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ENWW 63
Controlling print jobs
In the Microsoft Windows operating system, three settings affect how
the printer driver tries to pull paper when you send a print job. The
Source, Typ e, and Size settings appear in the Page Setup, Print, or
Print Properties dialog boxes in most software programs. If you do
not change these settings, the printer automatically selects a tray,
using the default printer settings.
z Source. Printing by Source means you choose 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. If
you choose a tray that is configured from the embedded Web
server for a type or size that does not match your print job, the
printer does not print automatically. Instead, it waits for you to
load the tray you chose with the type or size of print media for
your print job. If you load the tray, the printer begins printing. If
you press ✔, the printer tries to print from another tray.
z Type and Size. Printing by Ty pe or Size means you want the
printer to pull paper or print media from the first tray that is loaded
with the type or size that you choose. Selecting media by type
rather than source is similar to locking out trays and helps protect
special media from accidental use. For example, if a tray is
configured for letterhead, and you specify the driver to print on
plain paper, the printer will not pull the letterhead from that tray.
Instead, it will pull paper from a tray that has plain paper loaded
and is configured for plain paper on the printer control panel.
Selecting media by type and size results in significantly better
print quality for heavy paper, glossy paper, and transparencies.
Using the wrong setting can result in unsatisfactory print quality.
Always print by Type for special print media such as labels or
grayscale transparencies. Always print by Size for envelopes.
• If you want to print by Type or Size and the trays have not been
configured for a certain type or size from the embedded Web
server, load the paper or print media into Tray 1 and then
select the Type or Size from the Page Setup dialog box, the
Print dialog box, or the Print Properties dialog box.
• If you often print on a certain type or size of media, the printer
administrator (for a network printer) or you (for a local printer)
can use the embedded Web server to configure a tray for that
type or size (see Using the embedded Web server
). Then,
when you choose that type or size as you print a job, the
printer pulls from the tray configured for that type or size.