Print Media Specifications And Guidelines - Lexmark X422 User Reference Manual

Print media specifications and guidelines

Your MFP provides high quality printing on a variety of print media. You must consider a number of
things concerning print media before you print. This section provides information to help you make
print media selections, how to care for the print media, and how to load it in the standard tray
(250-sheet letter size tray) and the optional tray which is part of the optional 500-sheet drawer.
For detailed information about print media characteristics, refer to the Card Stock & Label Guide
available on the Lexmark Web site at www.lexmark.com/publications.
Specifications for print media
of the sources. For more information on selecting specific print media, see
We recommend that you try a limited sample of any print media you are considering using with the
MFP before purchasing large quantities.
The following information refers to items in the
provides helpful tips about print media and sources:
• For weights of print media other than paper, refer to the Card Stock & Label Guide.
• Capacities are for 20 lb paper, unless otherwise noted.
• For more information about printing labels from tray 1 (standard tray), refer to the Card Stock
& Label Guide.
• You can send labels and transparencies to the standard output bin; however, they may print
more successfully when sent to the rear output bin.
• The following sizes or types of print media must exit to the rear output bin:
– Print media 165.1 mm (6.5 in.) or less in length
– 3 x 5 in. and 4 x 6 in. index cards and card stock
• Envelopes may curl less if they exit to the rear output bin.
Media specifications and guidelines
details the types and quantities of print media you can load in each
Print media source specifications
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