Understanding the operator panel

Menu item

Purpose

Values

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Select a paper source.

Tray <x> Type

 

 

 

 

 

Manual Pap Type

 

 

 

 

 

MP Feeder Type

 

 

 

 

 

Manual Env Type

 

 

 

 

2 Select a value.

Plain Paper

 

 

 

 

 

Card Stock

 

 

 

 

 

Transparency

 

 

 

 

 

Labels

 

 

 

 

 

Bond

 

 

 

 

 

Letterhead

 

 

 

 

 

Preprinted

 

 

 

 

 

Custom Type <x>

 

 

 

 

 

Envelope

 

 

 

 

 

Colored Paper

 

 

 

 

The Paper Type default for each

Tray 1–Plain Paper

 

envelope source is Envelope. The

 

 

 

Tray 2–Custom Type 2

 

Paper Type default for each paper

 

 

 

 

tray is as follows:

Tray 3–Custom Type 3

 

Note: If a user-defined name is

 

 

 

Manual Pap Type–Plain Paper

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Using the printer menus

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IBM 1422 manual Paper Type