Lexmark Laser Printers manual Summary, Media Weights, Print Media Type Basis Weight

Media Weights

Print Media	Type		Basis Weight
Paper 1	Xerographic or Letterhead	75	- 90 g/m2
		(20 - 24 lb)
Labels 2	Paper	120 - 180 g/m2
		(32 - 48 lb)
	Vinyl 3	260 - 300 g/m2
		(78 - 92 lb liner)
	Dual Web Forms
	Pressure sensitive area	140 - 180 g/m2
	Paper base 4	75	- 131 g/m2
	Integrated Forms
	Pressure sensitive area	140 - 175 g/m2
	Paper base 4	75	- 135 g/m2
	Tag	75	- 163 g/m2
		(50, 74, 100 lb Tag)

1 Paper lighter than 75 g/m2 (20 lb) is not stiff enough to feed properly, causing paper jams and possibly requiring a service call.

2 Feed labels only when temperatures range from 18 to 24°C (65 to 75°F) with relative humidity of 40 to 60%. 3 Grain short recommended.

4 Grain long recommended.

Maintenance Procedures

If the print quality begins to degrade when printing sheets of vinyl labels, we suggest you follow the three cleaning steps below:

1Print 5 sheets of paper.

2Wait approximately 5 seconds.

3Print 5 more sheets of paper.

To maintain printer feeding reliability, repeat this cleaning process every time you replace the print cartridge, more often with some media. Failure to follow maintenance procedures could cause jamming, poor print quality, feeding problems, and fuser problems.

Summary

Your printer can accept a wide range of paper or card stock weights, but materials either too light or too heavy can cause paper handling and print quality problems. Heavier weight materials can cause fusing problems because of the mass of material the fuser must heat quickly. Heavy materials may

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