Specifications

EPSON Stylus COLOR 3000
5/97 EPSON Stylus COLOR 3000 - 3
Paper
Note:
Since the quality of any particular brand or type of paper may be
changed by the manufacturer at any time, EPSON cannot attest to
the quality of any non-EPSON brand or type of paper. Always test
samples of paper stock before purchasing large quantities or printing
large jobs.
Poor quality paper may reduce print quality and cause paper jams and
other problems. If you encounter problems, switch to a higher grade
of paper.
Ink jet paper, envelopes, glossy film, glossy paper, transparencies,
self adhesive sheets, back light film, and canvas cloth are usable only
under these conditions:
Temperature: 59 to 77 °F (15 to 25 °C)
Humidity: 40 to 60% RH
EPSON Photo Quality Glossy Film and Photo Quality Self Adhesive
Sheets should be stored under these conditions:
Temperature: 59 to 86 °F (15 to 30 °C)
Humidity: 20 to 60% RH
Paper type Size Paper types Thickness Weight
Single sheets Letter (8.5 × 11 inches)
A4 (210 × 297 mm)
A5 (148 × 210 mm)
Legal (8.5 × 14 inches)
Half Letter (5.5 × 8.5 inches)
Executive (7.5 × 10 inches)
A2 (420 × 594 mm)
Super A3/B (13 × 19 inches)
A3 (297 × 420 mm)
Ledger (11 × 17 inches)
US C (17 × 22 inches)
B3 (364 × 514 mm)
B4 (257 × 364 mm)
B5 (182 × 257 mm)
Plain bond paper and
special ink jet papers
distributed by EPSON
0.0025 to 0.004 inch (0.065 to
0.11 mm)
Built-in sheet feeder:
17 to 24 lb
(64 to 90 g/m
2
)
Manual feeder:
14 to 24 lb
(52 to 90 g/m
2
)
Transparencies and
Glossy film
Letter (8.5 × 11 inches)
A4 (210 × 297 mm)
A6 (105 × 148 mm, glossy film only)
Super A3/B (13 × 19 inches, glossy film
only)
Transparencies and glossy
film distributed by EPSON
0.005 to 0.006 inch (0.13 to
0.15 mm)
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Glossy paper Letter (8.5 × 11 inches)
A2 (420 × 594 mm)
A4 (210 × 297 mm)
Glossy paper distributed by
EPSON
0.0066 to 0.0070 inch (0.17 to
0.18 mm)
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Photo quality self
adhesive sheets
A4 (210 × 297 mm) Self adhesive sheets
distributed by EPSON
0.0079 inch (0.2 mm)
maximum
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Envelopes No. 109.5 × 4.1 inches
(240 × 104 mm)
DL8.7 × 4.3 inches
(220 × 110 mm)
C59 × 6.4 inches
(229 × 162 mm)
Plain bond paper or air mail
paper
0.006 to 0.02 inch (0.16 to
0.52 mm)
12 to 24 lb
(45 to 90 g/m
2
)
Index (ink jet) cards A6 (105 × 148 mm)
8 × 10 inches (203 × 254 mm)
Ink jet cards distributed by
EPSON
0.0091 inch (0.23 mm)
maximum
50 lb (188 g/m
2
)
Canvas cloth 16.5 × 9.8 ft (420 mm × 3 m) Canvas cloth distributed by
EPSON
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Roll (banner) paper 8.3 to 17 inches × 49.2 ft
(210 to 432 mm × 15 m)
Roll banner paper
distributed by EPSON
0.003 to 0.004 inch
(0.08 to 0.1 mm)
17 to 22 lb
(64 to 82 g/m
2
)
Back light film A2 (420 × 594 mm) Back light film distributed
by EPSON
0.0051 to 0.0055 inch
(0.13 to 0.14 mm)
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Continuous paper Minimum size each sheet:
4 to 16 × 4 inches
(101.6 to 406.4 × 101.6 mm)
Plain paper 0.0025 to 0.0039 inch
(0.065 to 0.1 mm)
14 to 22 lb
(52 to 82 g/m
2
)
Continuous label
paper
Minimum size each backing sheet:
4 to 16 × 4 inches
(101.6 to 406.4 × 101.6 mm)
Minimum label size:
2.5 × 0.94 inches
(63.5 × 23.9 mm)
Plain continuous label paper Maximum total thickness:
0.0079 inch (0.2 mm)
Maximum label thickness:
0.0047 inch (0.12 mm)
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