Can I put legal paper in the tray? Does it print envelopes? Can you buy and replace the cartridges separately? What if I mostly just print in black
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It can print envelopes. But if u are just going to use black, I think it's better to get a laserjet.
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It does allow legal sized paper (but you have to re-set the paper size on the machine), and envelopes are printable BUT it is a cumbersome project. If you need to print envelopes often, I would not recommend this machine. Also, you can buy the black cartridges separately - I have (I mostly print in black - you can set the machine for black only/just press the black print button on the machine). I like the machine very much, but I just retired and don't need printed envelopes (their instructions are confusing and you can only print one at a time). Also, to use the fax settings, if you have your phone thru VOI, you have to open up the machine and directly plug one end of the phone connector into the machine and the other end into the router.
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Yes, use the upper tray and change the paper size setting to legal. You can also print on heavy paper by using the paper loader in the back and changing the paper type to heavy (like card stock).
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Silly Guy, it DOES print envelopes ! On the front just below the name "brother" there is a flap, about 12" wide by 1" tall with a recessed handle. Pull down on that cut out / handle and the flap pulls open. The grey tabs inside on the left & right, slide in or outward to act as guides for your envelopes or any other sheet stock you wish to print on. On the very back of the copier is another flap with a more pronounced handle. Pull that flap open / down as well and when you install your envelope in the front it will print and come out the back. Got it ?
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Yes, the printer can be fed envelopes and papers from the back, rather than the paper tray.
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There are two trays with this printer. My printer can only fit two trays. One is legal and one is letter sized paper.
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You cannot print envelopes with this printer. The paper tray clearly says no envelopes. Additionally, the Samsung website says this printer doesn't support envelope printing.
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If you print envelopes a lot, like I do, I think it works well using the two-tray 8630 version. Here's how I did it. Plain Paper goes into tray two, envelopes in tray one (only place they are supported). Now, on the display choose your Default Tray as Tray 2 and Lock Tray 1. This will make sure regular print jobs go to plain paper in tray 2 and if it runs out of paper the printer won't automatically pull from tray 1 (that's what tray lock means). Now, via the Web Interface for the printer I told it that Tray 2 has plain letter size paper, and Tray 1 has my envelopes (you specify size there). Now, when I print an envelope it knows to pull from Tray 1 and everything else goes to Tray 2. On my Mac I've never had to tell it what tray to use, the printer just knows and pulls from the correct location. Your mileage may vary, etc.
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Do a search for "hp officejet pro 8500a plus instruction manual" then, in the Table of Contents, click "Print" and "Print on Special and Custom Size Paper". Hopefully, this will provide the information you need, right from the source! I tried (unsuccessfully) some time ago to print a #10 envelope but, having now found this manual, will read the instructions and hopefully also solve a problem for myself! Regarding overall quality, I am very pleased with this printer/scanner.
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It has several envelope sizes listed..I do not use this printer for that... The thing is-- it has only one tray. so, you can not stock envelopes in one tray and paper in another.As far as paper thickness.. it lists card stock as an option.. I have not tried that.. If you want me too, I can stop and do that.
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The tray that comes with the printer is built in so the "additional" tray can't be exchanged. You can, however make the "additional" tray the primary paper tray if you want in the printer settings. I use the built in tray for envelopes and this "additional" tray for documents.
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This printer has a paper tray holding 8.5x11. It can handle one ream in paper tray. It also can print on legal size paper but needs to be manually fed through the fold down paper tray in front. Probably can hold about 25 pages of legal size at once. Legal size is the max size paper.
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Greetings - It's the extra paper tray. Likely not worth it...unless you have a glaring need to print different paper sizes and/or high volume.
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You can use any paper. There are 2 dif. trays. I use it for t-shirt transfers, invoices, templates, shipping labels. I use it with every kind & size of paper. HP actually has another model that has a 5th ink cartridge and is better suited to photographs.
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Hi Mary, I will answer this if you only have one tray and then if you bought the optional 2nd tray as I did. With only 1 tray take out the paper and place your envelopes in. Then adjust the sides and fron of the tray to fit your envelopes. I place mine face down in the center of the tray. Then when you go to your word processor, you select print envelopes and follow the instructions. When you go to print select the envelope you are using adn the position. I use word and it would allow to place the envelopes to the left, middle, or right hand. If you have the optional tray 2 (it must be the bottom tray) you need to place your regular paper in that tray and setup that tray to be the default tray. Then you can keep envelopes in tray 1 the uppermost tray. When you go to print an envelope you select tray 1. You can also set your printer up to know that Tray 1 is envelopes and Tray 2 is 8.5 X 11 paper. Then most programs know to use tray 1 if you are printing an envelope. Hope this helps. Sorry I couldn't answer earlier.
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Make sure you have the paper type properly set. I accidently set mine to card stock, deactivating duplex printing for that tray.
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There's a back (open) feeder and the bottom drawer tray. They can both be set to legal and/or letter. I have one set to each size myself. Keep in mind, paper storage capablities are a little limited on this model, so if you do high volume printing you'll be tending it a lot. However, I personally feel it's a small compromise for the overall functionality and ESPECIALLY the ink efficiency with the Ink Owl option.Best of luck
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Yes, there is a rear upright paper (envelope) feed and there is no tray feed. if that's what you meant by cartridge.