As printers are becoming the key part of the day-to-day business operations, having sound information about every aspect of the printer is very important to have an amazing printing experience. If you have an HP printer, you have noticed that your printer usually try to select the paper tray to match the requested paper size and type for performing the printing job. When using autoselect process, it searches among all the available options for the paper that perfectly meet the request, starting from the bottom to the top tray. Once it finds the right paper type or size, it starts the printing job.

 

Not every time HP LaserJet P3010 series printers automatically find the right paper size and type. Here are some of the situations when they automatically promote you to configure a tray for type and size of papers.

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• When you load paper into the HP paper trays

• When you select a specific HP paper tray to perform the specific printing job through the printer driver and the tray is not configured to match the print-job settings.

 

Has any idea what to do in such situations? Continue reading this blog to know how to configure an HP paper tray when loading paper or to match specific printing job setting.

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Step-By-Step Guide to Configure a Tray When Loading Paper

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• Turn the printer off and load paper in the paper tray. If you are using HP paper tray 2, 3, 4 close the tray.

• Once done, you will automatically get a message on the printer display to configure the printer tray.

• If you are ok with the size or type of the paper press the back arrow or press OK to select different paper type and size.

• Press the down arrow to modify the tray size configuration. Once you select the correct size press the OK button.

• Press the down arrow to modify the tray type configuration. Once you select the right type, press the OK button.

 

Step-By-Step Guide to Configure a Tray to Match Print Job Settings

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• When using a printer driver or any software to execute the printing job, it is important to specify the source tray, paper type, and paper size.

• If the tray needs to be configured, you will receive a message.

• Once you receive such message, load the tray with specific paper type and size and close the tray.

• Press the OK button to confirm the size once you receive a message TRAY <X> SIZE = <Size>.

• Press the down arrow if you want to customize the size. Use the top and down arrows to change the dimension and press OK.

• When the TRAY<X> TYPE=<TYPE> message appears, press the OK button to execute the printing job.

 

Only configuring the right type and size is not enough, you need to make sure that you are using the right HP paper trays to enjoy printing. Most of the time poor, broken or incorrect HP paper trays are the reasons behind the printer paper jam problems. This is why it is important to make sure that you are using the right paper tray. If you are considering that it is the right time to replace the existing paper trays with a new one, visit https://www.printersupplies.com/ to explore a broad collection of original HP printer parts.