Note: Before you continue, take a moment to look inside your printer. You will see a gray bar with a line and the word paper. Remove the thin transparent strip covering this bar.

Paper guide

As mentioned above, when the back cover is vertical, it serves as a paper guide. The paper guide helps you align your paper correctly to ensure that it feeds properly through the printer.

Find the arrow marked PAPER STAND on the upper left comer of the paper guide. Notice the metal paper stand. To lift the paper stand, place your thumb where the arrow indicates. With slight pressure, pull up on the stand until it is vertical. The function of the paper stand is to keep the paper straight.

There is a plastic paper holder at each side of the paper guide. These holders keep your paper from sliding. The holder on the left is stationary and is labelled LEFT EDGE. The right holder is a sliding scale that will accommodate paper from 5½ to 8½ inches wide. When closing the back cover, make sure the right holder is pushed all the way to the right. Otherwise, the cover will not close properly.

Three arrows indicate the paper widths most often used. The first one is marked INVOICE, the second B5, and the third A4•LEGAL. The A4•LEGAL is the one you use for 8½-inch wide paper.

Figure 1-4. Paper guide