Loading trays

  CAUTION—TIPPING HAZARD:  To reduce the risk of equipment instability, load each tray separately. Keep all other trays closed until needed.

1. Pull out the tray.

   Note:  Do not remove trays while the printer is busy.
   

2. Adjust the guides to match the size of the paper that you are loading.

   

3. Flex, fan, and align the paper edges before loading.

   

4. Load the paper.

   • When using letterhead, do either of the following:

     Without an optional finisher	With an optional finisher
     One-sided printing	One-sided printing
     Two-sided printing	Two-sided printing
     One-sided printing	One-sided printing
     Two-sided printing	Two-sided printing

     
     

   • Load pre-punched paper with the holes toward the front or left side of the tray.

   • Do not slide paper into the tray.

   • To avoid paper jams, make sure that the stack height is below the maximum paper fill indicator.

5. Insert the tray.

   If loading a paper type other than plain, from the control panel, set the paper size and paper type to match the paper loaded.