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Understanding jam messages and, locations - imaging unit

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Correct loading of paper Incorrect loading of paper • Make sure the guides in the tray or the multipurpose feeder are properly positioned and are not pressing tightly against the paper or envelopes. • Push the tray firmly into the printer after loading paper. Use recommended paper • Use only recommended paper or specialty media. • Do not load wrinkled, creased, damp, bent, or curled paper. • Flex, fan, and straighten paper before loading it. • Do not remove a tray while the printer is printing. • Do not load a tray while the printer is printing. Load it before printing, or wait for a prompt to load it. • Do not load too much paper. Make sure the stack height is below the maximum paper fill indicator. • Do not slide the paper into the tray. Load paper as shown in the illustration. • Do not use paper that has been cut or trimmed by hand. • Do not mix paper sizes, weights, or types in the same tray. • Make sure the paper size and type are set correctly on the computer or printer control panel. • Store paper according to manufacturer recommendations. Understanding jam messages and locations When a jam occurs, a message indicating the jam location and information to clear the jam appears on the printer display. Open the doors, covers, and trays indicated on the display to remove the jam. Notes: • When Jam Assist is set to On, the printer automatically flushes blank pages or pages with partial prints to the standard bin after a jammed page has been cleared. Check your printed output stack for discarded pages. • When Jam Recovery is set to On or Auto, the printer reprints jammed pages. However, the Auto setting does not guarantee that the page will print. Jam access area Printer control panel message What to do 1 Automatic [x]‑page jam, open Remove all paper from document ADF to clear the ADF tray, and then feeder (ADF) jam. [28y.xx] remove the jammed paper. 2 Standard bin [x]‑page jam, clear Remove the jammed standard paper. bin. [20y.xx] 3 Front door [x]‑page jam, open front door. [20y.xx] Open the front door, then remove the toner cartridge and imaging unit, and then the jammed paper. 4 Multipurpose [x]‑page jam, clear Remove all paper from feeder manual the multipurpose feeder. [25y.xx] feeder, and then remove the jammed paper. 5 Tray 1 [x]‑page jam, remove tray 1 to clear duplex. [23y.xx] Pull out tray 1 completely, then push the front duplex flap down, and then remove the jammed paper. Note: You may need to open the rear door to clear some 23y.xx paper jams. 17

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Correct loading of paper
Incorrect loading of paper
Do not remove a tray while the printer is printing.
Do not load a tray while the printer is printing. Load it before
printing, or wait for a prompt to load it.
Do not load too much paper. Make sure the stack height is below
the maximum paper fill indicator.
Do not slide the paper into the tray. Load paper as shown in the
illustration.
Make sure the guides in the tray or the multipurpose feeder are
properly positioned and are not pressing tightly against the paper
or envelopes.
Push the tray firmly into the printer after loading paper.
Use recommended paper
Use only recommended paper or specialty media.
Do not load wrinkled, creased, damp, bent, or curled paper.
Flex, fan, and straighten paper before loading it.
Do not use paper that has been cut or trimmed by hand.
Do not mix paper sizes, weights, or types in the same tray.
Make sure the paper size and type are set correctly on the computer
or printer control panel.
Store paper according to manufacturer recommendations.
Understanding jam messages and
locations
When a jam occurs, a message indicating the jam location and
information to clear the jam appears on the printer display. Open the
doors, covers, and trays indicated on the display to remove the jam.
Notes:
When Jam Assist is set to On, the printer automatically flushes
blank pages or pages with partial prints to the standard bin after
a jammed page has been cleared. Check your printed output
stack for discarded pages.
When Jam Recovery is set to On or Auto, the printer reprints
jammed pages. However, the Auto setting does not guarantee
that the page will print.
Jam access
area
Printer control
panel message
What to do
1
Automatic
document
feeder (ADF)
[x]
page jam, open
ADF to clear
jam. [28y.xx]
Remove all paper from
the ADF tray, and then
remove the jammed
paper.
2
Standard bin
[x]
page jam, clear
standard
bin. [20y.xx]
Remove the jammed
paper.
3
Front door
[x]
page jam, open
front door. [20y.xx]
Open the front door,
then remove the toner
cartridge and imaging
unit, and then the
jammed paper.
4
Multipurpose
feeder
[x]
page jam, clear
manual
feeder. [25y.xx]
Remove all paper from
the multipurpose
feeder, and then
remove the jammed
paper.
5
Tray 1
[x]
page jam,
remove tray 1 to
clear
duplex. [23y.xx]
Pull out tray 1
completely, then push
the front duplex flap
down, and then remove
the jammed paper.
Note:
You may need to
open the rear door to
clear some 23y.xx
paper jams.
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