Selecting print media settings

When a job is sent to the printer, the printer driver controls what paper tray is used to pull media through the printer. By default, the printer automatically selects the tray, but a specific tray can be chosen based on three user specified settings: Source, Type, and Size. These settings are available from the Application Setting dialog box, the Print dialog box, or the printer driver.

Setting

Description

 

 

Source

Directs the printer to pull paper from a user-specified tray. The

 

printer tries to print from this tray, no matter what type or size

 

media is loaded in it. However, if the selected tray is configured

 

from the HP ToolboxFX for a type or size and that does not

 

match the print job, the printer does not print automatically. To

 

begin printing, load the selected tray with the correct type or

 

size of print media for the print job. When loading the tray, the

 

printer begins printing. If the printer does not begin printing:

 

Verify the tray configuration matches the size or type of

 

 

the print job.

 

Press OK to have the printer try to print from another tray.

 

 

Type or Size

Directs the printer to pull paper or print media from the first tray

 

that is loaded with the type or size that you selected. Always

print by Type for special print media such as labels or transparencies.

NOTE When the trays have not been configured for a certain type or size from the HP ToolboxFX, load the paper or print media into a tray then select the Type or Size from the Page Setup dialog box, the Print dialog box, or the printer driver.

NOTE An Administrator or individual user can set the HP ToolboxFX to direct the MFP to pull from a tray that is pre-configured for a specified Type or Size. This is helpful when frequently printing on the same type of media; a dedicated tray is already pre- configured for printing.

Printer-driver features

Some printer drivers and some operating systems do not support all of these MFP features.

Task

Driver Tab

Option

 

 

 

Set custom paper

Paper

Size is

 

 

 

Print in grayscale

Color

Print in Grayscale

 

 

 

Create and use watermarks

Effects

Watermark

NOTE For Windows 2000 and XP environments, Administrator privileges are required to create watermarks but are not required to add existing watermarks to documents.

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