HP 9050HP 9050 - NEEED PRINTING DEFAULT CHANGE TO TRAY 4 FOR PAPER

[JKOLO1156]

NEED TO CHANGE DEFAULT TO PRINTER TRAY 4 FOR GRABBING PAPER - HP 9050

[DavidSciFi]

 Hi,  I think you will need to setup tray 4 with custom paper settings.  Then you will need to instruct the software driver to select that custom size from tray 4.  Here is some information you can use to do this.  A better way might be to set tray for to the specific size and type you require.

Settings in the printer driver and software program override control-panel settings. (Software

program settings generally override printer driver settings.)

1 Load and adjust the trays. (See Loading input trays, or go to www.hp.com/support/

lj9050_lj9040.)

2 At the printer control panel, press , use  or  to scroll to PAPER HANDLING, and then

press .

3 Do one of the following:

• To allow the printer to automatically pull the type and size of paper loaded in optional

Tray 1: Set TRAY 1 SIZE=ANY SIZE and TRAY 1 TYPE=ANY TYPE.

• To print by type and size from optional Tray 1: Set TRAY 1 SIZE to the size loaded, and set

TRAY 1 TYPE to the type loaded.

• To print by type and size from Tray 2, Tray 3, or optional Tray 4 when the tray is loaded

with standard size paper: Just set the type. If the size is a detectable standard size, it will

be automatically detected. If the size is an undetectable size, set the size.

• To print by type and size from Tray 2, Tray 3, or optional Tray 4 when the tray is loaded

with a custom size paper: set the size and type. For the size, select Custom, and then set

the values using the measurements on the guides in the trays.

4 From the program or printer driver, select the type and size of paper

[JKOLO1156]

THERE IS NO PAPER HANDLING -- DID NOT WORK. I ALWAYS WANT IT TO GRAB FROM TRAY 4 LETTER - 8-1/2 X 11 UNLESS I PUNCH IN A DIFFERENT TRAY NO.

[DavidSciFi]

First,  Can you describe how the trays are setup?

Second,  the paper handling model should draw from the lowest tray that matches your selection.  So if you have tray 4 configured as letter/plain and tray 2 is letter/plain,  tray 4 will be selected first.

There are some exceptions.  If the driver is not setup to tell the device "AUTO" selection for paper and states what tray to pull from, then what I described above will not work.

Third,  which tray is being selected when you expect Tray 4 to be pulled from?

[JKOLO1156]

Selection set to AUTO and it pulls from the side manual tray.

[DavidSciFi]

If paper 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 paper from Tray 1 first.

Set TRAY 1 TYPE or SIZE= a type other than ANY

Or if you do not intent to use Tray 1, Set MANUAL FEED=OFF.

The previous setting means that the printer treats Tray 1 like the other tray. Instead of looking for paper in Tray 1 first, the printer pulls paper from the tray that matches the type and size settings selected from the software.