Using the Paper Menu

This section describes some of the basic tasks you can perform using the Paper Me including how to:

Ÿ

Select default input trays and output bins.

 

 

 

 

 

Ÿ

Define

the

paper

size used by

the

auxiliary

tray

and envelope feeder

Ÿ

Turn

tray

switching

on

and

off

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ÿ

Make simplex or duplex printing the printer default

 

 

 

 

For

complete

information about items in the

Paper Menu, see

“Paper

Menu”

on

page 77.

Also,

note that the printer driver

or print application you use

may allow yo

specify

values

such

as

paper

size,

input

tray, output bin, and manual feeding. Valu

set

in

print

jobs (either by the print

application

or

by

the

printer

driver) over

you

set

at

the printer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Selecting The Default Input Tray

Situation : You want to change the default input tray for your printer.

Action

:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Press

theOnline

key

until

you

see

OFFLINE

in

the

display.

 

 

 

 

 

2.

Press

theMenu

key

 

until

you

see

 

PAPER

MENU

in

the

display.

 

 

 

 

3. Press

theItem

key

until

you

see

sourceSOURCE=* in

the

 

display,sourcewhereis

 

 

 

 

the

current

default.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. Press

theValue

key

 

until

you

see

 

the

input

tray

you

want

to use as the default

 

Note that the values you

see

depend

on

the

options you

have

installed. If you

 

have

one 500-sheet tray installed, it appears

 

as

TRAY2;

If

you

have two 500-sheet

 

trays

installed,

the

upper

tray

appears

as TRAY2 and the lower tray appears a

 

TRAY3;

if

you have

the

envelope

feeder

installed,

it

appears

as

ENVELOPE.

5. Press

theContinue/Enter

 

 

key to

select

the

new

tray. An

asterisk

appears next to

 

the

value,

showing

that

it

is

active.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.

To

restore

the

printer

to

READY

status,Online

prkeyss.

the

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note:

Values

specified

in

your

print jobs

override

defaults

set at the printer. Fo

example,

if a print job requests the 250-sheet

 

paper

tray,

the printer will use t

250-sheet

paper

tray,

even

if

the

default

tray

is set

to

something

else.

Selecting The Default Output Bin

Situation :

You

have installed

the Offset

Output

Bin

or the 10-Bin Mailbox and you

want

to

make

it the

default

bin.

 

 

 

Action

:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.

Press theOnline

key

until

you

see OFFLINE in the display.

2.

Press

theMenu

key

until

you

see PAPER

MENU in

the

display.

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IBM S544-5343-03 manual Using the Paper Menu, Selecting The Default Input Tray, Selecting The Default Output Bin, TRAY2