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Software Technical Reference for the HP LaserJet 9000 printers If the drop-down menu contains ... And the button says ... Delete Then it will do this when the Close button is clicked The dialog box closes, and the current paper size is set to that which was last displayed in the drop-down menu. Rename The dialog box closes, but you lose the changes that were not saved. The current paper size remains the same as it was when the Custom button was selected. Source Is: The Source Is: drop-down menu shows the input trays available according to Configure tab settings. The minimum list contains: • Auto Select • Manual Feed • Tray 1 (if installed) • Tray 2 • Tray 3 • Tray 4 (if installed) The default setting is Auto Select, which allows the printer firmware to select the media source. Any optional paper trays that are installed through the Configure tab are also shown here. If a conflict exists among paper source, size, or type, and you choose to keep the conflicting settings, the settings are processed in the following order: paper size, paper type, and paper source. For information about media types and sizes, see "Media attributes". Type Is: The Type Is: drop-down menu shows all the paper types supported by the HP LaserJet 9000 printer, as well as any user-defined types created by a printer administrator. The default setting is Auto Select, which allows the application to select the paper type. No mechanism exists for manually adding custom paper types from the driver. Custom sizes can be added only by using the bidirectional communication mechanism, so they must already exist in the printer when the bidirectional query occurs. If bidirectional communication is enabled, then the information returned is an updated list of paper types. If bidirectional communication is not enabled, then the driver looks for custom paper types saved from a previous bidirectional communication query, and uses those. Otherwise, no custom paper types are available through the driver. The standard types that appear in the lists are: • Auto select • Bond • Cardstock 58

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Software Technical Reference for the HP LaserJet 9000 printers
58
If the drop-down
menu contains ±
And the button
says ±
Then it will do this when the Close
button is clicked
<name of saved
item>
Delete
The dialog box closes, and the current
paper size is set to that which was last
displayed in the drop-down menu.
<user-typed text>
Rename
The dialog box closes, but you lose the
changes that were not saved.
The current paper size remains the
same as it was when the
Custom
button was selected.
Source Is:
The Source Is:
drop-down menu shows the input trays available according to
Configure
tab
settings. The minimum list contains:
Auto Select
Manual Feed
Tray 1 (if installed)
Tray 2
Tray 3
Tray 4 (if installed)
The default setting is
Auto Select
, which allows the printer firmware to select the media source.
Any optional paper trays that are installed through the
Configure
tab are also shown here.
If a conflict exists among paper source, size, or type, and you choose to keep the conflicting
settings, the settings are processed in the following order: paper size, paper type, and paper
source.
For information about media types and sizes, see "Media attributes".
Type Is:
The
Type Is:
drop-down menu shows all the paper types supported by the HP LaserJet 9000
printer, as well as any user-defined types created by a printer administrator. The default setting is
Auto Select
, which allows the application to select the paper type.
No mechanism exists for manually adding custom paper types from the driver. Custom sizes can
be added only by using the bidirectional communication mechanism, so they must already exist in
the printer when the bidirectional query occurs. If bidirectional communication is enabled, then the
information returned is an updated list of paper types. If bidirectional communication is not
enabled, then the driver looks for custom paper types saved from a previous bidirectional
communication query, and uses those. Otherwise, no custom paper types are available through
the driver.
The standard types that appear in the lists are:
Auto select
Bond
Cardstock