Controlling print jobs, Settings for selecting print media – HP 2605dtn User Manual
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Controlling print jobs
This section provides basic printing instructions. When making changes to printing settings, follow
the hierarchy of how changes are prioritized. (Note that the names of commands and dialog boxes
might vary depending on your software program.)
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Page Setup dialog box. This dialog box opens when you click Page Setup or a similar
command on the File menu in your software program. This dialog box is part of the program in
which you are working. Settings that are changed here override settings that are changed
anywhere else.
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Print dialog box. This dialog box opens when you click Print, Print Setup, or a similar
command on the File menu in your software program. It is also part of the program, but it has a
lower priority than the Page Setup dialog box. Settings that are changed in the Print dialog box
do not override settings that are changed in the Page Setup dialog box. Settings that are
changed here do override settings that are changed in the printer driver.
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Printer driver. The printer driver opens when you click Properties in the Print dialog box.
Settings that are changed here do not override settings that are changed anywhere else.
Settings for selecting print media
Three settings affect how the printer driver tries to pull media when you send a print job. These
settings, Source, Type, and Size, appear in your program Page Setup dialog box, the Print dialog
box, or the printer driver. The printer automatically selects a tray if you do not change these settings.
If you do want to change these settings, you can print by Source, by Type, by Size, or by Type and
Size.
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Source. Printing by Source means that you select a specific tray from which you want the
printer to pull paper. The printer tries to print from this tray, no matter what type or size is loaded
in it. However, if you select a tray that is configured from the HP ToolboxFX for a type or size
and that does not match your print job, the printer does not print automatically. Instead, it waits
for you to load the tray that you selected with the type or size of print media for your print job.
When you load the tray, the printer begins printing. (If the printer does not begin printing, you
might need to configure the tray to match the size or type of the print job.) Or, press (
Select
)
to have the printer try to print from another tray.
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Type or Size. Printing by Type or Size means that you want the printer to pull paper or print
media from the first tray that is loaded with the type or size that you selected. Always print by
Type for special print media such as labels or transparencies.
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If you want to print by Type or Size and the trays have not been configured for a certain
type or size from the HP ToolboxFX, load the paper or print media into a tray and then
select the Type or Size from the Page Setup dialog box, the Print dialog box, or the
printer driver.
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If you often print on a certain type or size of media, the printer administrator (for a network
printer) or you (for a directly connected printer) can use the HP ToolboxFX to configure a
tray for that type or size. (See
.) Then, when you select that Type or Size as
you print a job, the printer pulls from the tray that is configured for that type or size.
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