Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "chriskjezp" <chriskresser@...> 
wrote:
>
> I bought a box of Moab Entrada 5x7 cards (7x10 scored sheet).  I
> cannot for the life of me get them to feed into my R2400.  I've
> defined a custom paper size (tried both 7x10 "portrait" orientation
> and 10x7 "landscape") and attempted to feed it in the thick paper
> single sheet feeder in the back, the normal sheet feeder, and the
> front feeder... all to no avail.  I get a message that says "media out
> or not loaded correctly".
> 
> Which brings me to a general question about custom paper sizes: it
> seems that once I define a custom size, there is no place in the Page
> Setup or Print dialog to tell the printer where you will be feeding
> that custom size page.  All of the normal paper sizes have options for
> "sheet feeder", "manual roll", "manual front" etc. but with custom
> sizes those aren't available.
> 
> If anyone has had success with the 5x7 cards I'd appreciate it if you
> could share your method.
> 
> Thanks.
>

With Custom pages you do lose some of the options.  However you can select
Manual Roll or Sheet in the Print Settings dialog page under a pulldown labeled
Page Setup.  Manual Roll (the backslot) will work the best for heavy paper.

Roy