A bypass tray reduces the risk of a paper jam by offering an alternative short, straight-paper path. It enables you to copy straight onto originals – such as colored paper, odd-sized paper, or card stock i.e. materials which cannot be fed (or are inconvenient or impossible to feed) from the regular copy paper tray inside the copier. Bypass trays ca [..]

The bypass tray allows you to feed non-standard paper without having to put it in one of the main paper trays. The short, straight-paper path of a bypass tray reduces the risk of jamming and allows you to copy directly onto originals - such as colored paper, odd-sized paper, or card stock - that either can't be fed or are inconvenient to fe [..]