Setting up automatic paper selection (OP)

This procedure applies only to devices of type "Windows Printer".

  • Find out which paper sizes are supported by the Windows printer.
  • Link these paper sizes to paper types.
  • Link these paper types to the Windows printer.
Step 1. Find out which paper sizes are supported by the Windows printer.

Paper types are supported either by hardware (different trays) or by software.

You can find the supported paper sizes for a printer in the printer's manual, or via the BWPrint preview feature.

To find the supported paper types via the BWPrint preview feature:

  1. Start a print session, for example Print Companies (ttaad1400m000).
  2. Specify the selection ranges, and click Print. The Select Device (ttstpsplopen ) session starts.
  3. Select the Windows printer and select Preview. Click Continue.
  4. Right-click in the preview window and on the shortcut menu, select Paper size > Change device specific paper size. The Page Setup dialog box is displayed.
  5. You can view the supported paper sizes in the Size list.
Step 2. Link paper sizes to paper types

Link each supported paper size you want to use to a paper type.

To link a paper size to a paper type:

  1. Start the Paper Types (ttaad3110m000) session.
  2. Link the paper size to an existing paper type, or create a new paper type and link the paper size to it. In the Paper Size field, you can zoom to the Windows Paper Size (ttaad3512m000) session.

Note: the orientation is also important. Many printers have a software option to “Rotate” printing, but there are also printers that have a separate tray for “rotated paper”.

Step 3. Link paper types to printer

Link the desired paper types to the Windows printer:

  1. Start the Device Data (ttaad3500m000) session and double click the Windows printer. The Device Data (ttaad3100s000) details session starts.
  2. Specify the printer's default paper type in the Paper Type field.
  3. Link the additional paper types to the printer: On the appropriate menu, select Papertype by Device. The Papertype by Device (ttaad3107m000) session starts. Specify the required paper types.

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