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How To / Handling Paper

Loading Paper

MP tray
Standard lower paper cassette
Optional 250-Sheet Lower Paper Cassette Unit
Optional 500-Sheet Lower Paper Cassette Unit
Manually loading paper
Loading an uncommon paper size
Selecting the paper size

The printer can feed paper from the MP tray, the standard lower paper cassette and an optional lower paper cassette unit.

Please note the following points when choosing paper:

MP tray

The MP tray is the most flexible of all the paper sources and accommodates a wide range of paper sizes and types. See Paper Sources for details.

Follow these steps to load paper into the MP tray:

Open the MP tray by pulling on the indentation in the middle of the cover.

Slide both paper guides outward to accommodate the paper you are loading.

Note:
To set B4 or larger size paper, extend the feeder extension.

Fan a stack of paper and tap it on a flat surface to even the edges, and set the paper into the MP tray with the printable surface facing up. Then adjust the paper guides to the size of the paper.

Note:
  • Make sure to load the paper as far as it will go inside the MP tray.
  • Load A4, A5, B5, LT, HLT, EXE, GLT, and C5 paper sizes with the long edge first.
  • Load A3, B, B4, F4, LGL, GLG, Monarch, C-10, DL, and Custom paper sizes with the short edge first. See the illustration below.

Extend the output tray so it accommodates the size of the paper loaded in the printer.

Set the paper size switch of the MP tray so that it matches the size of the paper loaded in the tray.

Set the switch to By Cont. Panel if there is no matching choice for the size of the paper loaded, and use the control panel to set the paper size. See OneTouch mode 1 for more information.

When printing on envelopes, heavy paper, or other media such as labels and transparencies, use the manual feed mode to feed the media. See Choosing Paper and Manually loading paper for more information.

By default, the printer is set up to print on A4 size paper. If you are printing on any other paper size, you need to change the printer's paper size setting by using either the paper size switch described above, or the printer's control panel.
You can also change the paper size setting through the printer driver, or from within the software you are using. Software settings override settings made by other methods. See "How to - Using the Printer Driver" for detailed instruction.


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Standard lower paper cassette

For information on the paper sizes and types supported by the standard lower paper cassette, see Paper Sources.

Follow these steps to load paper into the standard lower paper cassette:

Remove the standard lower paper cassette from the printer.

Remove the cover of the paper cassette.

Slide the guide clip and both paper guides outward to accommodate the paper you are loading.

Note:
To load A3, B4, and LGL paper sizes, unlock the guide locks of both sides, extend the paper cassette fully, lock the guide locks, then slide the guide clip and both paper guides outward to accommodate the paper you are loading as shown below.

* pad

Caution:
Do not touch the pad to avoid paper feed trouble.

Set paper into the paper cassette with the printable surface facing up. Then adjust the paper guides to the size of the paper.

Note:
  • Load A4, A5, B5, or LT paper with the long edge first.
  • Load A3, B4, or LGL paper with the short edge first.
  • If your printouts are curled or do not stack properly when using plain paper, try turning the stack over and reloading it.

Reattach the cassette cover over the sides of the paper cassette firmly, then close it.

Insert the lower paper cassette back into the printer.

Note:
Make sure you insert the paper cassette as far as it will go inside the printer.

Set the cassette paper size switch so that it matches the size of the paper loaded in the cassette.

Extend the output tray to accommodate the size of the paper loaded in the lower paper cassette to prevent it from falling off the edge.


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Optional 250-Sheet Lower Paper Cassette Unit

The paper sizes and types supported by the optional 250-Sheet Lower Paper Cassette Unit is the same as the standard lower paper cassette. For more information, see Paper Sources.

The paper-loading procedure is also the same as that for the standard lower paper cassette. For detailed information, see Standard lower paper cassette.


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Optional 500-Sheet Lower Paper Cassette Unit

For information on the paper sizes and types supported by the optional 500-Sheet Lower Paper Cassette Unit, see Paper Sources.

Follow these steps to load paper into the optional 500-Sheet Lower Paper Cassette Unit:

Remove the paper cassette from the 500-Sheet Lower Paper Cassette Unit.

Remove the cover of the paper cassette.

Fan a stack of paper and tap it on a flat surface to even the edges. Then set the paper printable-surface up into the paper cassette.

Note:
  • Make sure the paper loaded is under the metal retaining clips on both sides of the paper cassette.
  • If your printouts are curled or do not stack properly when using plain paper, try turning the stack over and reloading it.

Reattach the cover of the paper cassette and insert it back into the unit.


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Manually loading paper

You can feed paper manually from the MP tray using the manual feed mode. Feeding paper manually can be helpful when you want to check the print quality after each page is printed.

The paper-loading procedure is the same for both manual and automatic paper feeding, except that you have to press the On Line button for each page that you want to print when in the manual feed mode.

Follow the steps below to feed paper manually:

Access the printer driver.

Note:
If you have not installed the printer driver, see the Setup Guide for installation instructions.

In the Basic Settings menu, select the Manual Feed check box.

In the Paper Size drop-down list, scroll through the list of paper sizes and click the size that matches the paper you will load in the printer.

Insert a sheet or stack of paper of the correct size into the desired paper source. Make sure to adjust the paper guides to match the paper size you are loading.

Send a print job from your application. The LCD panel shows Manual Feed and the selected page size and tray.

Press the On Line button on the control panel to print. A sheet of paper is fed and printed on.

Press On Line again to print the next page of print data, if necessary. Repeat this step for every page to be printed.


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Loading an uncommon paper size

To load an uncommon, or custom, paper size from 87 × 98.4 mm (3.4 × 3.9 in.) to 297 × 508 mm (11.7 × 20 in.), use the MP tray.

Access the printer driver.

In the Basic Settings menu, select User Defined Size.

Choose a Unit size and type the Paper Width and Paper Height settings for your custom sized paper.

Click OK to save your custom paper size.

Set the paper size switch of the MP tray to By Cont. Panel.

To make this setting from the printer's control panel, access OneTouch mode 1 and set the page size to CTM (custom). For details, see OneTouch mode 1.

Note:
After making custom paper size settings in the printer driver or SelecType menus, set the paper size for the MP tray using the SelecType Tray Menu. For instructions, see Tray Menu.


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Selecting the paper size

By default, the printer driver is set up for A4 paper to be loaded. If you load paper of a different size, you need to change the paper size setting using one of the following methods.

Using the printer driver:
Choose the paper size on the Basic Settings menu. For more information on using the printer driver, see the printer driver's online help.

Using the SelecType mode:
For information on changing the paper size in SelecType mode, see Printing Menu.


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