Media Types - Canon MX870 Series User Manual

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Media Types You Can Use
Choose paper suitable for printing, for the best print results. Canon provides you various types of paper
to enhance the fun of printing, such as stickers as well as papers for photo or document. We
recommend the use of Canon genuine paper for printing your important photos.

Media Types

Commercially available papers
Plain Paper (including recycled paper)
- Media type settings -
Operation Panel: Plain paper
Printer driver: Plain Paper
- Paper load limit -
Rear Tray: Approx. 150 sheets*
Cassette: Approx. 150 sheets for A4, B5, A5, and Letter / 8.5" x 11"
- Paper Output Tray load limit -
Approx. 50 sheets
* A4, B5, A5, or Letter-sized plain paper can be loaded only when Rear tray is selected for Plain
paper feed settings in Device settings of Setup menu.
Note
Proper feeding of paper may not be possible at the maximum capacity depending on the
type of paper or environmental conditions (either very high or low temperature or
humidity). In such cases, reduce the number of paper you load at a time to less than half
(100% recycled paper can be used).
Envelopes
- Media type settings -
Printer driver: Envelope
- Paper load limit -
Rear Tray:10 envelopes
- Paper Output Tray load limit -
We recommend that you remove the previously printed envelope from the Paper Output Tray
before continuously printing to avoid blurs and discoloration.
Note
Available only when printing from your computer.
Feeding envelopes from the Cassette can damage the machine. Always load in the Rear
Tray.
Canon genuine papers
Refer to the instruction manual supplied with the paper for detailed information on the printable side and
notes on handling paper. For information on the page sizes available for each Canon genuine paper,
visit our website.
Note
The Model Number of Canon genuine paper is shown in brackets.
You may not be able to purchase some Canon genuine papers depending on the country or region
of purchase. Paper is not sold in the US by Model Number. Purchase paper by name.
To specify the page size and media type when printing photos saved on a PictBridge compliant
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