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Printer tray confusion
I've been using Word for years, but something about printer trays still
confuses me. Can someone please explain the difference between "Printer Auto Select", "Automatically Select" and "Default Tray (Automatically Select)". I tend to use whichever one at random and cross my fingers, but I'd love to have a more scientific method. |
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Printer tray confusion
This dropdown is populated by your printer driver, so the choices will vary
depending on what printer you have selected. In my case, the top option is Default tray (Auto Select), followed by Auto Select, Manual Feed, Tray, 1, Tray 2, etc., for the LJ 4100. If I switch printers to the DJ6122, I get Default Tray (Upper Tray), Upper Tray, Lower Tray, and Automatic (which is kind of interesting since there's only one tray, and the bypass feed is above it). The point is that when you select "Default tray," you are selecting whatever tray is selected in your printer as the default. In most cases, this probably will be some variation on Auto Select. The only reason for changing this is to select Manual Feed for labels or to specify trays for letterhead and second sheets. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Marion G" wrote in message ... I've been using Word for years, but something about printer trays still confuses me. Can someone please explain the difference between "Printer Auto Select", "Automatically Select" and "Default Tray (Automatically Select)". I tend to use whichever one at random and cross my fingers, but I'd love to have a more scientific method. |
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Thanks Suzanne, but I still don't get it. I understand the concept of Tray 1,
Tray 2 etc, it's the "automatic" stuff that's sending me into a spin. In my mind, something that's automatically selected is the default option, so what I can't get my head around is the difference between Auto Select and Default Tray (Auto Select). And if they both mean "I'm going to print on the default tray as per the printer settings" then what the Sam Hill does Printer Auto Select do differently? I don't know whether I'm having blonde moments or senior moments or both! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: This dropdown is populated by your printer driver, so the choices will vary depending on what printer you have selected. In my case, the top option is Default tray (Auto Select), followed by Auto Select, Manual Feed, Tray, 1, Tray 2, etc., for the LJ 4100. If I switch printers to the DJ6122, I get Default Tray (Upper Tray), Upper Tray, Lower Tray, and Automatic (which is kind of interesting since there's only one tray, and the bypass feed is above it). The point is that when you select "Default tray," you are selecting whatever tray is selected in your printer as the default. In most cases, this probably will be some variation on Auto Select. The only reason for changing this is to select Manual Feed for labels or to specify trays for letterhead and second sheets. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Marion G" wrote in message ... I've been using Word for years, but something about printer trays still confuses me. Can someone please explain the difference between "Printer Auto Select", "Automatically Select" and "Default Tray (Automatically Select)". I tend to use whichever one at random and cross my fingers, but I'd love to have a more scientific method. |
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Printer tray confusion
When your printer is set to Auto Select, it makes the choice of tray to use
based on what's available. For example, my LaserJet has a paper drawer at the bottom that contains Letter-sized paper. It also has a Multi-Purpose tray that opens on the front in which you can feed Letter, Legal, envelopes, small paper stock, labels, etc. The printer is set to draw from the bottom tray (Tray 2) unless there is something in the MP tray (Tray 1). In Word I can specify Tray 1 or Tray 2 to force the printer to use that tray (and this is necessary for Letter-sized labels, which might otherwise be printed from Tray 2 if Tray 1 ran out of label sheets), but for most documents I want the default tray to be whichever one the printer automatically chooses. This allows me to, for example, print the front side of a sheet from Tray 2 and then feed the printed sheets back through Tray 1 to print the second side. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Marion G" wrote in message ... Thanks Suzanne, but I still don't get it. I understand the concept of Tray 1, Tray 2 etc, it's the "automatic" stuff that's sending me into a spin. In my mind, something that's automatically selected is the default option, so what I can't get my head around is the difference between Auto Select and Default Tray (Auto Select). And if they both mean "I'm going to print on the default tray as per the printer settings" then what the Sam Hill does Printer Auto Select do differently? I don't know whether I'm having blonde moments or senior moments or both! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: This dropdown is populated by your printer driver, so the choices will vary depending on what printer you have selected. In my case, the top option is Default tray (Auto Select), followed by Auto Select, Manual Feed, Tray, 1, Tray 2, etc., for the LJ 4100. If I switch printers to the DJ6122, I get Default Tray (Upper Tray), Upper Tray, Lower Tray, and Automatic (which is kind of interesting since there's only one tray, and the bypass feed is above it). The point is that when you select "Default tray," you are selecting whatever tray is selected in your printer as the default. In most cases, this probably will be some variation on Auto Select. The only reason for changing this is to select Manual Feed for labels or to specify trays for letterhead and second sheets. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Marion G" wrote in message ... I've been using Word for years, but something about printer trays still confuses me. Can someone please explain the difference between "Printer Auto Select", "Automatically Select" and "Default Tray (Automatically Select)". I tend to use whichever one at random and cross my fingers, but I'd love to have a more scientific method. |
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Printer tray confusion
Hi Marion,
Word lists 2 things in the Page Setup=Paper dialog. 1. All of the 'trays'/paper sources your printer offers under File=Print=[Properties]=Paper/Source or in Word 2007 Office Button=Print=Print=[Properties]=Paper/Source 2. "Default" (name of your current selection in #1, above. In some cases, you'll see 'Default(Default Tray)' 'Default Tray' In others 'Default (Automatically Select)' 'Paper Casette' 'MP Tray' 'Envelopes' 'Automatically Select' In the first example, there is only one tray and it's named 'Default Tray'. In the 2nd example, as in the HP Laser Suzanne mentioned, it has a 'tray' named 'Automatically select'. You have the choice to choose 'agree' to use whatever the default is set for the printer at the time of printing (i.e. you could change that via File=Print=Printer or you can choose in Page Layout to select a particular tray that should ignore any changes to the printer 'default' selection. =========== "Marion G" wrote in message ... Thanks Suzanne, but I still don't get it. I understand the concept of Tray 1, Tray 2 etc, it's the "automatic" stuff that's sending me into a spin. In my mind, something that's automatically selected is the default option, so what I can't get my head around is the difference between Auto Select and Default Tray (Auto Select). And if they both mean "I'm going to print on the default tray as per the printer settings" then what the Sam Hill does Printer Auto Select do differently? I don't know whether I'm having blonde moments or senior moments or both! -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |
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