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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 you avoid paper jams: • Do not load wrinkled, creased, or damp paper. • Never mix media types within a tray. • Flex, fan, and straighten paper before you load it. • Do not exceed the maximum stack height. • Push all trays firmly into the printer after loading them. • Make sure the guides in the trays are positioned snug against the paper or specialty media. • Do not remove paper trays while a job is printing. Wait for a Load Paper (see "Load media" on page 61) before you remove the tray. light sequence • 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. Refer to the Card Stock & Label Guide available on our Lexmark Web site at www.lexmark.com 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, refer to the Card Stock & Label Guide. Print media tasks and tips 19

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Print media tasks and tips
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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 you avoid paper jams:
•
Do not load wrinkled, creased, or damp paper.
•
Never mix media types within a tray.
•
Flex, fan, and straighten paper before you load it.
•
Do not exceed the maximum stack height.
•
Push all trays
firmly
into the printer after loading them.
•
Make sure the guides in the trays are positioned snug against the paper or specialty media.
•
Do not remove paper trays while a job is printing. Wait for a Load Paper
light sequence
(see
“Load media” on page 61
) before you remove 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. Refer to the
Card Stock & Label Guide
available on our
Lexmark Web site at
www.lexmark.com
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, refer
to the
Card Stock & Label Guide
.