HP 2420 Service Manual - Page 49
Selecting which tray is used for printing, Understanding tray order, TRAY 1 SIZE=ANY, TRAY 1, TYPE=ANY
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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) Feeding media from tray 1 manually NOTE Understanding tray order When the printer receives a print job, it selects the tray by trying to match the requested media 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 tray is requested, the job prints from the requested tray. ● If media is loaded in tray 1 and tray 1 is set TRAY 1 SIZE=ANY and TRAY 1 TYPE=ANY on the PAPER HANDLING menu, then the printer will always pull media from tray 1 first. See Customizing tray 1 operation for more information. ● If the search fails, then 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, then 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 Feeding media from tray 1 manually). ENWW Selecting which tray is used for printing 35