Posted by DogmongerCA on 12/14/05 11:11am
Msg #82450

Installing second tray on HP 1300

Following the HP instrucitions but does not recognize second tray... Any help would be greatly appreciated:-)

Reply by Brad_Ca on 12/14/05 11:17am
Msg #82452

You will have to set it up.

Go to start. Go to settings. Go to control panel. Go to printers & faxes. Right click on hp1300
printer icon. Go to device settings. Set tray #1 (Manual Feed) to envelope#10, Tray#2 to letter, and tray#3 to legal. Hit apply. Now find a pdf file to print. Hit print. When the print
screen comes up, go down to the bax that say pdf paper size. Check it. Hit ok. It should now recogize what size to print.

Reply by Brad_Ca on 12/14/05 11:22am
Msg #82456

Oops forgot a step. When you right click on the icon go down to properties and click. Then, go to device settings. Also, makw sure it says printer auto select. Hope this helps

Reply by DogmongerCA on 12/14/05 11:29am
Msg #82464

"What do you select when it goes to Printer auto select drop down menu?

Reply by DogmongerCA on 12/14/05 11:22am
Msg #82457

1300 only has 2 trays????

Reply by Brad_Ca on 12/14/05 11:26am
Msg #82459

Does it have a manual feed above the first paper tray? Usually there will be a door covering it

Reply by Brad_Ca on 12/14/05 11:40am
Msg #82466

Tray #1 should be the 10 page (max) Manual feed tray according to the specs. Just follow the directions, and once you get into device settings, you will see what you have, and you can set it up the way you want it.

Reply by PAW_Fl on 12/14/05 11:46am
Msg #82474

Set tray #1 for letter and tray #2 for legal. Brad, you're thinking of the 1320 setup, not the 1300.

Also, be sure you set the option that a second tray is installed BEFORE setting tray #2 to legal.

Reply by Brad_Ca on 12/14/05 11:50am
Msg #82478

Thanks PAW, your right. I just looked at it again.

Reply by PAW_Fl on 12/14/05 11:49am
Msg #82476

Try these instructions ...

especially the part about setting the "Installed Options" and printing a test page.

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c00057190

Reply by BarbaraL_CA on 12/14/05 12:03pm
Msg #82486

click on Control Panel/Printers and Other Hardware/View Installed Printers or Faxes
Right Click on your HP1300 and select Properties
Click on Device Settings Tab

Here is what I have under "Form to Tray Assignment:
Printer Auto Select: Legal
Tray 1: Letter
Tray 2: Legal
Manual Feed(Tray 1): Letter

Under "Installable Options" I have:
Tray 2: Installed
Allow manual duplexing: Enabled
Printer Memory: 16MB

Under the Advanced Tab I have:
Always Available
Priority 1
Driver: HP LaserJet 1300 PCL6
Spool Print Documents so Program finishes faster
Start printing immediately
Print spooled documents first
Enable advanced printing features

Click on Printing Defaults on the Advanced Tab
Click on the Advanced tab... there I have:
Paper Output
Paper Size: Letter
Copy Count: 1
Document Options:
Advanced Printing Features: Enabled
Print Optimizations: Enabled
Printer Features:
Send True Type as bitmap: disabled
REt: On
Layout Options:
Orientation: Portrait
Page Order: Front to Back

Hope this helps!!!!