Oki MPS420b User Manual

Also see for MPS420b: Maintenance manual Material safety data sheet

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Paper feed, size and media setting > 25Paper feed, size and media settingThe process used to fuse (fix) the printed image to the paper involves a mixture of pressureand heat. Too much heat will cause lightweight paper to crease or curl and corrugations intransparencies. Too little heat will cause the image not to fuse fully into heavyweight paper.Using the control panel on your printer, you can choose• which paper to use• the paper size• the paper weight (thickness)• the type of paperPAPER FEED SELECTIONThe paper feed, paper size, paper weight and media type can be set manually on the printerusing the control panel as follows.1. Press the up or down arrow button repeatedly until PRINT MENU displays, then pressthe Enter button.2. Press the up or down arrow button repeatedy until the required paper feed displays.3. Press the Enter button.An asterisk (*) appears next to the selected paper feed.NoteAlthough media properties can be set in the printer driver for particular jobs,when filling a tray with media it is recommended that you manually set theprinter to match the media as described here.Note• If the settings in the printer differ from those selected on yourcomputer, the printer will not print and the LCD will display an errormessage.• The following printer settings are given as a guide only. Some softwareapplications require the paper feed, size and media settings to beselected from within the application (page setup).• Although media properties can be set in the printer driver for particularjobs, it is recommended that when filling a tray with media youmanually set the printer menu to match the media as described here.