User guide
Table Of Contents
- Before Beginning
- Setting Up Printer (Printer Setup)
- Using Your Printer
- Print Media Guidelines
- Loading Print Media
- Operator Panel
- Printing
- Know Your Printer
- Maintaining Your Printer
- Troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting
- Basic Printer Problems
- Display Problems
- Printing Problems
- Print Quality Problems
- The output is too light
- Toner smears or print comes off/Stain on back side
- Random spots/Blurred images
- The entire output is blank
- Streaks appear on the output
- Pitched color dots
- Vertical blanks
- Mottle
- Ghosting
- Fog
- Bead-Carry-Out (BCO)
- Auger mark
- Wrinkled/Stained paper
- The top margins is incorrect
- Color registration is out of alignment
- Protrudent / Bumpy paper
- Noise
- Jam
- Other Problems
- Contacting Service
- Troubleshooting
- Appendix
- Index
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Recommended Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Unacceptable Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Selecting Paper
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Selecting Preprinted Media and Letterhead
. . . . 52
Printing on Letterhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Loading Letterhead
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Selecting Pre-Punched Paper
. . . . . . . . . . . 53
Envelopes
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Labels
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Storing Print Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Identifying Print Media and Specifications
. . . . . . 56
Supported Paper Sizes
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Supported Paper Types
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Paper Type Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
10 Loading Print Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Print Media Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Loading Print Media
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Loading Envelopes
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Loading Letterhead
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Using the Output Tray Extension
. . . . . . . . . . . . 67
11 Operator Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Using the Operator Panel Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Understanding the Operator Panel Lights
. . . . . . . 71