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Pull out the tray completely.
Note: Do not remove trays while a job prints or while Busy appears on the printer display. Doing so may cause a jam.
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Squeeze, and then slide the width guide tab to the correct position for the size of the paper you are loading.
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Squeeze, and then slide the length guide tab to the correct position for the size of the paper you are loading.
Notes:
- For some paper sizes like letter, legal, and A4, squeeze, and then slide the length guide tab backward to accommodate their length.
- When loading legal‑size paper, the length guide extends beyond the base leaving the paper exposed to dust. To protect the paper from dust, you can purchase a dust cover separately. For more information, contact customer support.
- If you are loading A6-size paper in the standard tray, squeeze, and then slide the length guide tab toward the center of the tray to the A6‑size position.
- Make sure the width and length guides are aligned with the paper size indicators on the bottom of the tray.
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Flex the sheets back and forth to loosen them, and then fan them. Do not fold or crease the paper. Straighten the edges on a level surface.
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Load the paper stack with the printable side facedown.
- There are different ways of loading letterhead depending on whether an optional staple finisher is installed or not, and whether two sided printing is needed.
Without an optional staple finisher | With an optional staple finisher |
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One‑sided printing | One‑sided printing |
Two‑sided (duplex) printing | Two‑sided (duplex) printing |
- Make sure the paper is below the maximum paper fill indicator located on the side of the width guide. Overfilling may cause paper jams.
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Insert the tray.
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From the printer control panel, set the paper size and paper type in the Paper menu to match the paper loaded in the tray.
Note: Set the correct paper size and paper type to avoid paper jams and print quality problems.