When you print a document, set the paper type and size for the
multi-purpose tray.
For information about setting the paper type and size on the control
panel (See "Setting the paper Type and Size" on page 41).
The settings made from the machine driver override the
settings on the control panel.
a) To print in application, open an application and start the print
menu.
b) Open
Printing Preferences
(See "Opening printing
preferences" on page 44).
c) Press the
Paper
tab in
Printing Preferences
, and select an
appropriate paper type.
For example, if you want to use a label, set the paper type to
Label
.
d) Select
Manual Feeder
in paper source, then press
OK
.
e) Start printing in application.
f)
Press
OK
on the control panel each time you load a sheet
of paper.
g) After printing, close the multi-purpose tray.
PRINTING ON SPECIAL MEDIA
The table below shows the available special media for each tray.
When using special media, we recommend you feed one paper at a
time. Check the maximum input number of media for each tray (See
"Print media specifications" on page 89).
