Using the printer menus
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Understanding the operator panel
Paper Type To identify the type of paper
installed in each paper source.
Use this menu item to:
• Optimize print quality for the
specified paper.
• Select paper sources through
your software application by
selecting type and size.
• Automatically link paper
sources. Any sources containing
the same type and size of paper
are automatically linked by the
printer, if you have set the Paper
Size and the Paper Type to the
correct values.
1Select a paper source. Tray<x> Type
Manual Pap Type
MP Feeder Type
Manual Env Type
2Select a value. Plain Paper
Card Stock
Transparency
Labels
Bond
Letterhead
Preprinted
Custom Type<x>
Envelope
Colored Paper
The Paper Type default for each
envelope source is Envelope. The
Paper Type default for each paper
tray is as follows:
Note: If a user-defined name is
available, it is displayed instead of
Custom Type<x>. The user-
defined name is truncated to 14
characters. If two or more custom
types share the same name, the
name only appears once in the
Paper Type value list.
Tray 1–Plain Paper
Tray 2–Custom Type 2
Tray 3–Custom Type 3
Manual Pap Type–Plain Paper
Menu item Purpose Values