HP Color LaserJet 8550 Multifunction Printer series - Manual (Page 57)

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Selecting media 57
Media specifications
The following table contains information about loading media into the
copying trays. The table includes specifications about special types of
media such as transparencies, envelopes, labels, and prepunched
paper.
Media specifications
Tray
Location Media type &
size Media weight Orientation Maximum
capacity
Tray 1
(multi-
purpose or
stack bypass
tray; located
on the printer
unit) Media
Letter
A4
Executive
Legal
Ledger
A3
A5
Custom sizes:
minimum 99.1 by
190.5 mm
(3.9 by 7.5 in)
maximum 305 by
470 mm (12 by
18.5 in)
60 to 216 g/m
2
(16 to 58 lb)
bond
Heavy media:
(105 to 216
g/m
2
; 28 to
58 lb) bond
SS*: Face up
DS*: Face down
L&F*: Short edge
(top) toward the
rear of tray
Letter/A4:
Long edge toward
the printer unit
100 sheets of
75 g/m
2
(20 lb)
bond.
Limit to media-fill
mark on the
media-width
guides.
Prepunched
media
Letter
A4
60 to 216 g/m
2
(16 to 58 lb)
bond
SS*: Face up, with
the holes toward
printer unit
DS*: Face down,
with the holes
away from printer
unit
100 sheets of
75 g/m
2
(20 lb)
bond.
Limit to media-fill
mark on the
media-width
guides.
* SS = single-sided printing; DS = double-sided printing; L&F = letterhead and preprinted
forms
** HP recommends using 5 mils (0.13 mm) thick transparencies with this system.