HP Color LaserJet 8550 Multifunction Printer series - Manual (Page 59)

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Selecting media 59
Trays 2 and 3
(front-loading
trays on the
printer unit) Media
Letter
A4
Executive
Legal
60 to 105 g/m
2
(16 to 28 lb)
bond
SS*: Face down
DS*: Face up
L&F*: Short edge
(top) toward the
rear of tray
500 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 105 g/m
2
(16 to 28 lb)
bond
SS*: Face down,
with the holes to
the right
DS*: Face up, with
the holes to the
left
500 sheets of
75 g/m
2
(20 lb)
bond
Limit to media-fill
mark on the
media-width
guides.
Transpar-
encies**
Letter
A4
4 to 5 mils (0.10
to 0.13 mm)
thick** Face down Limit to media-fill
mark on the
media-width
guides.
Tray 3 only
(bottom front-
loading tray
on the printer
unit) 11 by 17 in
A3
60 to 105 g/m
2
(16 to 28 lb)
bond
SS*: Face down
DS*: Face up
L&F*: Short edge
(top) toward the
rear of tray
500 sheets of
75 g/m
2
(20 lb)
bond
Limit to media-fill
mark on the
media-width
guides.
Media specifications (continued)
Tray
Location Media type &
size Media weight Orientation Maximum
capacity
* 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.