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Paper Handling

Paper Sources

MP tray
Standard lower paper cassette
Optional 550-Sheet Paper Cassette Unit A4
Selecting a paper source

This section describes the combinations of paper sources and paper types that you can use.

MP tray

Paper Type	Paper Size	Capacity
Plain paper	A4, A5, Letter (LT), B5, Half-Letter (HLT), Executive (EXE), Legal (LGL), Government Letter (GLT), Government Legal (GLG), F4 Custom-size paper: 76.2 x 127.0 mm minimum 215.9 x 355.6 mm maximum	Up to 150 sheets (75 g/m²) (Total thickness: 17.5 mm maximum)
Envelopes	Monarch (MON), C10, DL, C5, C6, IB5	Up to 20 envelopes (Total thickness: 17.5 mm maximum)
Labels	A4, Letter (LT)	Up to 100 sheets
Thick paper/Extra thick paper	A4, A5, Letter (LT), B5, Half-Letter (HLT), Executive (EXE), Legal (LGL), Government Letter (GLT), Government Legal (GLG), F4 Custom-size paper: 76.2 x 127.0 mm minimum 215.9 x 355.6 mm maximum	Total thickness: 17.5 mm maximum
Transparencies	A4, Letter (LT)	Up to 100 sheets

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Standard lower paper cassette

Paper Type	Paper Size	Capacity
Plain paper	A4, A5, Letter (LT), B5, Executive (EXE), Legal (LGL) Government Legal (GLG)	Up to 550 sheets (Total thickness: 59.4 mm maximum)
Envelopes	Monarch (MON), C10, DL, C5, C6, IB5	Up to 80 sheets (Total thickness: 49.4 mm maximum)
Labels	A4, Letter (LT)	Up to 290 sheets (Total thickness: 49.4 mm maximum)
Transparencies	A4, Letter (LT)	Up to 100 sheets (Total thickness: 12.4 mm maximum)
Thick paper/Extra thick paper	A4, A5, Letter (LT), B5, Executive (EXE), Legal (LGL), Government Legal (GLG)	Up to 160 sheets (Total thickness: 49.4 mm maximum)

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Optional 550-Sheet Paper Cassette Unit A4

Paper Type	Paper Size	Capacity
Plain paper	A4, A5, Letter (LT), B5, Executive (EXE), Legal (LGL), Government Legal (GLG)	Up to 550 sheets (Total thickness: 59.4 mm maximum)
Envelopes	Monarch (MON), C10, DL, C5, C6, IB5	Up to 80 sheets (Total thickness: 49.4 mm maximum)
Labels	A4, Letter (LT)	Up to 290 sheets (Total thickness: 49.4 mm maximum)
Transparencies	A4, Letter (LT)	Up to 100 sheets (Total thickness: 12.4 mm maximum)
Thick paper/Extra thick paper	A4, A5, Letter (LT), B5, Executive (EXE), Legal (LGL), Government Legal (GLG)	Up to 160 sheets (Total thickness: 49.4 mm maximum)

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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

For 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.

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

With one or two optional 550-Sheet Paper Cassette Unit A4 installed:

MP Tray
Lower Cassette 1
Lower Cassette 2
Lower Cassette 3

Note:

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

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.

When Auto is set for the paper source setting on the control panel or the printer driver, A4, A5, B5, LT, LGL, GLG, EXE paper can be fed automatically with the standard or optional lower cassettes. Other paper sizes can be fed when the specified cassette is set for the paper source.

Manually feeding paper

Manual feeding is similar to normal paper feeding, except that you need to press the Start/Stop button to start printing.

You can either choose to press the Start/Stop button once to start printing all pages, or press the Start/Stop button to print each page one by one.

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 Me, 98, or 95, click Start, point to Settings, and click Printers. Next, right-click the EPSON EPL-N3000 Advanced icon and click Properties.

To access the printer driver from Windows XP, 2000, or NT 4.0, click Start, and click Printers and Faxes. Next, right-click the EPSON EPL-N3000 Advanced icon and click Printing Preferences (in Windows XP or 2000) or Document Defaults (in Windows NT 4.0).

Click the Basic Settings tab, then click the Manual Feed check box.

Click the EachPage check box to feed all pages manually one by one.
To feed only the first page manually, leave the check box unchecked.

Select the correct paper size from the Paper Size list.

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