Setting The Thickness Adjustment Lever - Epson Stylus Color 500 User Manual

Set the lever to the position that best suits the paper or other
media you plan to use, as shown in the following table.
Paper type
Standard (plain, coated, or
glossy) paper
Transparency film
Envelopes or labels

Setting the Thickness Adjustment Lever

You need to change the position of the thickness adjustment
lever when you print on thick paper (such as envelopes or
labels) or if your documents smear. To access the lever, open
the printer cover; the lever is in the left back corner.
thickness
adjustment lever
If a document is smeared, set the thickness adjustment lever to
the + position (regardless of the paper type) and print it again.
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Paper Handling
Paper thickness lever position
Plain paper
Plain paper
Thick paper