The machine supports a wide range of media, including tabs and inserts. The supported media sizes range from 203 mm x 203 mm (minimum) to 320 mm x 488 mm (maximum). When the Flex-XL paper input module is installed the media sizes range to 350 mm x 500 mm. The supported media weights range from 50 - 300 g/m² for media that are recommended by the manufacturer, and 60 - 200 g/m² for other media. When the optional light-weight media module is installed also recommended media with a media weight of 44 g/m² is supported.
This section describes the following.
Media handling in general
The [Media catalogue]
Temporary media.
NOTE
You can place all the supported media in any paper tray.
All the print jobs require media that you can assign to the paper trays via the control panel. The print jobs can require media that are included in the [Media catalogue]. However, the print jobs can also require media that are not included in the [Media catalogue]. These media become temporary media on the system.
The print system uses a central media catalogue from which you can select media for jobs. The [Media catalogue] is a list of predefined media and media attributes which you can define in the Settings Editor application on the controller. When enabled in the Settings Editor you can also define the [Media catalogue] on the control panel. The use of the [Media catalogue] is only recommended, not compulsory.
When you use the [Media catalogue], the control panel, the printer drivers and other applications all display the same list of predefined media. The control panel and the printer driver automatically retrieve and show the latest version of the [Media catalogue].
You can also use many other media that are not included in the [Media catalogue]. These media become temporary media. You can look up the currently used temporary media in the [Media] section of the [System] view. Furthermore, you can assign the temporary media to a paper tray.
The temporary media remain available on the system until:
No more waiting jobs need this media type
No more scheduled jobs need this media type
No more printed jobs need this media type
No more DocBox jobs need this media type
This media type is no longer available in the paper trays.
When you plan to use these media more often, you can add these temporary media to the [Media catalogue] Add temporary media to the Media catalogue.