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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 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.

Tray 1

Paper type and weight

Paper size

Paper capacity

60–90 g/m2 (16–24 lb. Bond)

Plain Paper 1–Plain Paper 2

Select the paper size using the System Settings menu:

A4Landscape, A5Portrait, B5 JISLandscape, 81/2 × 11Landscape, 51/2 × 81/2Portrait, 16KLandscape

250 sheets

Trays 2 and 3

Paper type and weight

Paper size

Paper capacity

60–90 g/m2 (16–24 lb. Bond)

Plain Paper 1–Plain Paper 2

Select the paper size using the System Settings menu:

A4Landscape, 81/2 × 14Landscape, 81/2 × 13Landscape, 81/2 × 11Landscape, 81/4 × 14Landscape, 81/4 × 13Landscape

500 sheets

Bypass tray

Paper type and weight

Paper size

Paper capacity

60–157 g/m2 (16–40 lb. Bond)

Plain Paper 1–Thick Paper

Select the paper size *1:

A4Landscape, A5PortraitLandscape, A6Landscape, B5 JISLandscape, B6 JISLandscape, 81/2 × 14Landscape, 81/2 × 13Landscape, 81/2 × 11Landscape, 81/4 × 14Landscape, 81/4 × 13Landscape, 8 × 13Landscape, 71/4 × 101/2Landscape, 51/2 × 81/2PortraitLandscape, 16KLandscape

  • Plain Paper 1–Plain Paper 2: 100 sheets

  • Middle Thick–Thick Paper: *3

60–157 g/m2 (16–40 lb. Bond)

Plain Paper 1–Thick Paper

Custom size *2:

Region A icon

Vertical: 90.0–216.0 mm

Horizontal: 139.0–600.0 mm

Region B icon

Vertical: 3.55–8.50 inches

Horizontal: 5.48–23.62 inches

  • Plain Paper 1–Plain Paper 2: 100 sheets

  • Middle Thick–Thick Paper: *3

Translucent paper

A4Landscape

10 sheets

OHP transparencies

A4Landscape, 81/2 × 11Landscape

10 sheets

Label paper (adhesive labels)

A4Landscape, 81/2 × 11Landscape

1 sheet

Envelopes

Select the paper size *1:

41/8 × 91/2Landscape, 37/8 × 71/2Landscape, C5 EnvLandscape, C6 EnvLandscape, DL EnvLandscape

*3

*1 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 Do not stack over the limit mark. The number of sheets you can load in the paper tray varies depending on the weight and condition of the paper.

Paper Thickness

Paper Thickness *1

Paper weight

Plain Paper 1

60–80 g/m2 (16–20 lb. Bond)

Plain Paper 2

81–90 g/m2 (20–24 lb. Bond)

Middle Thick

91–105 g/m2 (24–28 lb. Bond)

Thick Paper

106–157 g/m2 (28–40 lb. Bond)

*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.

Note

  • Certain types of paper produce noise when delivered. This noise does not indicate a problem and print quality is unaffected. (Translucent 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 106–157 g/m2 (28–40 lb. Bond), see Thick Paper.

  • When copying or printing onto letterhead paper, the paper placing orientation is different depending on which function you are using. For details, 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 specify the paper type of the paper trays under [Paper Type: Tray 1]–[Paper Type: Tray 3]. For details, see "System Settings", Connecting the Machine/ System Settings. For the setting procedure of the Auto Tray Switching function, see "Copier/Document Server Features", Copy/ Document Server.

  • When loading label paper:

    • We recommend that you use specified label paper.

    • Place one sheet at a time.

    • After pressing [], press [Paper Type], and then press [Thick Paper].

  • 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 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.

  • 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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