Konica Minolta magicolor 1650EN User Manual

Media Types 5-4
Keep media between 15% and 85% relative humidity. Toner does 
not adhere well to moist or wet paper.
„Layered 
„Adhesive
„Folded, creased, curled, embossed, warped, or wrinkled
„Perforated, three-hole punched, or torn 
„Too slick, too coarse, or too textured 
„Different in texture (roughness) on the front and back
„Too thin or too thick
„Stuck together with static electricity
„Composed of foil or gilt; too luminous
„Heat sensitive or cannot withstand the fusing temperature (180°C...

Media Types5-5
DO NOT use thick stock that is
„Mixed with any other media in Tray 1 (as this will cause printer misfeed-
ing)
Envelopes
Print on the front (address) side only. Some parts of the envelope consist of 
three layers of paper—the front, back, and flap. Anything printed in these lay-
ered regions may be lost or faded.
Use envelopes that are
„Envelope C6 or Envelope DL
(Other envelope sizes are not supported.)
„Common office envelopes approved for laser printing with diagonal joints, 
sharp...

Media Types 5-6
Labels
A sheet of labels consists of a face sheet (the printing surface), adhesive, and 
a carrier sheet:
„The face sheet must follow the plain paper specification.
„The face sheet surface must cover the entire carrier sheet, and no adhe-
sive should come through on the surface.
You can print continuously with label sheets. However, this could affect the 
media feed, depending on the media quality and printing environment. If 
problems occur, stop the continuous printing and print one...

Media Types5-7 Letterhead
Try printing your data on a sheet of plain paper first to check placement. 
Postcards
Try printing your data on a sheet of plain paper first to check placement.Capacity Tray 1Up to 50 sheets, depending on their size and 
thickness
Tr a y  2Not supported
OrientationFace up
Driver 
Media TypeLetterhead
DuplexingNot supported
Capacity Tray 1  Up to 50 postcards, depending on their 
thickness
Tr a y  2Not supported
OrientationFace up
Driver 
Media TypePostcard
DuplexingNot...

Printable Area 5-8
Use postcards that are
„Approved for laser printers
DO NOT use postcards that are
„Coated
„Designed for inkjet printers
„Precut or perforated
„Preprinted or multicolored
„Folded or wrinkled
If the postcard is warped, press on the warped 
area before putting it in Tray 1.
Printable Area
The printable area on all media sizes is 
up to 4.2 mm (0.165) from the edges 
of the media.
Each media size has a specific print-
able area (the maximum area on which 
the machine can print clearly and...

Printable Area5-9 Envelopes
Envelopes can only be printed on their front sides (side where the recipient’s 
address is written). In addition, printing on the front side in the area overlap-
ping the back flap cannot be guaranteed. The location of this area differs 
depending on the envelope type.
The envelope print orientation is determined by your application.
With the Envelope DL size (long edge feeding), the nonprintable areas 
on the left and right sides are 6 mm.
Page Margins
Margins are set...

Loading Media 5-10
Loading Media 
How do I load media?
Take off the top and bottom sheets of a 
ream of paper. Holding a stack of approx-
imately 200 sheets at a time, fan the 
stack to prevent static buildup before 
inserting it in a tray.
Note
Although this printer was designed for printing on a wide range of 
media types, it is not intended to print exclusively on a single media 
type except plain paper. Continuous printing on media other than plain 
paper (such as envelopes, labels, or thick stock)...

Loading Media5-11
2Slide the media guides to pro-
vide more space between them.
3Load the paper face up in the 
tray.
Do not load paper above 
the 
 mark. Up to 200 
sheets (80 g/m2 [21 lb]) of 
plain paper can be 
loaded into the tray at 
one time.
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Loading Media 5-12
4Slide the media guides against 
the edges of the paper.
5Reattach the dust cover.
6Select MAIN MENU/PAPER MENU/INPUT TRAY/TRAY1/MEDIA 
SIZE
 and MEDIA TYPE in the configuration menu, and then select the 
settings for the size and type of paper that are loaded. See also “PAPER 
MENU” on page 4-8.
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Loading Media5-13
Other Media
When loading media other than plain paper, set the media mode (for exam-
ple, Envelope, Label, or Thick Stock) in the driver for optimum print quality.
Loading Envelopes
1Remove the dust cover from 
Tray 1.
2Remove any media from the tray.
3Slide the media guides to pro-
vide more space between them.
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