Alps Electric MD-1300 manual Notes and precautions about paper

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Notes and precautions about paper

The printer’s sheet feeder can feed paper to the printer automatically. It holds up the 100 sheets of plain paper (or 30 transparencies) at once.

Iron-on transfer sheets, thick paper, and other kinds of special printing media should be used in manual feed mode.

Normally it is most convenient to use automatic feed mode.

The approximate thicknesses of paper that can be used in manual feed mode or automatic feed mode are as follows:

Automatic feed mode	0.07 mm - 0.1 mm (0.003" - 0.004")
Manual feed mode	0.07 mm - 0.23 mm (0.003" - 0.01")

Caution

In automatic feed mode, never use paper in the sheet feeder with thickness outside the range 0.07 mm - 0.1 mm (0.003"-0.004"). In manual feed mode, never use paper whose thickness is out- side the range 0.07 mm - 0.23 mm (0.003"-0.01"). Doing so may cause paper jams or cause damage to the printer.

Also, paper jams can be caused by paper that is extremely smooth or shiny, paper that is too rough, or paper that easily picks up static electricity.

Paper jams and other paper feed problems can tear the ribbons in ink cartridges. To avoid such problems, please note the following precautions:

∙Always use the recommended paper types, and be sure to set the printer’s paper options properly. Settings that are not appropriate for the paper being used can cause paper jams.

•When printing on Photographic-Quality Paper or Photographic-Quality Labels, use only Photographic ink cartridges to print on the glossy printable side.

•When printing on Photographic-Quality Paper or Photographic-Quality Labels, be sure to confine your printing to the glossy printable area. If you print outside this area, you may damage the Photographic ink cartridge.

•When printing on a thick sheet, allow a 1/2 inch (12 mm) margin on the left and right side to prevent tearing the ink cartridge ribbon by printing over the paper edge.

∙When printing on a thick postcard-size sheet that is not a regular postcard, allow a 1/2 inch (12 mm) margin on the left and right side to prevent tearing the ink cartridge ribbon by printing over the paper edge.

∙When printing on used sheets (already printed on the same side), use manual feed only. Automatic feed may not feed used sheets properly.

∙When you use manual feed, avoid repeatedly inserting and removing the same sheet.

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