HP 4250/4350 manual Selecting which tray is used for printing, Understanding tray order

Selecting which tray is used for printing

You can select how the printer pulls media from the trays. The following sections provide information about configuring the printer to pull media from specific trays.

Understanding tray order

Customizing tray 1 operation

Printing by type and size of media (locking trays)

Manually feeding media from tray 1

	Understanding tray order
	When the printer receives a print job, it selects the tray by trying to match the requested
	paper type and size with what has been loaded in the trays. Using an "autoselect" process, it
	searches all available trays for the paper that satisfies the request, starting with the bottom
	tray and ending with the top tray (tray 1). The printer begins printing the job as soon as it
	finds the correct type and size.
	The "autoselect" process occurs only if no specific tray is requested for the job. If a specific
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	tray is requested, the job prints from the requested tray.

●If media is loaded in tray 1 and tray 1 is set TRAY 1 TYPE=ANY and TRAY 1 SIZE=ANY on the PAPER HANDLING menu, the printer will always pull media from tray 1 first. See Customizing tray 1 operation for more information.

●If the search fails, a message appears on the printer control-panel display requesting that you load the correct media type and size. You can load that media type and size, or you can override the request by selecting a different type and size at the printer control panel.

●If a tray runs out of media during a print job, the printer automatically switches to any tray that contains the same media type and size.

The autoselect process changes somewhat if you customize tray 1 operation (as explained in Customizing tray 1 operation) or if you set tray 1 for manual feed (as explained in Manually feeding media from tray 1).

Customizing tray 1 operation

The printer can be set to print from tray 1 if it is loaded, or to print only from tray 1 if the type of media that is loaded is specifically requested. See Paper Handling menu.

Setting

TRAY 1 TYPE=ANY TRAY 1 SIZE=ANY

Explanation

The printer usually pulls media from tray 1 first unless it is empty or closed. If you do not keep media in tray 1 all the time, or if you use tray 1 only to manually feed media, keep the default setting of TRAY 1 TYPE=ANY and TRAY 1 SIZE=ANY on the Paper Handling menu.

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