FortheFeedervalueofthisPAPERFEEDparameter,youfirstentereither
multi-purposetray,manualfeedorcassette(option)to indicatewhereyou
wantpaperfedfrom.Themulti-purposetrayhandlesvarioustypesandsizes
ofpaper(htter, Legal,A4,B5,Executive,OHPsheets,Labels,Envelopes).
Manualfeedmeansyoufeedeachsheetbyhandfromthemulti-purposetray.
Thecassettetrayautomaticallyfeedssinglesheets,muchlikesheetfeeders
on othertypesof printers.
ThedefaultpapersizeisA4,youcanspecifyothersizesgivenbelowtoo.A
different-sizedtray automaticallyselectsthatdifferentpapersize.
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8.5 by 11inchletter-sizepaper
8.5 by 14inchlegal-sizepaper
B5 international(usedin every countryexceptNorth America)
(182by 257mm)
the narrower“executive”size (7.25by 10.5inches)
One othernice thing youcan do is printdirectlyon envelopes.With this
PaperSizeparameteryoucan specifyenvelopesin sizes,Monarch,COM-
10,InternationalC5andDL.Thenjust workoutwhereto puttheaddress,
settheorientationto landscape(seebelow),andslideyourenvelopeintothe
multi-purposetray!
Inanyemulationmodeyoucansendyourprintercommandstochangepaper
sizeorfeedinpapermanually;youcanalsoselectthoseparametersfromthe
panel.Eitherway, a messagein theprinterdisplaytellsthe operatorwhat
papersizeto use.
2.3.2 Hints:Paper,labelsand transparencies
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Thebest paperfor the StarLaserPrinter 4 has a smoothfinishandis of
60to 105g/m2weight.Anypaperdesignedforphotocopiersshoulddothe
trickthough;Xemx4024andCanonNP printnicely.Highqualitycotton
bondpaper,whichcontainsupto25percentcottonfibres,workspassably
wellwith evenheavierweights.
Beawarethatanypuckeredor wovenfinishmaynotprint as sharplyas
you’dlike.Avoidshinycoatedpaperormultipartforms.Anddon’teven
thinkaboutputtingin stapledor rippedpages.
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