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Tips on preventing jams

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Tips on preventing jams Tips on preventing jams You can avoid most paper jams by correctly loading paper and specialty media in the printer. The following hints can help prevent paper jams: • Do not load wrinkled, creased, or damp paper. • Never mix media types within a tray. • Flex, fan, and straighten the paper stack before loading it. Note: Make sure the paper stack is below the maximum paper fill indicators on the 250-sheet tray before pushing the tray into the printer. • Push all trays snugly into the printer after loading them. • Make sure paper guides are positioned before loading the paper or specialty media. • Do not remove trays while a job is printing. Wait for a Load Paper page15) before removing the tray. light sequence (see Load print media on • Before loading transparencies, fan the stack to prevent sheets from sticking together. • Do not use envelopes that: - Have excessive curl - Are stuck together - Are damaged in any way - Contain windows, holes, perforations, cutouts, or embossments - Have metal clasps, string ties, or metal folding bars - Have postage stamps attached - Have any exposed adhesive when the flap is in the sealed position • Use only recommended paper. See the Card Stock & Label Guide available on our Lexmark Web site at www.lexmark.com/publications for more information about which paper provides optimum results for your printing environment. • If you need detailed information before purchasing large quantities of customized paper, See the Card Stock & Label Guide. 48

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Tips on preventing jams
Tips on preventing jams
You can avoid most paper jams by correctly loading paper and specialty media in the printer.
The following hints can help prevent paper jams:
Do not load wrinkled, creased, or damp paper.
Never mix media types within a tray.
Flex, fan, and straighten the paper stack before loading it.
Note:
Make sure the paper stack is below the maximum paper fill indicators on the 250-sheet tray before
pushing the tray into the printer.
Push all trays
snugly
into the printer after loading them.
Make sure paper guides are positioned before loading the paper or specialty media.
Do not remove trays while a job is printing. Wait for a Load Paper
light sequence (see
Load print media on
page15
) before removing the tray.
Before loading transparencies, fan the stack to prevent sheets from sticking together.
Do not use envelopes that:
Have excessive curl
Are stuck together
Are damaged in any way
Contain windows, holes, perforations, cutouts, or embossments
Have metal clasps, string ties, or metal folding bars
Have postage stamps attached
Have any exposed adhesive when the flap is in the sealed position
Use only recommended paper. See the
Card Stock & Label Guide
available on our Lexmark Web site at
www.lexmark.com/publications for more information about which paper provides optimum results for your printing
environment.
If you need detailed information before purchasing large quantities of customized paper, See the
Card Stock &
Label Guide
.