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Recommended print media and requirements

The following print media is recommended for use with your machine. Please be sure to follow the guidelines and meet the requirements when loading print media in the multi-purpose tray.

Plain Paper

Size: Letter (8 !/2 11 in./215.9 279.4 mm) Legal (8 !/2 14 in./215.9 355.6 mm)

A4 (8 !/4 11 #/4 in./210 297 mm) Weight: 17–28 lb. (64–105 g/m2)

Quantity: Approx. 100 sheets (20 lb. or 75 g/m2) or maximum stack height of #/8 in. (10 mm)

Paper thickness lever position: Left

Use for: Printing from your computer/copying/photo printing

The machine supports the above paper sizes in portrait orientation.

You can use regular copier paper, cotton bond paper, or typical letterhead.

Your machine does not require special ink jet paper.

Legal-size paper can only be used when printing from your computer.

Envelopes

Size: U.S. Commercial No. 10 (9 !/2 4 !/8 in./241 105 mm)

European DL (8 %/8 4 #/8 in./220 110 mm)

Quantity: 10 envelopes

Paper thickness lever position: Right

Use for: Printing from your computer

You may be able to load other envelope sizes, but Canon cannot guarantee consistent performance on these.

Do not use the following types of envelopes since they may cause problems:

Envelopes with windows, holes, perforations, cutouts, double flaps, pressure seals, and peel-off sealing strips.

Envelopes with letters enclosed.

Sealed envelopes.

Remove the envelopes from the paper output tray before the count reaches 10.

For details on loading envelopes, see p. 3-8.

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