Contents

1 Printer Basics

 

Overview

. . . 1

Printer Features and Benefits

. . . 2

Printer Information

. . . 5

Printer Parts and Locations

. . . 7

Accessories and Supplies

. . . 8

Suggested Accessories

. . . 8

Ordering Information

. . . 9

Control Panel Layout

. . 12

Control Panel Lights

. . 12

Control Panel Keys

. . 13

Control Panel Menus

. . 14

Configure the control panel display language (Optional)

. . 15

Printer Software

. . 16

Printer Drivers

. . 17

Software for Windows

. . 19

Software for Macintosh Computers

. . 21

Software for Linux

. . 22

2 Printing Tasks

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Selecting the Output Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Printing to the Top Output Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Printing to the Rear Output Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Loading Tray 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Loading Tray 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Loading the 500-Sheet Tray (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Printing Both Sides of Paper (Optional Duplexer) . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Printing Special Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Printing Letterhead, Prepunched, or Preprinted Paper . . . . 38

Printing Envelopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Printing Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Printing Transparencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Printing Rotated Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Printing Full-Bleed Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Printing Cards, Custom-Size and Heavy Paper . . . . . . . . . 47

Printing Vellum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Advanced Printing Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Using Features in the Printer Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

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