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Paper Sources

MP tray
Standard lower cassette
Large Capacity Paper Unit
Selecting a paper source

This section describes the combinations of paper sources and paper types that you can use. The section also describes how to select a paper source and how to feed paper manually.

MP tray

Paper Type	Paper Size	Capacity
Plain paper	A4, A5, B5, Letter (LT), Half-Letter (HLT), Executive (EXE), Government Legal (GLG), Legal (LGL), Government Letter (GLT), F4 Custom-size paper: 88.9 x 139.7 mm minimum 215.9 x 355.6 mm maximum	Up to a 100 sheets (Total thick stack: less than 10 mm)
Envelopes	Monarch (MON), C10, DL, C5, C6, IB5	Up to a 10 mm thick stack
Labels	A4, Letter (LT)	Up to a 10 mm thick stack
Thick paper Weight: 106 to 159 g/m²	88.9 x 139.7 mm minimum 215.9 x 457.2 mm maximum	Up to a 10 mm thick stack
Extra thick paper Weight: 160 to 216 g/m²	88.9 x 139.7 mm minimum 215.9 x 457.2 mm maximum	Up to a 10 mm thick stack
EPSON Color Laser Paper	A4, Letter (LT)	Up to100 sheets (Total thickness: less than 10 mm)
EPSON Color Laser Coated Paper	A4	Up to 100 sheets
EPSON Color Laser Transparencies	A4, Letter (LT)	Up to 75 sheets

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Standard lower cassette

Paper Type	Paper Size	Capacity
Plain paper	A4, A5, B5, Executive (EXE), Letter (LT), Legal (LGL) Government Legal (GLG),	Up to 500 sheets (Total thickness: less than 58 mm)
EPSON Color Laser Paper	A4, Letter (LT)	Up to 500 sheets
EPSON Color Laser Coated Paper	A4	Up to 500 sheets

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Large Capacity Paper Unit

This unit has two paper cassettes. Each can be loaded with the following paper sizes:

Paper Type	Paper Size	Capacity
Plain paper	A4, A5, B5, Letter (LT), Executive (EXE), Legal (LGL) Government Legal (GLG),	Up to 500 sheets in each cassette (Total thickness: less than 58 mm)
EPSON Color Laser Paper	A4, Letter (LT)	Up to 500 sheets in each cassette
EPSON Color Laser Coated Paper	A4	Up to 500 sheets

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Selecting a paper source

You can specify a paper source manually, or set the printer to select the paper source automatically.

Manual selection

You can use the printer driver or the printer's control panel to select a paper source manually.

Using the printer driver

In Windows, access the printer driver, click the Basic Settings tab, and select the paper source that you want to use from the Paper Source list. Then click OK.

In Macintosh, access the printer driver, open the Basic Settings dialog box, and select the paper source that you want to use from the Paper Source list. Then click OK.

Using the printer's control panel

Access the control panel's Setup Menu, then select Paper Source and specify the paper source you want to use.

Auto selection

If you want the printer to select the paper source containing the appropriate size of paper automatically, select Auto Selection in the printer driver or Auto using the printer's control panel.

The printer will search for a paper source containing the specified paper size in the following order:

Standard configuration:

MP tray
Lower Cassette 1 (standard lower cassette)

Note:

If you make paper size settings or paper source settings in your application, these settings may override the printer driver settings.

When you select an envelope for the Paper Size setting, it can be fed only from the MP tray regardless of the Paper Source setting.

You can change the priority of the MP tray by using the MP Mode setting in the control panel's Setup Menu. For details, see Setup Menu.

With optional Large Capacity Paper Unit installed:

MP tray
Lower Cassette 1 (standard lower cassette)
Lower Cassette 2 (optional lower cassette)
Lower Cassette 3 (optional lower cassette)

Manually feeding paper

Manual feeding is similar to normal paper feeding, except that you need to press the Start/Stop button to print the rest of the pages after the first page is printed. This can be helpful when you want to check the print quality after the first page is printed.

Follow these steps to feed paper manually.

Access the printer driver by one of the following methods:

To access the printer driver from your application, select Print or Page Setup from the File menu. You also need to click Setup, Options, Properties, or a combination of these buttons.

To access the printer driver from Windows XP, Me, 98, 95, 2000, or NT 4.0, click Start, point to Settings, and click Printers. Next, right-click the EPSON AL-C4000 Advanced icon and click Properties (in Windows Me, 98 or 95), Printing Preferences (in Windows XP or 2000) or Document Defaults (in Windows NT 4.0).

To access the printer driver from Macintosh, select Print from the File menu on any application or select Chooser from the Apple menu and click the AL-C4000 icon beforehand.

For Windows, click the Basic Settings tab, then select the Manual Feed check box. For Macintosh, click the Manual Feed check box on the Basic Settings dialog box.

Select the correct paper size from the Paper Size list.

If paper of the selected size is already loaded, go on to the next step. Otherwise, remove any paper remaining in the tray or cassette. Load a sheet or a stack of the selected size paper with the printable side up. Adjust the paper guides to match the paper size you are loading.

Note:

Load paper into the MP tray with the printable surface facing down, but load the standard and optional lower cassettes with the printable surface facing up.

Print a document from your application. The LCD panel shows Manual Feed and the selected page size.

Press the Start/Stop button to print. A sheet of paper is loaded and printed.

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