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Print Media Guidelines
Print media can be paper, labels, envelopes, and coated paper among others. Your printer provides high-quality
printing on a variety of print media. Selecting the appropriate print media for your printer helps avoid printing
troubles. This section describes selecting print media, caring for print media, and loading the print media in
standard 150 sheet tray.
Paper
For the best print quality in color, use 75 g/m
2
(20 lb) xerographic, grain long paper. For the best print quality in
black and white, use 90 g/m
2
(24 lb) xerographic, grain long paper. Before buying large quantities of any print media,
it is recommended that you try a sample first.
When loading paper, identify the recommended print side on the paper package, and load the paper accordingly. See
"Loading Print Media in the Standard 150 Sheet Tray" on page 168 for detailed loading instructions.
Recommended Paper
To ensure the best print quality and feed reliability, use dry 75 g/m
2
(20 lb) xerographic paper. Business paper
designed for general business use also provide acceptable print quality. Only use paper having resistance to high
temperature, and without discoloring, bleeding, or releasing hazardous emissions. The laser printing process heats
paper to high temperatures. Check with the manufacturer or vendor to determine whether the paper you have
chosen is acceptable for laser printers.
NOTE:
Always print several samples before buying large quantities of any type of print media. When choosing any print media,
you should consider the weight, fiber content, and color.
Unacceptable Paper
The following paper types are not recommended for use with the printer:
• Chemically treated paper used to make copies without carbon paper, also known as carbonless paper, carbonless
copy paper (CCP), or no carbon required (NCR) paper
• Preprinted paper with chemicals that may contaminate the printer
• Preprinted paper that can be affected by the temperature in the fusing unit
• Preprinted paper that require a registration (the precise print location on the page) greater than ±0.09 inches, such
as optical character recognition (OCR) forms
In some cases, you can adjust registration with your software program to successfully print on these forms.
• Coated paper (erasable bond), synthetic paper, thermal paper
• Rough-edged, rough or heavily textured surface paper, or curled paper
• Recycled paper containing more than 25% post-consumer waste that do not meet DIN 19 309
• Multiple-part forms or documents
• Print quality may deteriorate (blank spaces or blotches may appear in the text) when printing on talc or acid paper.
• Moist paper that may cause wrinkle