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# Paper Handling Precautions

To ensure optimum print results, take care when handling paper before and after printing.

Loading precautions

- Use compatible paper.

- Load paper with the print side face down in the paper trays.

- Load paper with the paper grain parallel to the feed direction.

- Do not load paper of different types at the same time.

- Do not stack paper over the limit mark.

- Curled paper may jam. Straighten any curls before loading.

- Before loading envelopes, make sure their edges are sharply creased by rubbing the edges with a pen or similar object.

- When using the bypass tray, make sure the envelope or sheet of paper is between the top and bottom of the bypass tray guides.

Paper storage precautions

- Do not store paper in humid places.

- Do not store paper in direct sunlight.

- Store paper flat.

- Store unused paper in the original package.

Paper type precautions

Plain paper

- Use the bypass tray to print on paper heavier than 105 g/m2 (198.5 lb.).

- Depending on the type of paper, the ink may take time to dry. With duplex printing, the ink may smear or rub off. Using the printer driver, specify how long to wait for the ink to dry between printing each side of a duplex sheet. For details, see the printer driver Help. Opening the Printer Properties Dialog Box

Inkjet plain paper

- When printing on inkjet plain paper, in the printer properties dialog box, click [Inkjet Plain Paper]. This allows printing at higher quality.

- In the printer properties dialog box, when [Inkjet Plain Paper] is selected, only one-sided printing is possible. To print on both sides of a sheet, click [Plain].

- The ink may smear depending on the type of image. If this happens, set the envelope selector to the rear position .

- Use as soon as possible after opening the package.

Semi-gloss photo paper

- The glossy side (or the pearl side) of the paper is the printing surface.

- Handle paper by the edges so as not to dirty or leave fingerprints on the print side.

- Make sure that sheets are not badly bent or scratched, and the print side is not damaged.

- Only one-sided printing is possible.

- After printing, do not touch the printed side until the ink has fully dried.

- If you want to stack prints soon after they are printed, we recommend inserting a moisture-absorbent sheet, like copy paper, between prints.

- Make sure that the output tray has no more than twenty sheets stacked on it.

- Semi-gloss photo paper is designed for photograph printing. For graphics, we recommend plain or inkjet plain paper.

- When using these sheets, see the instructions supplied with them.

Inkjet transparency

- Identify the print side by orientating the sheet vertically, so that the notched corner is at the bottom left. The side facing you is the print side.

- Load one transparency at a time. If you load more than one, the leading edges may get scratched.

- Handle sheets by the edges so as not to dirty or leave fingerprints on the print side.

- Make sure that sheets are not badly bent or scratched, and the print side is not damaged.

- Only one-sided printing is possible.

- Remove sheets from the output tray individually, as they come out.

- After printing, do not touch the printed side until the ink has fully dried.

- If you want to stack prints soon after they are printed, we recommend inserting a moisture-absorbent sheet, like copy paper, between prints.

- Ink takes time to dry. To prevent sheets from sticking together, remove them from the output tray individually, as they come out.

- If printing comes out streaked, adjust the paper feed level. See Adjust Paper Feed.

- Use at 15-25°C (59-77°F) and 30-70% humidity.

- Use as soon as possible after opening the package.

- When using these sheets, see the instructions supplied with them.

Envelopes

- Feed envelopes one by one into the bypass tray at the back of the machine.

- Squeeze the excess air from the envelopes, making them as flat as possible.

- Load them properly, because the printable area depends on the orientation. See Printable Area.

Thick paper

- Use the paper tray to load paper lighter than 105 g/m2 (198.5 lb.).

- You can insert paper with weights up to 163 g/m2 (308.7 lb.) into the bypass tray.

- Insert paper with the print side face up into the bypass tray.

Cautions to Observe After Printing

Depending on the paper type, the ink may take a while to dry. After printing, be careful not to touch the printed side until the ink has dried properly; otherwise, the ink may smudge.

- Printing on Various Paper Types