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Chapter 7: Paper Handling
Your printer is designed to print on a variety of paper types. This chapter tells
you everything you need to know about paper, and how to set the printer up for
manual paper feed. In this chapter, you will learn about:
❏
Selecting the best type of paper
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Adjusting for paper thickness
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Manual sheet feeding
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Clearing paper jams
Selecting paper types
Use the following information when selecting paper.
Cut-Sheet Paper
Width: 2
″
to 16.5
″
/ 51 to 420 mm
Length: 2.75
″
to 14
″
/ 70 to 356 mm (min.)
Weight (1-ply): 14 to 42 lbs / 52 to 156 g/m
2
/ 45 to 135 kg
Multi-part: 11 to 14 lbs / 40 to 52 g/m
2
/ 34 to 45 kg; pressure sensitive
paper
Total Thickness: 0.014
″
/0.35 mm
Copies: Original + 4
Fanfold Paper
Width: 3
″
to 16
″
/ 76 to 406 mm
Length: 6
″
/15 2mm (min.)
Weight (1-ply): 14 to 22 lbs / 52 to 82 g/m
2
/ 45 to 70 kg
Multi-part: 11 to 14 lbs / 40 to 52g/m
2
/ 34 to 45 kg; pressure sensitive
paper
Total Thickness: 0.014
″
/ 0.35mm
Copies: Original + 4