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May 6th, 2006 14:00

dell 3100 cn

Is there a way to force the printer to select the Multi purpose feeded over the bottom tray, or do you have to select it each time you want to use it.

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    shawnee3

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    Posted May 7th, 2006 00:00

    go to the web interface. Select printer settings. Go to Substitute Tray and then select MPF. Save the settings. You will be able to print from the MPF using the printer preferences in the print command
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    shadowlynx

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    Posted May 8th, 2006 20:00

    there is no way to set the mpf first, unless you actually select mpf from the printer settings on the pc. the sub tray setting will make the printer switch to the mpf if the tray is empty, or has a different paper size or type than the job selected
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    shadowlynx

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    Posted May 9th, 2006 20:00

    are you using msword by chance ?
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    shawnee3

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    Posted May 9th, 2006 20:00

    Before I set the sub tray to MFP I could not print to the MPF tray. If I selected it on the PC it would ignore it and print to Tray 1. After setting the sub tray to MPF I can select the MPF tray from the PC and, unless I change it back,it continues to print from the MPF as the default.
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    shawnee3

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    Posted May 12th, 2006 19:00

    we use office xp which contains word. why do you ask?
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    shadowlynx

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    Posted May 12th, 2006 22:00

    msword has the ability to override printer settings with it's own.  for example, i fthe printers default tray is set to tray 1, and the paper source in word is set to mpf, word will override the printer default, and send to the mpf.

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