How To / Paper Handling

Loading Envelopes

When printing on envelopes, please note the following:

You can load up to 15 envelopes at a time in the sheet feeder.

Note:

The folding quality and thickness of envelopes varies widely. If the total thickness of the stack of envelopes exceeds 10 mm, press each envelope in the stack flat before loading. If print quality declines when a stack of envelopes is loaded, load one envelope at a time.

Open the printer cover and set the adjust lever to the position.

Note:

Return the adjust lever to the standard position after printing envelopes. To avoid gaps, always return the adjust lever to the position before printing on other media.

When the adjust lever is in the position, make sure that the High Speed check box in the printer driver's Advanced dialog box is cleared. To clear this check box, you may also need to change the Print Quality setting.

Raise the paper stopper (lower) when loading C6 envelopes and the paper stopper (upper) when loading No.10 and DL envelopes, as shown in the illustrations.

When loading C6 envelopes

When loading No.10 and DL envelopes

Load envelopes short edge first with the flap side left, as shown in the illustration.

Do not use envelopes that are curled or folded.

Flatten the envelope flaps before loading.

Avoid using envelopes that are too thin as they may curl during printing.

Select Plain Paper as the Media Type setting on the Main menu in the printer software.

Select the appropriate envelope size from the available Paper Size settings and select Landscape as the Orientation setting from the Paper menu.

Select MicroWeave from the Advanced dialog box if envelopes are not specified as the Paper Size setting in your application when envelopes are printed.

A:	The minimum top margin is 3.0 mm (0.12").
B-L:	The minimum left margin is 3.0 mm (0.12").
B-R:	The minimum right margin is 3.0 mm (0.12").
C:	The minimum bottom margin is 14 mm (0.55").
:	You can extend the minimum bottom margin to 3 mm by selecting Maximum as the Printable Area setting on the printer software's Paper menu (Windows) or in the Page Setup dialog box (Macintosh). However, print quality may decline in the expanded area.

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