During printing, the printer can draw sheets from any tray that contains the required media for that sheet in the job. You can open any tray while the system is running to add paper. The tray opens as soon as possible without causing a paper jam. If the required media is available in other trays, printing continues. Otherwise, printing stops.
Reload behavior
If you open and close a tray, and the slider position in the tray is consistent with the media type previously configured for that tray, then the system assumes that the media type has not changed. Otherwise, the system prompts you to assign a new media type to the tray.
Media assignment through the control panel
The control panel enables you to assign a specific media type to a tray at any time. You can select the media to be assigned from the media catalogue and from the temporary media types. When the print jobs require media that are not included in the media catalogue, these media become temporary media on the system.
Supported media types per paper tray
All paper trays, except the internal bulk trays one and two, can be configured as desired.
The internal bulk trays one and two only support A4, LTR and B5. There is no sensor on these trays that can detect the configuration. When you open and close these bulk trays, the assumption is that the size is not changed. To load a different media size, the bulk trays must be adjusted first.
The print system uses a central media catalog from which you can select media for jobs. The [Media catalog] is a list of predefined media and media settings which you can define in the Settings Editor application on the controller. When enabled in the Settings Editor you can also define the [Media catalog] on the control panel. The use of the [Media catalog] is only recommended, not compulsory.
When you use the media catalog, the control panel, the printer drivers and other applications all display the same list of predefined media. The control panel and the printer driver automatically retrieve and display the latest version of the media catalog.
You can also use many other media that are not included in the media catalog. These media become temporary media. You can look up the currently used temporary media in the [Media] section of the [System] view. Furthermore, you can assign the temporary media to a paper tray.
The temporary media remain available on the system until:
No more waiting jobs need this media type
No more scheduled jobs need this media type
No more printed jobs need this media type
No more DocBox jobs need this media type
This media type is no longer available in the paper trays.
If you plan to use these media more often, you can add these temporary media to the media catalog; Add temporary media to the media catalog.