BASICS
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ORIGINALS
Sizes And Weights Of Recommended Originals
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Metric version
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Inch versions
Non-recommended originals for the document feeder
Setting the following originals in the document feeder might cause paper mis-
feeds or damage to the originals. Set these originals on the exposure glass.
• Originals other than those specified in ⇒ P.20 “Sizes And Weights Of Recom-
mended Originals”
• Stapled or clipped originals
• Perforated or torn originals
• Curled, folded, or creased originals
• Pasted originals
• Originals with any kind of coating, such as thermal fax paper, art paper, alu-
minum foil, carbon paper, or conductive paper
• Originals with indexes, tags, or other projecting parts
• Sticky originals such as translucent paper
• Thin original that has low stiffness
Where original is set Original Size Original Weight
Exposure glass Up to A3 --
Document feeder 1-sided originals:
A3
L
– B6
KL
52 – 128 g/m
2
2-sided originals:
A3
L
– A5
KL
52 – 105 g/m
2
Thin Paper mode:
A3
L
– A5
KL
41 – 128 g/m
2
Where original is set Original Size Original Weight
Exposure glass Up to 11"
× 17
"
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Document feeder 1-sided originals: 11"
×
17
"
L
– 5
1
/
2
"
× 8
1
/
2
"
KL
14 – 34 lb
2-sided originals: 11"
×
17
"
L
– 5
1
/
2
"
× 8
1
/
2
"
KL
14 – 28 lb
Thin Paper mode: 11"
×
17
"
L
– 5
1
/
2
"
× 8
1
/
2
"
KL
11 – 34 lb