EPSON Stylus Pro 5500

Selecting a Paper Path

You can use the 250-sheet auto feed paper trays for the letter- size or larger papers you print on most often. The front manual slot gives you a convenient way to feed individual Executive-size or larger sheets. The rear manual slot provides a straight- through paper path for papers of all sizes and weights, up to 44 inches long.

The following illustrations show the paper paths available:

Standard paper tray:

Optional lower paper tray:

Front manual feed slot:

Rear manual feed slot:

The following table indicates the paper sizes you can print from the four paper paths:

Substrate sizes and paper paths

Substrate Sizes

Standard

Optional

Front

Rear

 

paper tray

lower

manual

manual

 

 

paper tray

slot

slot

 

 

 

 

 

Half letter/A5

—

—

—

OK

or less

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Executive

—

—

OK

OK

(7.5 × 10 in.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Letter/A4

OK

OK

OK

OK

 

 

 

 

 

Letter/A4 landscape

OK

OK

OK

OK

 

 

 

 

 

Legal

OK

OK

OK

OK

 

 

 

 

 

Ledger/tabloid/A3/B

OK

OK

OK

OK

(11 × 17 in.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Super A3/B

OK

OK

OK

OK

(13 × 19 in.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Panoramic, banner,

—

—

—

OK

or paper longer than

 

 

 

 

19 in.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Using the Standard and Optional Paper Trays

You can use these trays for most sizes of paper up to 13 × 19 inches. However, the trays can’t handle paper shorter than 11 inches (letter-size).

To determine how many sheets of your paper type you can load in the paper trays, see the next section.

When you load paper in either of the trays, you need to set the paper size and media type levers to match the paper you’re using, as described on page 11. This allows your software to verify that the print settings for a project are correct for the paper you’re using. If the print settings don’t match the lever settings, you’ll get an error message, and your job won’t print.

Note:

You can disable verification by setting the levers to Other. However, the purpose of paper size and media type verification is to help you avoid printing errors, and you should take advantage of this help whenever possible.

Paper Tray Loading Capacities and Guidelines

The loading capacity of the paper trays depends on the type of paper you’re loading. Use this table to determine the number of sheets you can load:

Paper type

Paper tray capacity

Additional information

 

 

 

Archival Matte Paper

50 (A4 or letter size)

Use the support sheet

 

20 (A3 or Super A3/B

packed with the paper

 

size)

 

 

 

 

Premium Glossy

20

—

Photo Paper

 

 

 

 

 

Professional Glossy

20

—

Paper

 

 

 

 

 

Premium Luster

20

—

Photo Paper

 

 

 

 

 

Plain paper

250

Use the rear manual

 

 

feed slot for paper

 

 

smaller than letter size

 

 

 

Note:

You can’t load Watercolor Paper - Radiant White or card stock in the paper trays. Use the rear manual feed slot only.

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