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Loading Envelopes

This section explains various details about and recommendations concerning envelopes.

CAUTION

  • The inside of the machine could be very hot. Do not touch the parts with a label indicating the "hot surface." Otherwise, an injury might occur.

  • Some of this machine's internal components get very hot. For this reason, take care when removing misfed paper. Not doing so could result in burns.

  • When using the envelope lever, take care not to trap or injure your fingers.

Important

  • Do not use window envelopes.

  • Envelopes, especially those with glue on their flaps, may stick together. Fan the envelopes to separate them before loading. If the envelopes still stick together, load them one by one. For the envelope types that can be used with this printer, see Paper Size Specifications and Paper Type Specifications.

  • Misfeeds might occur depending on the length and shape of the flaps.

  • Before loading envelopes, press down on them to remove any air from inside, flattening out all four edges. If they are bent or curled, flattening their leading edges (the edge going into the printer) by running a pencil or ruler across them.

Using the envelope lever

Before loading envelopes, be sure to lower the envelope lever.

1Open the rear cover.

Printer illustration

2Lower the envelope lever all the way down.

Printer illustration

3Close the rear cover.

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Note

  • Be sure to raise the envelope lever after printing on envelopes.

  • If printed envelopes come out badly creased, load the envelopes in the opposite direction. Also, configure the printer driver to rotate the print object 180 degrees.

Loading orientation for envelopes

The method for loading envelopes varies depending on the orientation of the envelopes. Be sure to load envelopes with the correct orientation.

Orientation

Paper tray 1

Bypass tray

Envelopes Portrait

Illustration of envelope orientation

Illustration of envelope orientation

  • Flaps: closed

  • Bottom side of envelopes: toward the right of the printer

  • Side to be printed: face down

Illustration of envelope orientation

  • Flaps: closed

  • Bottom side of envelopes: toward the right of the printer

  • Side to be printed: face up

When loading envelopes, use both the control panel and the printer driver to select "Envelope" for the paper type and specify the thickness of the envelopes. For details, see Printing on Envelopes.

Recommended envelopes

For details about recommended envelopes, contact your local dealer.

The size of envelopes that you can load depends on the tray in which you load them. For details, see Paper Size Specifications.

Note

  • Load only one size and type of envelope at a time.

  • The duplex function cannot be used with envelopes.

  • Straighten any curls within 2 mm (0.1 inch) upward and 0 mm (0 inches) downward on the tray before loading.

  • To achieve better output quality, it is recommended that you set the right, left, top, and bottom print margin to at least 15 mm (0.6 inches) each.

  • The output quality on envelopes may be uneven if parts of an envelope have differing thicknesses. Print one or two envelopes to check the print quality.

  • When printing onto envelopes, the print speed is slower than usual.

  • Flatten out prints if they are creased or curled.

  • Check that the envelopes are not damp.

  • High temperature and high humidity conditions can reduce print quality and cause envelopes to become creased.

  • Depending on the environment, printing on envelopes may wrinkle them even if they are the recommended envelopes.

  • Certain types of envelopes might be output creased, dirtied, or misprinted. If you are printing a solid color on an envelope, lines may appear where the overlapped edges of the envelope make it thicker.

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