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PRINTING ON SPECIAL PRINT MATERIALS

The machine can hold special sizes and types of print material, such as
postcard s, no te card s, and envel opes. Espec ially, i t is useful for s ingle page
printing on letterhead or colored paper.

Feeding the print materi al manually

• Load only one size of print media at a time in the tray.
• To prevent paper jams, do not add paper when there is still paper in
the tray. This also applies to other types of print media.
• Print medi a shoul d be loaded face up with the si de you want to print,
and the top edge going into the tray first. Place print materials in the
center of the tray.
• Always load only the specified print media to avoid paper jams and
print quality problems. (See "Selecting print media" on page 28.)
• Flatten any curl on postcards, envelopes, and labels before loading
them into the tray.
1. Load the paper. (See "Changing the size of the paper in the paper
tray" on page 31.)
2. When you print in application, start the print menu.
3. Before you print, open printer properties.
4. Press the Paper tab in printer properties, and select an appropriate
paper type.
5. Select Manual Feeder in paper source then, press OK.
6. Start printing in application.
7. Press the Stop button on the machine to start feeding then the
machine starts printing.

ADJUSTING THE OUTPUT SUPPORT

The printed pages stack on the output tray, and the output support will help
the printed pages align. To let the output support correctly align the pages
you need to pull it out appropriately depending on the paper size.

SETTING THE PAPER SIZE AND TYPE

After loading paper in the paper tray, you need to set the paper size and
type using the printer driver. Follow these steps to make your changes
permanent.
1. Click the Start button on the computer screen.
2. Select Pri nters and Fax es.
3. Right-click on the printer driver icon and select Printing Preferences.
4. Click the Paper tab, and change the settings on Paper Options.
5. Click OK.
Depending on the media type you are using, keep the following
loading guidelines:
• Envelopes: Flap side down and with the stamp area on the
top left side.
• Labels : Pr int si de up and t op sh ort edg e ente ring the machine
first.
• Prepri nted paper: Design side up with the top edge toward the
machine.
• Card stock: Print side up and the short edge entering the
machine firs t.
• Previously printed paper: Previously printed side down with
an uncurled edge toward the machine.
If you want to use an label, set the paper type to Label.
• If you are pri nti ng m ult ipl e p ag es, l oad the nex t s he et afte r f irs t
page prints out, and press the Stop button. Repeat this
step for every page to be printed.
• The settings you change remain in effect only while you are
using the current application.
1Output support
• If the output support is incorrectly adjusted, printed pages may be
mis-aligned or fall.
• If you continuously print many pages, the surface of the output tray
may become hot. Be careful not to touch the surface, and
especially keep children away from the surface.
The follow i ng p roce du r e is for Win dows XP. For oth er Wi ndo w s OS ,
refer to the corresponding Windows User's Guide or online help.