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P
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APER FEED
SIZE AND MEDIA SETTING
The process used to fuse (fix) the printed image to the paper involves a mixture of pressure
and heat. Too much heat will cause lightweight paper to crease or curl and corrugations in
transparencies. Too little heat will cause the image not to fuse fully into heavyweight paper.
NOTE
Although media properties can be set in the printer driver for particular jobs,
when filling a tray with media it is recommended that you manually set the
printer to match the media as described here.
You must set the paper size dial as described on
Using the control panel on your printer, you can choose:
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which paper to use
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the size of the paper you wish to use
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the weight of the paper (thickness)
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the type of paper
NOTE
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If the settings in the printer differ from those selected on your computer,
the printer will not print and the LCD will display an error message.
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The following printer settings are given as a guide only. Some software
applications require the paper feed, size and media settings to be selected
from within the application (page setup).
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Although media properties can be set in the printer driver for particular
jobs, it is recommended that when filling a tray with media you manually
set the printer to match the media as described here.
Paper feed selection
The paper feed, paper size, paper weight and media type can be set manually on the printer
using the control panel as follows.
1.
Press the Menu UP arrow or DOWN arrow button repeatedly until PRINT MENU is
displayed, then press the Enter button.
2.
Press the UP arrow or DOWN arrow button until PAPER FEED is displayed, then press
the Enter button.
3.
Press the UP arrow or DOWN arrow button until the required paper feed is displayed.
4.
Press the Enter button. An asterisk (*) appears next to the selected paper feed.
5.
Press the Cancel or Online or the BACK button repeatedly to exit the MENU
NOTE
When the
fitted, paper feed automatically switches to the next available paper tray,
providing non-stop printing.
AUTO TRAY SWITCH
Paper recommendations > 33
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is set to
and more than one paper tray is
ON
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mode.
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