Handling Paper And Other Media; Selecting Media For Your Printer - Epson Stylus Pro 7800 Printer Manual

Chapter 2:
Handling Paper
and Other
Media
Note: You can purchase
additional roll paper
spindles and other
accessories or options
from the Epson Pro
Graphics web site
(http://prographics.epson.
com) or your authorized
Epson dealer.
The Epson Stylus Pro 7800 and 9800 print on a variety of media, including
roll paper and cut sheets up to 44 inches wide (9800) or 24 inches wide
(7800). You can also use heavy stock, such as posterboard up to 59 mil
(1.5 mm) thick.
This chapter includes the following information:

Selecting media for your printer

•
Using roll paper
•
Using cut sheet paper
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Using the paper basket
•
Optimizing the settings for your paper
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Selecting Media for Your Printer
Epson offers a variety of coated, glossy, matte, and fine art paper, as well as
other media, for your printer.
The following table shows the paper sizes you can use:
Supported paper sizes
Roll paper
Epson Stylus 8 to 44.0 in. wide
Pro 9800 (203 to 1118 mm)
Epson Stylus 8 to 24.0 in. wide
Pro 7800 (203 to 610 mm)
Maximum 2 in. core: 4 in. (103 mm)
external roll 3 in. core: 6 in. (150 mm)
diameter
Thickness 3.15 to 19.7 mil (0.8 to 0.5 mm) 3.15 to 59 mil (0.8 to 1.5 mm)
Always test samples of paper stock in the printer before purchasing large
quantities or printing large jobs. If you use non-Epson paper or other media,
you may need to adjust various settings and create special paper
configurations. See page 75 for instructions.
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Cut sheets
Letter size up to 44 in. wide
Letter size up to 24 in. wide
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