Printing on Card Stock or Custom-sized Materials | Xerox 3116

Printing on Card Stock or

Custom-sized Materials

Postcards, 3.5 by 5.83 in.(index) cards and other custom-sized materials can be printed with this printer. The minimum size is 76 by 127mm(3.0 by 5.0 in.) and the maximum size is 216 by 356mm(8.5 by 14 in.).

Guidelines

•Always insert the short-edge into the Manual Feeder first. If you want to print in landscape mode, make this selection through your software. Inserting paper long-edge first may cause a paper jam.

•Do not print on media smaller than 76mm (3.0 in.) wide or 127mm(5.0 in.) long.

•When you print on 76mm x 127mm sized media with loading into the tray, open the rear output tray.

1 Open the rear output tray. Load print material with print side up, short edge first and against the left edge of the feeder.

2Adjust the guide to fit the width of the material.

3.14 USING PRINT MATERIALS

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Xerox 3116 manual Printing on Card Stock or Custom-sized Materials

Contents

Phaser Page Contents Printing Multiple Pages on One Sheet of Paper Printing on Card Stock or Redistributing Toner Replacing the Toner Cartridge Cleaning the Outside Cleaning the InsideTips for Avoiding Paper Jams When Printing Appendix Important Precautions and Safety Information Page Environmental and Safety Consideration Ozone Safety Radio Frequency Emissions Declaration of Conformity European Countries Safety Notes This product must be connected to a protective earth circuit USA Introduction Print with excellent quality and high speed Special FeaturesHandle paper flexibly Create professional documents You can print in Windows 98/Me/2000/XP Save your time and moneyPrint in various environments Front View Printer Components Rear View Inside View Description On Line/Error and Toner Save LEDsUnderstanding the Control Panel Function Description Cancel Button Introduction Setting Up Your Printer Components may differ from one country to another Unpacking Carefully remove all of packing tapes from the printer Selecting a LocationClearance Space Installing the Toner Cartridge Setting UP Your Printer Loading Paper Slide the tray back into the printer Load paper with the print side facing downMake sure that all four corners are flat in the tray Changing the Paper Size in the Tray To your computer with a Universal Serial Bus USB cable Connecting a Printer CableUsing a USB Cable Turning the Printer on Printing a Demo Printer Driver Features Installing Printer SoftwareIf you are printing from Windows If you are printing in Linux Installing Printer software Installing Printer software in WindowsSystem Requirements If the CD-ROM drive does not automatically run Click Install Printer Driver Driver Maintenence Reinstalling Printer softwareRemoving Printer software Changing the Display Language Select Xerox Phaser 3116, and Language Selection Using Print Materials Choosing Paper and Other Materials Size Input Source/Capacitya Tray Sizes and Capacities Guidelines for Paper and Special Materials Printing to the Top Output Tray Face down Selecting the Output Location To open the rear output tray Printing to the Rear Output Tray Face up Using the Tray Using the Manual Feeder Double-click this icon to view Queue of the print jobs Guidelines Adjust the guide to the edge of the envelope stackPrinting on Envelopes Printing on Labels Printing on Transparencies Adjust the guide to fit the width of the labels Using Print Materials Printing on Card Stock or Custom-sized Materials Printing on Preprinted Paper Load with the design face up, top edge towards the printer Printing Tasks Printing a Document Landscape There are two ways to cancel a print job Canceling a Print JobTo stop a print job from the Control Panel Press the button on the control panel Using Help Using a Favorite SettingTo stop a print job from the Printers folder Favorites option, which is visible on each properties tab Property Description Setting Paper Properties Color Paper Using the Toner Save Mode From the Layout tab, choose Multiple Pages per Side Printing Multiple Pages on One Sheet of Paper N-Up Printing Select the page order, if necessary Scaling Your Document Fitting Your Document to a Selected Paper Size Printing Posters Setting Graphic Properties Advanced Options Darkness ResolutionToner Save Advanced ➃ True-Type Options Printing Watermarks Using an existing Watermark Creating a Watermark Deleting a Watermark Click Update to save the changes Click OKEditing a Watermark Creating a New Page Overlay What is an Overlay?Printing Overlays Overlays window, click Create Overlay Click the Other Features tab Using a Page Overlay Click OK until you exit the Print window Deleting a Page OverlayClick Delete Overlay From the drop-down list Using Output OptionsPrint Order Normal Your printer prints in normal order Windows 98/Me Setting Up Locally Shared PrinterSetting Up Host Computer Fill in the Shared Name field, and then click OK Setting Up Client PCWindows 2000/XP Setting Up Client PC Maintaining Your Printer Toner cartridge life expectancy Maintaining the Toner CartridgeToner cartridge storage Redistributing Toner Replacing the Toner Cartridge Cleaning the Outside Cleaning the PrinterCleaning the Inside Cleaning inside the printer Maintaining Your Printer Printing a cleaning sheet Items Yield Average Consumables and Replacement Parts Solving Problems Check Solution Troubleshooting Checklist Select Xerox Phaser 3116 Solving General Printing ProblemsProblem Possible Cause Solution Specifications required by the printer Reinstall the printer driver seeSelect the desired spool setting Settings matches the paper in the tray But are blank Defective or out Toner Text is wrong Download as Bit Image Setting Print the document with selecting IllustrationsPrint Wrong Advanced options of the Graphic Water as hot water will set the toner into the fabric Clearing Paper JamsPaper Exit Area Solving Problems Paper Feed Area Around the Toner Cartridge Rotate option to 90º From the Orientation option of the Layout tab, set Tips for Avoiding Paper Jams Solving Print Quality ProblemsPrint Quality Checklist Light or faded Solving Print Quality ProblemsPrint Dropouts Toner smear Problem Solution Black pages Wrinkles or Curl If horizontally aligned black streaks or smears appear LED pattern Possible Problems and Solutions Troubleshooting Error MessagesLED status legend Front cover is open. Close the front cover Problem Possible Cause and Solution Common Windows Problems /etc/printcap file Common Linux Problems Rotated and cropped Memory usage Am trying to print aThat would result in a cropped output White nothing is Error messages printing Errors Owning the spooler daemon On my PCL or SPLYour software vendor to inform them of the issue Able to print Appendix Installing the Printer Driver Using Your Printer in LinuxSupported OS Recommended Requirements Installing Printer Driver Appendix Appendix Changing the Printer Connection Method From the Startup Menu icon at the bottom of the desktop Uninstalling the Printer DriverSelect Linux Printer and then Configuration Tool Select Complete uninstall and then click Uninstall Using the Configuration Tool Appendix Changing Llpr Properties Llpr Properties window opens When printing images files, i.e. when a non-PostScriptDocument is passed to Llpr on the command line. But Specifications and Description Printer Specifications20 ~ 80 % RH Emulation Overview Paper Specifications Supported Sizes of Paper Paper Dimensionsa Weight Capacityb Symptom Problem with Solution Paper Guidelines for Using Paper Category Specifications Paper SpecificationsPaper Output Capacity Output Tray Capacity Printer and Paper Storage Environment Appendix Index