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Paper feed, size and media setting
The process used to fuse (fix) the printed image to the paper involves a mixture of pressure
and heat. Too much heat will cause lightweight paper to crease or curl and corrugations in
transparencies. Too little heat will cause the image not to fuse fully into heavyweight paper.
Using the control panel on your printer, you can choose
• which paper to use
• the paper size
• the paper weight (thickness)
• the type of paper
P
APER

FEED

SELECTION

The paper feed, paper size, paper weight and media type can be set manually on the printer
using the control panel as follows.
1. Press the up or down arrow button repeatedly until PRINT MENU displays, then press
the Enter button.
2. Press the up or down arrow button repeatedy until the required paper feed displays.
3. Press the Enter button.
An asterisk (*) appears next to the selected paper feed.
Note
Although media properties can be set in the printer driver for particular jobs,
when filling a tray with media it is recommended that you manually set the
printer to match the media as described here.
Note
• If the settings in the printer differ from those selected on your
computer, the printer will not print and the LCD will display an error
message.
• The following printer settings are given as a guide only. Some software
applications require the paper feed, size and media settings to be
selected from within the application (page setup).
• Although media properties can be set in the printer driver for particular
jobs, it is recommended that when filling a tray with media you
manually set the printer menu to match the media as described here.