HP 4050 manual Guidelines for Using Paper, Specifications A-7, Or perforations

Supported Types of Paper

The printer supports the following types of paper:

•	plain	•	preprinted
•	letterhead	•	transparency
•	prepunched	•	labels
•	bond	•	recycled
•	color	•	card stock
•	rough	•	user-defined (5 types)

Guidelines for Using Paper

For best results, use conventional 20 lb (75 g/m2) paper. Make sure the paper is of good quality, and free of cuts, nicks, tears, spots, loose particles, dust, wrinkles, voids, and curled or bent edges.

If you are unsure what type of paper you are loading (such as bond or recycled), check the label on the package of paper.

Some paper causes print quality problems, jamming, or damage to the printer.

Symptom	Problem with Paper	Solution
Poor print quality or toner	Too moist, too rough, too	Try another kind of paper,
adhesion.	smooth, or embossed; faulty	between 100-250 Sheffield,
Problems with feeding.	paper lot.	4-6% moisture content.
Dropouts, jamming, curl.	Stored improperly.	Store paper flat in its
		moisture-proof wrapping.
Increased gray background	Too heavy.	Use lighter paper.
shading.		Open the rear output bin.
Excessive curl.	Too moist, wrong grain	Open the rear output bin.
	direction or short-grain
Problems with feeding.		Use long-grain paper.
	construction.
Jamming, damage to printer.	Cutouts or perforations.	Do not use paper with cutouts
		or perforations.
Problems with feeding.	Ragged edges.	Use good quality paper.

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Specifications A-7