Samsung CLX-3185 User Manual

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Contents

Media and tray_ 4The tray is preset to Letter or A4 size, depending on your country. Tochange the size to A4 or Letter, you must adjust the lever and paper widthguide properly.1. Pull the tray out of the machine. Open the paper cover and removepaper from the tray if necessary.2. If you want to change the size to Letter, turn over the tray, and hold thelever at the back and rotate it clockwise.3. Squeeze the paper width guide and slide it to the edge of the lever.If you want to change the size to A4, first move the paper widthguide to left and rotate the lever counterclockwise. If you force thelever, it could damage the tray.Loading paper in the trayIn the tray1. Pull out the paper tray. And adjust the tray size to the media size you areloading (See "Changing the tray size for print media" on page 2).2. Flex or fan the edge of the paper stack to separate the pages beforeloading the paper.3. Place paper with the side you want to print facing up.4. Insert the tray back into the machine.5. When you print a document, set the paper type and size in the tray.For information about setting the paper type and size (See "Setting thepaper size and type" on page 6).Manual feeding in the trayTo load different sizes of paper such as envelope, transparency, labels orcustom-sized paper, you need to adjust the paper guides for manualfeeding in the tray. To use manual feeding in the tray, you must adjust thepaper length/width guide properly.Tips on using the manual feeding method•If you select Manual Feeder for Source from your software application,you need to press the Color Start or Black Start button each timeyou print a page. Load only one type, size and weight of print mediaat a time in the tray.•To prevent paper jams, do not add media while printing. This alsoapplies to other types of print media.•Print media should be loaded face up with the top edge going into thetray first and be placed in the center of the tray.•Always load the use recommended print media only to avoid paperjams and print quality problems (See "Print media specifications" onpage 3).•Flatten any curl on postcards, envelopes and labels before loadingthem into the tray.Printing on special mediaThe media types are shown in the Printing Preferences. This paper typeoption allows you to set the type of paper to be loaded in the tray. Thissetting appears in the list so that you can select it. This will let you get thebest quality printout. If not, the desired print quality may not be achieved.• Plain: Normal plain paper. Select this type if your printing on 70 to 90g/m2 (19 to 24 lbs).• Thick: 90 to 105 g/m2 (24 to 28 lbs) thick paper.• Thin: 60 to 70 g/m2 (16 to 19 lbs) thin paper.• Cotton: 75 to 90 g/m2 (20 to 24 lbs) cotton paper.• Color: 75 to 90 g/m2 (20 to 24 lbs) color-backgrounded paper.• Preprinted: 75 to 90 g/m2 (20 to 24 lbs) preprinted/letterhead paper.• Envelope: 75 to 90 g/m2 (20 to 24 lbs) envelope.• Recycled: 75 to 90 g/m2 (20 to 24 lbs) recycled paper.When you use recycled paper, printouts might be wrinkled and/orjamming may occur due to excessive curl.• Transparency: 0.104 to 0.124 mm (0.004094 to 0.004882 inches)thickness of transparency paper.• Labels: 120 to 150 g/m2 (32 to 40 lbs) labels.• CardStock: 105 to 163 g/m2 (28 to 43 lbs) cardstock.• Bond: 105 to 120 g/m2 (28 to 32 lbs) bond.LTRA4LTRA4