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03-11-2023 03:27 PM
Avery 8876 Matte Ivory Business Cards jam when printing on MFP M281fdw. is there a similar AVERY product that will not jam in this printer?
03-11-2023 03:47 PM
I found an alternate AVERY business card stock for laserjet printers (5876). Will this work in my MFP M281fdw printer without jamming?
03-12-2023 10:34 AM
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No to anything that weighs more than what the printer specifications show as supported.
Product Specifications for the HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M281fdw (T6B82A)
Paper Handling
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Media types | Paper (bond, brochure, colored, glossy, heavy, letterhead, light, photo, plain, preprinted, prepunched, recycled, rough), transparencies, labels, envelopes, cardstock |
Media weight supported (metric) | 60 to 163 g/m² (Uncoated/Matte, recommended), however up to 175 g/m² Postcards and 200 g/m² HP Matte is allowed in the driver; 60 to 163 g/m² (Coated/Glossy, recommended), however up to 175 g/m² Postcards and 220 g/m² HP Glossy is allowed in the driver. |
Media weight supported (U.S. standard) | 16 to 43 lb (Uncoated/Matte, recommended), however up to 47 lb Postcards and 53 lb HP Matte is allowed in the driver; 16 to 43 lb (Coated/Glossy, recommended), however up to 47 lb Postcards and 59 lb HP Glossy is allowed in the driver. |
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Possibly this one would work (with driver support)
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