Handling Paper And Other Media; Selecting Media For Your Printer - Epson Stylus Pro 7880 User Manual

Chapter 2:
Handling Paper
and Other
Media
The Epson Stylus Pro 7880 and Pro 9880 print on a variety of media,
including roll paper and cut sheets in widths up to 24 inches (610 mm)
[Pro 7880] or 44 inches (1118 mm) [Pro 9880]. You can also use heavy
stock, such as posterboard up to 59 mil (1.5 mm) thick.
This chapter includes the following information:

Selecting media for your printer

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Using roll paper
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Using cut sheet paper
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Using the paper basket
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Optimizing the settings for your paper
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Selecting Media for Your Printer
Epson offers a variety of coated, glossy, matte, and fine art paper, as well as
other media, for your printer. For a list of available media, see page 46.
The following table shows the paper sizes you can use:
Supported paper sizes
Roll paper
8 to 44.0 in. (203 to 1118 mm)
Pro 9880 wide
8 to 24.0 in. (203 to 610 mm)
Pro 7880 wide
Maximum 2 in. core: 4 in. (103 mm)
external roll 3 in. core: 6 in. (150 mm)
diameter
Thickness 3.15 to 19.7 mil (0.8 to 0.5 mm) 3.15 to 59 mil (0.8 to 1.5 mm)
Always test samples of paper stock in the printer before purchasing large
quantities or printing large jobs. If you use non-Epson paper or other media,
you may need to adjust various settings and create special paper
configurations. See page 74 for instructions.
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Cut sheets
Letter size up to 44 in.
(112 cm) wide
Letter size up to 24 in.
(61 cm) wide
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