So does anyone have any ideas how I can print from iBooks to A4 paper in Tray 2? Or is this a bug that somehow needs to be reported to HP (in which case how do I go about it)? And why is it not possible to put all paper sizes in Tray thanks, but I'm afraid having to save it elsewhere, print with HP Smart, then delete would be a real pain. This is not something that has ever happened before (though I've only had this printer for a month). I would just swap the envelopes and the A4 paper round - but I can’t because not all paper sizes are allowed in Tray 2.Īnd finally, as I was writing this up and repeating various steps to capture the information accurately, the printer crashed (twice), displaying something that looked like an error code but it was as if the LCD had gone wrong as well, the sort of effect you get when you set a wrong refresh rate on a monitor (I have a photo but I didn't think it was helpful in this post).
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And all the software / firmware is up to date. Just for completeness, we also print from Macs to this printer and we have not so far had any problems with tray selection. Unfortunately this option is not available from iBooks and I would like to print from there occasionally as well.
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after opening a PDF email attachment), this works correctly. Where it is possible to “Print with HP Smart” (e.g. If I put A4 paper in Tray 1 (obviously confirming the paper type change in the printer settings), it prints successfully from Tray 1.Ĭuriously, when printing an email from the Mail app while there are no more envelopes in Tray 1, I also see the message “The printer is out of paper (main tray)” - same as in observation 1 - but the email is still printed on the A4 paper from Tray 2 as expected.If I follow the steps above but choose to print the first page of the document onto a C5 envelope, it works correctly (as in: it prints on a C5 envelope from Tray 1).Obviously the paper selected on the screen was still A4 (hence theoretically Tray 2). When I tried to AirPrint again, in step 3 above there was the following message below “Options”: “The printer is out of paper (main tray)”. After multiple failed attempts all the envelopes have been spat out.Other observations from various tests from iBooks: I tried various variations on the steps above (selecting a single page to print, not tapping “Options”, re-selecting printer, rebooting things…) and got the same result every time.
However, I can successfully print the contents of an email from the Mail app on the A4 paper from Tray 2, but then I do NOT see the paper size displayed in step 3 (and hence obviously I cannot set it explicitly either). In all these cases the paper size was displayed in step 3 and I had the option to change it. The same error happened in most of my iOS print scenarios - when printing PDF documents from iBooks, PDF files from iCloud Drive, Pages documents and PDF email attachments.
It shows me the expected options: “A4” and “Envelope - C5” (NB: “A4” listed first in spite of being in Tray 2, though I am not sure if it is relevant) Tap “Options” to verify / set them again.The printer is already selected on my iPad and under “Options” it says “Double-sided, Colour, A4”.“Printer Options” overlay appears on the screen. Tap the “Share” icon and select “Print”.
The printer seemed to insist on wanting to take the paper from Tray 1 and then complaining about paper size mismatch, in spite of the software apparently being aware of the two paper sizes loaded and giving me the choice to print on A4 paper or C5 envelopes. I wanted to print some A4 documents from iBooks on an iPad. Tray 1 is locked and Tray 2 is set as default. I have the printer configured with C5 envelopes in Tray 1 and A4 paper in Tray 2 (since the printer will not allow C5 envelopes in Tray 2). There seems to be a gremlin somewhere related to the printer's choice of paper tray when printing onto the paper in Tray 2 via AirPrint from iOS - sometimes it works correctly and sometimes it does not.