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• When using plain paper other than SHARP standard paper or special types of paper other than 

SHARP-recommended transparency film, or are printing on the reverse side of previously used paper, the paper must 
be loaded one sheet at a time. Loading more than one sheet at a time will cause misfeeds.

• Before loading paper, straighten any curling in the paper.
• When adding paper, remove any paper remaining in the tray, combine it with the paper to be added, and reload as a 

single stack. If paper is added without removing the remaining paper, a misfeed may result.

• When using glossy paper, set the paper type to [Heavy Paper]. This will bring out the glossy quality of the paper.

When copying on tab paper, orient the paper so that the side with the tabs enters the machine last. The bottom side of 
the inserted paper will be printed on.
Place the tab paper and original as shown below.

When copying onto tab paper, insert the tab paper with the side to be copied on face down in the bypass tray.

Do not place heavy objects on the bypass tray or press down on the tray.

A5, 7-1/4" x 10-1/2" or less size paper must be inserted in the horizontal 
orientation as shown at left.

Use only tab paper that is made of paper. Tab sheets made of film or other material cannot be used.

OK

OK

Plain

Plain

Plain

Plain

Recycled

Paper Select

A4

A4

A4R

B4

A3

1

2

3

4

5

Paper feed  
direction

1

2

3

4

5

Leading edge 
of original

1 
2 
3 
4 
5 

Face down

When inserting envelopes in the bypass tray, set them in the orientation shown below.

Example of loading a envelope
Only the address side of an envelope can be printed on or copied on. Be sure to place the address side face down.

• Do not print or copy on both sides of the envelope. This may result in misfeeds or poor print quality.
• Restrictions apply to some types of envelopes. For more information, consult a qualified service technician.
• Some operating environments may cause creasing, smudging, misfeeds, poor toner fusing, or machine failure.
• Do not use the following envelopes:

Envelopes with metal clasps, plastic hooks, or ribbon hooks; envelopes closed with string, envelopes with windows 
or backing, envelopes with an uneven front surface due to embossing, double-layer envelopes, envelopes with an 
adhesive for sealing, hand-made envelopes, envelopes with air inside, envelopes with creases or fold marks, torn 
or damaged envelopes

• Envelopes with an incorrectly aligned corner gluing position on the back cannot be used as creasing may result.

• Print quality is not guaranteed in the area 10 mm or 13/32" around the edges of 

the envelope.

• Print quality is not guaranteed on parts of envelopes where there is a large 

step-like change of thickness, such as on four-layer parts or parts less than 3 
layers.

• Print quality is not guaranteed on envelopes having peel off flaps for sealing the 

envelopes.

• Use SHARP-recommended transparency film. When inserting 

transparency film in the bypass tray, the rounded corner should be at 
the front left when the film is oriented horizontally, or at the far left 
when the film is oriented vertically.

• When loading multiple sheets of transparency film in the bypass tray, 

be sure to fan the sheets several times before loading.

• When printing or copying on transparency film, be sure to remove 

each sheet as it exits the machine. Allowing sheets to stack in the 
output tray may result in curling.

Oriented
horizontally

Oriented
vertically

Can be used

Cannot be used

In some cases damage to the envelopes, colour deviations, or smudging may occur even if envelopes within the 
specifications are used. This problem may be alleviated by shifting the fusing unit pressure adjusting levers from their 
"normal pressure position" to the "lower pressure position". Follow the procedure on the this page.

While pushing up the open/close lever on the right side cover, 
gently open the cover.

Be sure to return the levers to the "normal pressure position" before printing or copying on paper other than envelopes. 
Otherwise, fusing problems, paper misfeeds, or equipment failure may occur.

A

B

Normal 
position

Lower pressure 
position

A: Front side of 

fusing unit

B: Rear side of 

fusing unit

This chapter explains how to place originals in the automatic document feeder and on the document glass.

This section explains how to place originals in the automatic document feeder.

When a non-standard size original is placed in copy mode, see "SPECIFYING THE ORIGINAL SIZE" in the Copier 
Guide.
When a non-standard size original is placed for a fax or scanner transmission, see "SPECIFYING THE SCAN SIZE OF 
THE ORIGINAL" in the Facsimile Guide or Scanner Guide.
Allowed original weights
1-sided copying: 35 g/m

2

 to 128 g/m

2

 (9 lbs. to 34 lbs.)

2-sided copying: 50 g/m

2

 to 105 g/m

2

 (15 lbs. to 28 lbs.)

To scan originals from 35 g/m

2

 to 49 g/m

2

 (9 lbs. to 14 lbs.), use "Slow Scan Mode" in the special modes. Scanning 

without using "Slow Scan Mode" may result in original misfeeds.
When "Slow Scan Mode" is selected, automatic two-sided scanning is not possible.

Standard sizes
(minimum size that can be automatically detected)
A5: 210 mm (width) x 148 mm (length)
8-1/2" (width) x 5-1/2" (length)
Non-standard sizes
(minimum size that can be specified manually)
131 mm (width) x 140 mm (length)
5-1/8" (width) x 5-1/2" (length)

Standard sizes
(maximum size that can be automatically detected)
A3: 297 mm (width) x 420 mm (length)
11" (width) x 17" (length)
A3W (12" x 18" size paper) cannot be used.
Non-standard sizes
(maximum size that can be specified manually)
Copy mode: 297 mm (width) x 432 mm (length)
In image send mode, up to 297 mm (width) x 800 mm (length) 
(11"(width) x 13-1/2" (length)) is possible.

Open the automatic document feeder, make sure that an 
original is not on the document glass, and then gently close the 
automatic document feeder.