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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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:

 

 

Manual Pap Type—Plain Paper

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

Using the printer menus

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Lexmark 340, 342n manual Paper Type

342n, 340 specifications

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