Loading trays

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

1. Pull out the tray completely.

   Note: Do not remove trays while a job prints or while Busy appears on the printer display. Doing so may cause a jam.
   

2. Squeeze, and then slide the width guide tab to the correct position for the size of the paper you are loading.

   

3. Squeeze, and then slide the length guide tab to the correct position for the size of the paper you are loading.

   

   Notes:

   • For some paper sizes like letter, legal, and A4, squeeze, and then slide the length guide tab backward to accommodate their length.
   • When loading legal-size paper, the length guide extends beyond the base leaving the paper exposed to dust. To protect the paper from dust, you can purchase a dust cover separately. For more information, contact customer support.
   • If you are loading A6-size paper in the standard tray, squeeze, and then slide the length guide tab toward the center of the tray to the A6-size position.
   • Make sure the width and length guides are aligned with the paper size indicators on the bottom of the tray.
   

4. Flex the sheets back and forth to loosen them, and then fan them. Do not fold or crease the paper. Straighten the edges on a level surface.

   

5. Load the paper stack with the printable side facedown.

   

   • There are different ways of loading letterhead depending on whether an optional staple finisher is installed or not, and whether two sided printing is needed.

     Without an optional staple finisher	With an optional staple finisher
     One-sided printing	One-sided printing
     Two-sided (duplex) printing	Two-sided (duplex) printing

     
     

   • Make sure the paper is below the maximum paper fill indicator located on the side of the width guide. Overfilling may cause paper jams.

     

6. Insert the tray.

   

7. From the printer control panel, set the paper size and paper type in the Paper menu to match the paper loaded in the tray.

   Note: Set the correct paper size and paper type to avoid paper jams and print quality problems.