Card Stock and Label Guidelines

You can use many labels designed for laser printers with your Optra S printer. When printing on labels, use the printer operator panel to set the Paper Type to Labels in the Paper Menu. For vinyl and other heavy labels, set the Labels Weight (under the Paper Weight menu) to Heavy, and set the Labels Texture (under the Paper Texture menu) to Smooth.

Do not load labels together with paper or transparencies in the same paper tray. Combining print materials can cause feeding problems.

The table on page 104 lists the print material specifications for card stock and labels. The information in these tables is intended to convey general guidelines for tray and drawer selection. The material type, rigidity, sizing, perforations, die-cuts, surface, and so on influence the performance reliability.

The duplex option supports all paper weights and types that the printer supports, except for transparencies and envelopes. Duplexing of specially designed labels is supported in the Optra S1855 printer.

You may notice skew or print registration problems if you feed materials over 135 g/m2 (36 lb bond) from the multipurpose feeder or the optional 250-sheet drawer. You may notice similar problems if you feed materials over 176 g/m2 (47 lb bond) from the primary 250-sheet tray or the optional 500-sheet drawer.

When feeding labels, the number of labels per sheet can affect registration more than basis weight. Typically, the more labels per sheet, the better the registration.

Print Material Specifications

 

 

 

Range or Maximum Weight Supported

 

 

 

 

Multipurpose Feeder and

 

 

250-Sheet and

Optional

Print Material

500-Sheet Trays

250-Sheet Drawer

Paper

Xerographic or

60 to 176 g/m2

60 to 135 g/m2

(Grain Long)

business paper

(16 to 47 lb bond)

(16 to 36 lb bond)

 

 

 

 

Card Stock

Index Bristol

163 g/m2 (90 lb)

120 g/m2 (67 lb)

(Grain Long1)

 

 

 

 

Tag

163 g/m2 (100 lb)

120 g/m2 (74 lb)

 

 

Cover

176 g/m2 (65 lb)

135 g/m2 (50 lb)

Card Stock

Index Bristol

199 g/m2 (110 lb)

163 g/m2 (90 lb)

(Grain Short1)

 

 

 

 

Tag

203 g/m2 (125 lb)

163 g/m2 (100 lb)

 

 

Cover

216 g/m2 (80 lb)

176 g/m2 (65 lb)

Labels

Paper

180 g/m2

(48 lb bond)

163 g/m2 (43 lb bond)

 

Dual-Web Paper

180 g/m2

(48 lb bond)

163 g/m2 (43 lb bond)

 

Vinyl

300 g/m2

(92 lb liner)

260 g/m2 (78 lb liner)

 

Polyester

220 g/m2

(59 lb bond)

220 g/m2 (59 lb bond)

Optra S

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Lexmark Laser Printers manual Card Stock and Label Guidelines, 104, Sheet Optional Print Material Sheet Trays Sheet Drawer

Laser Printers specifications

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