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Printing Basics
Print Media That Can Damage Your Printer
Your printer is designed to use a variety of media types for print jobs. However, some media can
cause poor output quality, increased paper jams, or damage to your printer.
Unacceptable media includes:
• Paper that is too heavyweight or too lightweight (less than 60 gsm or more than 190 gsm)
• Transparencies
• Photo paper or coated paper
• Tracing paper
• Illumination film
• Special ink jet printer paper and ink jet transparencies
• Static-cling paper
• Pasted-up or glued paper
• Specially coated paper
• Color paper with surface treatments
• Paper that uses ink that deteriorates with heat
• Photosensitive paper
• Carbon paper or carbonless copy paper
• Paper with a rough surface, such as Japanese paper, pulp paper or fibrous paper
• Envelopes that are not flat, or that have clasps, windows or adhesives with release strips
• Padded envelopes
• Tack film
• Water transfer paper
• Textile transfer paper
• Perforated paper
• Leather paper, embossed paper
• Conductive paper such as origami paper, carbonic paper or conductively-coated paper
• Wrinkled, creased, folded, or ripped paper
• Damp or wet paper
• Wavy or curled paper
• Paper with staples, clips, ribbons, or tape
• Label paper with some labels already peeled off, or that are partially cut off
• Paper pre-printed by another printer or copying machine
• Paper pre-printed all over rear side
• Do not use conductive paper such as origami paper, carbonic paper or conductively-coated paper.
When paper jam occurs, it may cause short-circuit and eventually a fire accident.
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