Brother QL-500 Printer User Manual


 
USER’S GUIDE
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When you select MP TRAY”, TRAY1,” or TRAY2,” an asterisk
appears at the end of the display for a short time. Then the exit”
message appears on the display. Press the SET switch again, so that
the printer exits from the setting mode to the off-line state.
When you select “AUTO”, the tray selection menu for the auto paper
feed appears on the display. Go to the next step.
5.Change the tray combination and priority with the or switch. For
example:
AUTO T1>MP *
When “AUTO T1>MP” is set, both tray 1 and the multi-purpose tray
are selected but tray 1 will be selected first if the paper size in tray 1
and the page size for the printing job match each other.
6.Press the SET switch.
MP FIRST
The display shows the current setting for the MP FIRST mode for the
multi-purpose tray with an asterisk.
MP FIRST=OFF *
1.Press the or switch to select on or off for the MP FIRST mode in
the multi-purpose tray.
Note
When you want to print the first page on paper such as letterhead in
the multi-purpose tray, and the following pages on paper such as plain
paper in another tray, place a sheet for the first page on the multi-
purpose tray and select MP FIRST=ON” in this menu. Then the
printer first selects the multi-purpose tray regardless of the
FEEDER=####” setting and then automatically switches to the
feeder selected in the FEEDER=####” menu after the multi-purpose
tray becomes empty.
You can use the MP tray as a convenient temporary feeder by setting
MP FIRST=ON. When MP FIRST=ON is set, if you place paper on
MP tray, this paper will be printed, and if you do not place paper on
MP tray, another tray will be selected according to the command or
the FEEDER=####” setting.