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This section gives you various details about and recommendations concerning thick paper.
When loading thick paper of 104–256 g/m2 (28 lb. Bond–140 lb. Index) in the paper trays, or 104–300 g/m2 (28 lb. Bond–110 lb. Cover) in the bypass tray, follow the recommendations below to prevent misfeeds and loss of image quality.
Store all your paper in the same environment - a room where the temperature is 20–25°C (68–77°F) and the humidity is 30–65%.
When loading paper in the paper trays, be sure to load at least 20 sheets. Also, be sure to position the side fences flush against the paper stack.
Paper jams or misfeeds may occur when printing is performed on thick glossy sheets, thick sheets that stick together, or thick sheets with large cutting burrs. To prevent such problems, be sure to fan glossy sheets thoroughly before loading them. If sheets continue to become jammed or feed in together even after they are fanned, turn over each sheet before loading them on the tray, or load them one by one from the bypass tray.
When loading thick paper, set the paper direction according to its grain, as shown in the following diagram:
Direction of paper grain
Tray 1
Trays 2 and 3
Bypass tray
*1
*1 You can load paper in the
orientation into tray 1 only if the A3/11 × 17 tray unit is installed.
To feed sheets that are smaller than A4 sideways (
), keep the height of the stacked sheets less than 20 mm.
The upper edge of the square hole in the side fence on the far side indicates the upper limit.
When copying or printing is performed onto thick paper on Type1/2, the copy/print speed is slower than usual.
Select [Thick Paper 1], [Thick Paper 2], [Thick Paper 3], or [Thick Paper 4] as the paper thickness in [Tray Paper Settings].
Even if thick paper is loaded as described above, normal operations and print quality might still not be possible, depending on the paper type.
Prints might have prominent vertical creases.
Prints might be noticeably curled. Flatten out prints if they are creased or curled.
