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Recommended Paper Sizes and Types

This section describes recommended paper sizes and types.

Important

  • If you use damp or curled paper, a staple clogging or paper jam may occur.

  • Do not use paper designed for inkjet printers, as these may stick to the fusing unit and cause a misfeed.

  • When you load OHP transparencies, check the front and back of the sheets, and place them correctly, or a misfeed might occur.

  • For details about and recommendations concerning thick paper, see Thick Paper.

  • For details about various details about and recommendations concerning envelopes, see Envelopes.

Trays 1–4

Paper type and weight

Paper size

Paper capacity

60–216 g/m2 (16 lb. Bond–80 lb. Cover)

Plain Paper–Thick Paper 2

Paper sizes that can be detected automatically:

Region A icon

A3Landscape, A4PortraitLandscape, A5Portrait, B4 JISLandscape, B5 JISPortraitLandscape, 81/2 × 11Landscape

Region B icon

A4Landscape, A5Portrait, B5 JISLandscape, 11 × 17Landscape, 81/2 × 14Landscape, 81/2 × 11PortraitLandscape, 71/4 × 101/2Portrait

550 sheets

60–216 g/m2 (16 lb. Bond–80 lb. Cover)

Plain Paper–Thick Paper 2

Select the paper size using the System Settings menu:

Region A icon

11 × 17Landscape, 81/2 × 14Landscape, 81/2 × 13Landscape, 81/2 × 11Portrait, 81/4 × 14Landscape, 81/4 × 13Landscape, 8 × 13Landscape, 8 × 101/2PortraitLandscape, 8 × 10Landscape, 71/4 × 101/2PortraitLandscape, 8KLandscape, 16KPortraitLandscape, 11 × 15Landscape, 11 × 14Landscape,10 × 15Landscape, 10 × 14Landscape

Region B icon

A3Landscape, A4Portrait, B4 JISLandscape, B5 JISPortrait, 81/2 × 13Landscape, 81/4 × 14Landscape, 81/4 × 13Landscape, 8 × 13Landscape, 8 × 101/2PortraitLandscape, 8 × 10Landscape, 71/4 × 101/2Landscape, 8KLandscape, 16KPortraitLandscape, 11 × 15Landscape, 11 × 14Landscape,10 × 15Landscape, 10 × 14Landscape

550 sheets

60–216 g/m2 (16 lb. Bond–80 lb. Cover)

Plain Paper–Thick Paper 2

Custom size:

Region A icon

Vertical: 182.0–297.0 mm *1

Horizontal: 148.0–432.0 mm

Region B icon

Vertical: 7.17–11.69 inches *1

Horizontal: 5.83–17.00 inches

550 sheets

Envelopes

Select the paper size using the System Settings menu:

41/8 × 91/2Portrait, C5 EnvPortrait, DL EnvPortrait

50 sheets *2

*1 When loading paper with a vertical length of more than 279 mm (11.0 inches) in trays 1–4, use paper that has a horizontal width of 420 mm (16.6 inches) or less.

*2 Load envelopes with their flaps fully open.

Bypass tray

Paper type and weight

Paper size

Paper capacity

52–220 g/m2 (14 lb. Bond–80 lb. Cover)

Thin Paper–Thick Paper 2

Paper sizes that can be detected automatically:

Region A icon

A3Landscape, A4PortraitLandscape, A5PortraitLandscape, A6Landscape

Region B icon

11 × 17Landscape, 81/2 × 11PortraitLandscape, 51/2 × 81/2Landscape

  • Thin Paper–Middle Thick: 100 sheets

  • Thick Paper 1: 40 sheets

  • Thick Paper 2: 20 sheets

52–220 g/m2 (14 lb. Bond–80 lb. Cover)

Thin Paper–Thick Paper 2

*1

Region A icon

B4 JISLandscape, B5 JISPortraitLandscape, B6 JISLandscape,

11 × 17Landscape, 81/2 × 14Landscape, 81/2 × 11PortraitLandscape, 51/2 × 81/2Landscape, 81/2 × 13Landscape, 81/4 × 13Landscape, 71/4 × 101/2PortraitLandscape,

11 × 15Landscape, 10 × 14Landscape, 81/4 × 14Landscape, 8 × 101/2PortraitLandscape, 8 × 10PortraitLandscape, 8 × 13Landscape, 11 × 14Landscape,10 × 15Landscape, 8KLandscape, 16KPortraitLandscape, 12 × 18Landscape

Region B icon

A3Landscape, A4PortraitLandscape, A5PortraitLandscape, A6Landscape, B4 JISLandscape, B5 JISPortraitLandscape, B6 JISLandscape,

81/2 × 14Landscape, 81/2 × 13Landscape, 81/4 × 13Landscape, 71/4 × 101/2PortraitLandscape, 11 × 15Landscape, 10 × 14Landscape, 81/4 × 14Landscape, 8 × 101/2PortraitLandscape, 8 × 10PortraitLandscape, 8 × 13Landscape, 8KLandscape, 16KPortraitLandscape, 11 × 14Landscape,10 × 15Landscape, 12 × 18Landscape

  • Thin Paper–Middle Thick: 100 sheets

  • Thick Paper 1: 40 sheets

  • Thick Paper 2: 20 sheets

52–220 g/m2 (14 lb. Bond–80 lb. Cover)

Thin Paper–Thick Paper 2

Custom size *2:

Region A icon

Vertical: 90.0–305.0 mm

Horizontal: 148.0–600.0 mm*4

Region B icon

Vertical: 3.55–12.00 Inches

Horizontal: 5.83–23.62 inches*4

  • Thin Paper–Middle Thick: 100 sheets

  • Thick Paper 1: 40 sheets

  • Thick Paper 2: 20 sheets

OHP transparencies

A4Landscape, 81/2 × 11Landscape

50 sheets *3

Translucent paper

A3Landscape, A4Landscape, B4 JISLandscape, B5 JISLandscape

30 sheets *3

Label paper (adhesive labels)

B4 JISLandscape, A4Landscape

1 sheet

Envelopes

*1

41/8 × 91/2PortraitLandscape, 37/8 × 71/2PortraitLandscape, C5 EnvPortraitLandscape, C6 EnvPortraitLandscape, DL EnvPortraitLandscape

10 sheets *3

*1 Select the paper size. For copier mode, see "Copying onto Regular Size Paper from the Bypass Tray", Copy/ Document Server. For printer mode, see Setting the paper size using the control panel.

*2 Enter the paper size. For copier mode, see "Copying onto Custom Size Paper from the Bypass Tray", Copy/ Document Server. For printer mode, see Setting custom size paper using the control panel.

*3 When loading paper, make sure the stack height does not exceed the limit mark of the paper tray. See Loading Paper into the Bypass Tray.

*4 Paper of 433 mm (17.1 inches) in length or larger, is likely to jam, crease, or not feed in properly.

Tray 3 (LCT)

Paper type and weight

Paper size

Paper capacity

60–216 g/m2 (16 lb. Bond–80 lb. Cover)

Plain Paper–Thick Paper 2

Region A icon

A4Portrait

Region B icon

81/2 × 11Portrait

1,000 sheets × 2

60–216 g/m2 (16 lb. Bond–80 lb. Cover)

Plain Paper–Thick Paper 2

*1

Region A icon

81/2 × 11Portrait

Region B icon

A4Portrait

1,000 sheets × 2

*1 To load paper any of the sizes specified above, contact your service representative.

Large capacity tray (LCT)

Paper type and weight

Paper size

Paper capacity

60–216 g/m2 (16 lb. Bond–80 lb. Cover)

Plain Paper–Thick Paper 2

Region A icon

A4Portrait

Region B icon

81/2 × 11Portrait

1,200 sheets

60–216 g/m2 (16 lb. Bond–80 lb. Cover)

Plain Paper–Thick Paper 2

*1

Region A icon

B5 JISPortrait, 81/2 × 11Portrait

Region B icon

A4Portrait, B5 JISPortrait

1,200 sheets

*1 To load paper any of the sizes specified above, contact your service representative.

Paper Thickness

Paper Thickness *1

Paper weight

Thin Paper *2

52–59 g/m2 (14–15 lb. Bond)

Plain Paper

60–81 g/m2 (16–20 lb. Bond)

Middle Thick

82–105 g/m2 (20–28 lb. Bond)

Thick Paper 1

106–160 g/m2 (28 lb. Bond–60 lb. Cover)

Thick Paper 2

161–216 g/m2 (60–80 lb. Cover)

*1 Print quality will decrease if the paper you are using is close to the minimum or maximum weight. Change the paper weight setting to thinner or thicker.

*2 Depending on the type of thin paper, the edges may crease or the paper may be misfed.

Note

  • Certain types of paper produce noise when delivered. This noise does not indicate a problem and print quality is unaffected. (Glossy paper and OHP transparencies can produce noise when delivered.)

  • The paper capacity described in the tables above is an example. Actual paper capacity might be lower, depending on the paper type.

  • When loading paper, make sure the stack height does not exceed the limit mark of the paper tray.

  • If multiple sheet feeding occurs, fan sheets thoroughly or load sheets one by one from the bypass tray.

  • Flatten out curled sheets before loading them.

  • When loading envelopes, see Envelopes.

  • When loading thick paper of 106–220 g/m2 (28 lb. Bond–80 lb. Cover), see Thick Paper.

  • When copying or printing onto letterhead paper, the paper placing orientation is different depending on which function you are using. See Loading Orientation-Fixed Paper or Two-Sided Paper.

  • If you load paper of the same size and same type in two or more trays, the machine automatically shifts to the other tray when the first tray in use runs out of paper. This function is called Auto Tray Switching. (However, if the paper type of one tray is recycled or special paper, the settings of the other trays must be the same for the Auto Tray Switching function to work.) This saves interrupting a copy run to replenish paper when making a large number of copies. You can set the paper type of the paper trays under [Paper Type: Tray 1]–[Paper Type: Tray 4], [Paper Type: Bypass Tray], and [Paper Type: LCT]. See "System Settings", Connecting the Machine/ System Settings. For the setting procedure of the Auto Tray Switching function, see "Copier and Document Server Features", Copy/ Document Server.

  • When loading label paper:

    • We recommend that you use specified label paper.

    • Press [Bypass], and the [Sharp] key, and then select [Thick Paper 1] or [Thick Paper 2] for [Paper Type].

  • When loading OHP transparencies:

    • When copying onto OHP transparencies, see "Copying onto OHP Transparencies", Copy/ Document Server.

    • When printing on OHP transparencies from the computer, see Setting thick paper, thin paper, or OHP transparencies using the control panel.

    • Fan OHP transparencies thoroughly whenever you use them. This prevents OHP transparencies from sticking together, and from feeding incorrectly.

    • Remove copied or printed sheets one by one.

    • The copy/print speed may be slower than usual.

  • When loading translucent paper:

    • Remove copied or printed sheets one by one.

    • When loading translucent paper, always use long grain paper, and set the paper direction according to the grain.

    • Translucent paper easily absorbs humidity and becomes curled. Remove curl in the translucent paper before loading.

Related topics

Thick Paper
Envelopes
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