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Place a sheet of the selected print media, print side facing up, at the center of the manual 
feeder, but only to the point where its leading edge can contact the paper guides.
Hold transparencies by the edges and avoid touching the print side. Oil from your fingers 
can affect print quality.
Insert envelopes with the flap side face down and with the stamp area as shown.
Load letterhead face up, with the top of the sheet first.
If you experience problems with paper feed, turn the paper over.
9Adjust the paper guides to the print media’s width.
10Hold both sides of the print media close to the manual feeder and push it into the printer until 
it automatically engages.
There is a brief pause between the time the printer engages the print media and when it 
feeds into the printer.
Warning:Do not force the print media into the feeder. Forcing the media causes jams.
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How to print on both sides of the paper (manual duplex)
Printing on both sides of the paper reduces printing costs.
Although you can use Tray 1 or the 550-sheet tray to print the first side of the duplex job, only use 
Tray 1 to print the second side.
You can choose how you want your job duplexed: Long Edge or Short Edge.
Long Edge means pages are bound along the long edge of the page (left edge for portrait, 
top edge for landscape).
Short Edge means pages are bound along the short edge of the page.
To manually duplex a print job:
1From the computer’s software application, select FileÆ Print.
2Click Properties (or Options, Printer, or Setup, depending on the application) to view the 
printer driver settings.
3From the Page Layout tab, select 2-sided printing.
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Select either Long Edge or Short Edge.
5Select Manual 2-sided printing.
6Click the Paper tab.
7Select the appropriate Input options for your print job.
8Click OK.
9Click OK on the Print window.
The printer prints every other page of the document first. Once the first side of your job prints, 
the Load Paper  light comes on and the Continue  light blinks.
10Load the paper back into the printer with the already-printed side up and the top of the page 
toward the front of the tray.
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How to print multiple page images on one page (N-up printing)
The Multipage Printing (N-up) setting is used to print multiple page images on a single page. For 
example, 2-Up means two page images are printed on one page, 4-up means four page images are 
printed on one page, and so on.
The printer uses the Multipage Order, Multipage View, and Multipage Border settings to determine 
the order and orientation of the page images, and whether a border is printed around each page 
image.
1From the computer’s software application, select FileÆ Print.
2Click Properties (or Options, Printer, or Setup, depending on the application) to view the 
printer driver settings.
3From the Page Layout tab, select the number of images per sheet (from the Multipage 
printing section) and the orientation you would like the paper to have.
The positioning depends on the number of images and whether the images are portrait or 
landscape in orientation.
For example, if you select 4-Up multipage printing and portrait orientation, the results differ 
depending on the Multipage Order value you select:
4To print a visible border around each page image, select Print page borders.
5Click OK.
6Click OK on the Print window to send the job to print.
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How to print a booklet
The Booklet setting lets you print multiple pages in booklet form without having to re-format your 
document so the pages print in the proper order. The pages print so that the finished collated 
document may be folded along the center of each page to form a booklet.
If the document contains many pages, a booklet may have too many pages to fold easily. If you are 
printing a fairly large booklet, you might want to use the Sheets per Bundle option to specify how 
many physical pages are put into one bundle. The printer will print the necessary number of bundles, 
which you can then bind into one booklet. Printing in bundles helps the outside edge of the pages 
line up more evenly.
You must specify whether or not you want to print using any Duplex printing options before you select 
to print using the booklet function. Once you choose Print Using Booklet, the controls for the Duplex 
options are dimmed and remain at the last setting used.
1From the computer’s software application, select FileÆ Print.
2Click Properties (or Options, Printer, or Setup, depending on the application) to view the 
printer driver settings.
3From the Page Layout tab, click More Page Layout Options.
4Click Booklet.
If your print job is large, you may want to use the Sheets per Bundle option.
5Select the appropriate binding edge for your print job.
6To print a visible fold mark on the pages, select Print fold mark.
7Click OK twice.
8Click OK on the Print window to send the job to print.
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How to print a poster
The Poster setting lets you print a single image across several pages. Once printed, you can 
combine the pages to create one large image.
1From the computer’s software application, select FileÆ Print.
2Click Properties (or Options, Printer, or Setup, depending on the application) to view the 
printer driver settings.
3From the Page Layout tab, click More Page Layout Options.
4Click Poster.
5Select the poster size you want by choosing the number of pages to use in the poster.
6To print crop marks on the pages, select Print crop marks.
7Select the amount of overlap you want each page to have.
8Click OK twice.
9Click OK on the Print window to send the job to print.
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How to print on letterhead
To print on letterhead, make sure the paper is loaded with the proper orientation.
1Make sure the letterhead is properly loaded according to the paper source you are using:
Tray 1 or 2—Load the letterhead paper with the design side facing down. The top edge of 
the sheet with the logo should be placed at the front of the tray.
Manual feeder—Load the letterhead paper face-up, with the top of the sheet first.
Note:If you are using the manual feeder, first send the job to print, then load the 
letterhead when the printer displays the Load Manual Feeder light sequence (see 
“How to manually feed a print job” on page 30).
2From the computer’s software application, select FileÆ Print.
3Click Properties (or Options, Printer, or Setup, depending on the application) to view the 
printer driver settings.
4Click the Paper tab.
5Select Letterhead from the Paper type drop-down lists.
6Select the appropriate paper size and tray.
7Click OK.
8Click OK on the Print window to send the job to print.
How to print using an overlay or a watermark
Overlays and watermarks are templates that can be defined and then printed as a background on a 
form before the data from the current job is printed. Typical examples of overlays include company 
logos or letterheads, decorative borders, and simulated “preprinted” forms. Overlays can include text, 
graphics, or images. Watermarks are simple text. You can create overlays and watermarks and then 
download them directly to the printer, or you can create an overlay or watermark file on your system 
and then download it to the printer.
Note:To create and download overlays, you must have flash memory installed.
For information about how to create, save, or download an overlay or watermark, refer to the printer 
driver Help.
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Using an overlay
1From the computer’s software application, select FileÆ Print.
2Click Properties (or Options, Printer, or Setup, depending on the application) to view the 
printer driver settings.
3Click the Other Options tab.
4Click Overlays.
5Select which pages receive the overlay.
6Select the overlay to use.
7Select whether to place the overlay on top of or underneath the page image in the Overlay 
placement area.
8Click OK.
Using a watermark
1From the computer’s software application, select FileÆ Print.
2Click Properties (or Options, Printer, or Setup, depending on the application) to view the 
printer driver settings.
3Click the Other Options tab.
4Click Wat erm ark.
5Select which pages receive the watermark.
6Select the watermark to use.
7Select whether to place the watermark on top of or underneath the page image in the 
Watermark placement area.
8Click OK.
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How to cancel a print job
A print job can be canceled from the operator panel or from your computer. The Cancel job light 
sequence is displayed on the operator panel while the job is being cancelled.
From the printer operator panel
Press and release Cancel  to cancel the job currently printing.
From a Windows computer
1Click StartÆ SettingsÆ Printers.
2Double-click the printer you are using to print the job.
A list of print jobs appears.
3Right-click the document you want to stop printing, and then click Cancel.
From a Macintosh computer
When you send a job to print, the printer icon appears on the desktop.
1Double-click the printer icon on your desktop.
A list of print jobs appears.
2Press Control and click the print job you want to cancel. Choose Stop Queue from the 
pop-up menu.
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