[F-09] Printing on Standard Size Paper

The following describes how to print a document using the procedure for printing A4 size plain paper from the paper cassette or manual feed slot as an example.
Step 1: Loading Paper
Step 2: Registering the Paper Size
Step 3: Printing from an Application

Usable paper size Usable paper types

"Paper Requirements"
NOTE
When paper is loaded in the manual feed slot

You do not need to register the paper size.
Select the appropriate paper size in the application, and then print the document.
"Printing from an Application"

Step 1: Loading Paper

There are two paper sources.

Paper cassette

Load standard size paper in the paper cassette.
Remove the paper cassette.
Gently pull out the paper cassette with both hands.
CAUTION
Be sure to remove the paper cassette

If paper is loaded with the paper cassette only partially open, the paper cassette may fall out or the printer may fall over, resulting in personal injury.

Slide the paper guides to [A4] (the position of the size of the paper to be loaded).
  1. Slide the side paper guides so that they are aligned with the paper size (A).
  2. While holding the lock release lever at the front, slide the paper guide so that it is aligned with the paper size (B).
NOTE
Loading Legal size paper

Adjust the length of the paper cassette while holding the lock release lever (A) at the front right of the paper cassette.
When you extend the paper cassette, the extended portion sticks out in front of the printer.
Use the paper cassette cover.
"Confirming the Supplied Accessories"
Using the paper cassette guide

When loading standard size paper, slide the paper guides to match the position of the loaded paper.
  1. A5
  2. B5
  3. Executive
  4. Letter
  5. A4

Load the paper.
Align the envelopes with the rear of the paper cassette.
CAUTION
Precautions when loading paper

Be careful not to cut your hands with the edges of the paper.
NOTE
Align the paper stack when loading
  • Fan the paper thoroughly and align the edges of the stack on a flat surface before loading the paper.
  • If the paper stack is not aligned, several sheets of paper may be fed at a time.
Loading paper with a front and back

When using paper with a letterhead or logo, load the paper as follows.
  • Load the paper with the side to be printed facing up.
  • Load the paper with the letterhead or logo facing the rear or left side of the paper cassette.

Place the paper under the hooks (A).
Make sure that the paper stack does not exceed the marks on the load limit guides (B).
NOTE
Paper cassette capacity

You can load approximately 150 sheets of paper in the paper cassette.
(Plain paper: 80 g/m2)

Insert the paper cassette into the printer.
Push the paper cassette into the printer firmly until it is all the way in.
CAUTION
Precautions when inserting the paper cassette

When inserting the paper cassette, be careful not to catch your fingers.

Manual feed slot

Slide the paper guides of the manual feed slot to the outside.
Align the paper guides to a width slightly larger than the width of the paper.

Load one sheet of paper.
Insert the paper into the manual feed slot until it catches. The paper is fed to the printer automatically. (The paper is not fed when the printer is printing or during sleep mode.)
Load only one sheet of paper in the manual feed slot at a time.

Align the position of the paper guides with the size of the paper.
IMPORTANT
Be sure to align the paper guides with the width of the paper.

If the paper guides are not aligned properly with the paper, this may result in paper jams.
NOTE
Loading paper with a front and back

When using paper with a letterhead or logo, load the paper as follows.
  • Load the paper with the side to be printed facing up.
  • Insert the paper by the side with the letterhead or logo.
When paper is loaded in the manual feed slot

You do not need to register the paper size.
Select the appropriate paper size in the application, and then print the document.
"Printing from an Application"

Step 2: Registering the Paper Size

The paper cassette of the printer cannot automatically detect the paper size. Therefore, you need to register the size of the loaded paper.

A4 paper size is registered, so you do not need to perform the following procedure when using the printer for the first time.
If you changed the paper size to a size other than A4 or you reset the paper size to A4, use the following procedure to register the paper size.
Open the Printer Status Window.
  1. Click the icon of the printer () in the taskbar.
  2. Select [Canon LBP5050].

Open the [Cassette Settings] dialog box.
  1. Click [Options].
  2. Click [Device Settings].
  3. Click [Cassette Settings].

Register the paper size.
  1. Select the paper size.
  2. Click [OK].
INFORMATION
Checking the paper size

By default, the printer checks whether the [Output Size] setting in the printing preferences and the size of the paper loaded in the paper cassette are the same.
If the paper sizes do not match, the following occurs.
  • A message appears in the Printer Status Window.
  • Printing pauses.
To resume printing, take one of the following actions.
  • Print using the paper size set in the printing preferences
    1. Load the correct paper into the paper cassette.
    2. Set the correct paper size for [Cassette Settings].
  • Print using the paper loaded in the paper cassette
    Click [] (Resolve Error).
To print using the loaded paper without checking the paper size

Perform the following procedure to set the printer not to check the paper size.
  1. Open the printing preferences dialog box.
    "Displaying the Printing Preferences (Document Properties) Dialog Box"
  2. Click the [Finishing] tab → [Finishing Details].
  3. Clear the [Detect Paper Size] check box.
About [Free Size]

If you select [Free Size] for [Cassette Settings], you do not have to change the setting each time you load different size paper. However, if you select [Free Size], make sure that the [Output Size] setting on the [Page Setup] sheet matches the paper loaded in the paper cassette.

Step 3: Printing from an Application

Open the [Print] dialog box.
  1. In an application, click [File].
  2. Click [Print].

Open the printing preferences dialog box.
  1. Select [Canon LBP5050].
  2. Click [Properties] or [Preferences].

Set the paper size.
  1. Click the [Page Setup] tab.
  2. Select [A4] for [Page Size].
  3. Select [Match Page Size] for [Output Size].
NOTE
If the [Page Size] setting and [Output Size] setting are not the same

The print is automatically reduced or enlarged to fit on the page.

Set [Paper Source] and [Paper Type].
  1. Click the [Paper Source] tab.
  2. Select the paper source you want to use for [Paper Source].
  3. Select [Plain Paper] for [Paper Type].
  4. Click [OK].
NOTE
When [Auto] is selected for [Paper Source]

The paper source changes automatically according to the paper to be printed.

When the [Detect Paper Size] check box is selected

When [Auto] is selected for [Paper Source], the following occur according to the [Paper Type] setting on the [Paper Source] sheet.

  • When [Plain Paper], [Plain Paper L], [Envelope], or [Envelope H] is selected
    If the [Output Size] and [Cassette Settings] dialog box settings do not match, printing stops.
    When printing from the paper cassette, load the correct paper into the paper cassette and set the correct paper size on the [Cassette Settings] dialog box.
    When paper is loaded into the manual feed slot, the loaded paper is printed without stopping.
  • When [Heavy Paper 1], [Heavy Paper 2], [Transparency], [Label], [Coated Paper 1], [Coated Paper 2], [Coated Paper 3], or [Coated Paper 4] is selected
    Printing stops. When printing from the paper cassette, cancel the print job, set [Paper Source] on the [Paper Source] sheet to [Cassette 1] and print again.
    When paper is loaded into the manual feed slot, the loaded paper is printed without stopping.
Loading paper other than plain paper

Set the paper type as follows.
  • Thin paper (60 to 74 g/m2): [Plain Paper L]
  • Heavy paper (91 to 120 g/m2): [Heavy Paper 1]
  • Heavy paper (121 to 163 g/m2): [Heavy Paper 2]
  • Coated paper (100 to 110 g/m2): [Coated Paper 1]
  • Coated paper (120 to 130 g/m2): [Coated Paper 2]
  • Coated paper (155 to 165 g/m2): [Coated Paper 3]
  • Coated paper (220 to 230 g/m2): [Coated Paper 4]
  • Glossy film: [Glossy Film]
  • Label: [Label]
  • Transparency: [Transparency]

Click [OK] on the [Print] dialog box.
Printing starts.
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