Epson 5500 manual Using the Standard and Optional Paper Trays, Paper sizes and paper paths

2-2Printing on Various Papers

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

Paper sizes and paper paths

	Standard paper	Optional lower
Paper size	tray	paper tray	Front manual slot	Rear manual slot
Half letter/A5 or less	—	—	—	OK
Executive (7.5 × 10 in.)	—	—	OK	OK
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 (13 × 19 in.)	OK	OK	OK	OK
Panoramic, banner, or paper	—	—	—	OK
longer than 19 in.

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.

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 page 2-3.

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 2-4. 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. This can save you both time and money by making sure you don’t accidently print with the wrong settings.