LOADING PAPER

The message "ADD PAPER" or "OPEN TRAY AND ADD PAPER" will appear when paper runs out during operation. Follow the procedure below to load paper.

NOTES

●Do not use curled or folded paper. Doing so may cause a misfeed.

●For best results use paper supplied by SHARP. (See pages 2-9,2-17.)

●When you change the paper type and size in paper tray 1, you must change the paper type and size settings as explained in "Setting the paper type" (page 2-11).

●Do not place heavy objects or press hard on any tray which is pulled out.

Loading paper in paper tray 1

1 Pull out paper tray 1.

Gently pull the tray out until it stops.

2 Load paper into the tray.

Load a stack of paper no higher than the indicator line (about 500 sheets of the recommended paper for color (20 lbs. or 80 g/ m2), or approximately 500 sheets of SHARP standard paper (20 lbs. or 80 g/m2)).

3 Gently push tray 1 into the machine.

Push the tray firmly all the way into the machine.

4 Set the paper type.

If you change the paper type, be sure to set the paper type refer to "Setting the paper type" (page 2-11).

NOTE

If you load a different size of the same type of paper, you only need to change the position of the size slide (see step 2 below); you do not need to change the paper type.

5 Loading paper in paper tray 1 is now complete.

Changing the paper size in paper tray 1

The following paper size settings are available for paper tray1: 8-1/2" x 11", A4, B5, and "EXTRA"*1. Use the following procedure to change the size as needed.

*1 This is limited to square or rectangular paper, 11" x 17" to 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" (A3 to A5) size.

1 Pull out paper tray 1.

If paper remains in the tray, remove it.

2 Adjustsize. the paper size slide to the paper

Move the paper size slide right or left to indicate the paper size

being loaded.

If a special size paper is

loaded in the paper tray, set the size slide to "EXTRA" to inform the machine that a special size

paper has been loaded. (When AB-based size paper is loaded, move the size slide to "EXTRA".)

Note that setting the size slide to "EXTRA" only informs the machine that a special size of paper has been loaded; it does not inform the machine of the specific size. If you wish to inform the machine of the specific size, follow the steps in "Setting the paper size when an extra size is loaded" (page 2- 11). (If you do not set a size, part or all of the image may not print.)

3 Adjust the guide plates A and B by squeezing their lock levers and sliding them to the paper size to be loaded.

The guide plates A and B are slidable. Adjust them to the paper size to

be loaded while squeezing their lock levers.

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