Question about Brother HL-2040

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Mr Hanky Poo

Hello, just wondering if anyone would know how to set the printer up in
windows so that when you print, and one tray, either the top or bottom
is empty, it automatically switches over to the other tray.

I have 2 of these printers, and one does this. If the top tray runs out
of paper, it pulls from the bottom tray and vice versa. But the other
printer doesn't! I can't find a setting that tells it to do that!

Any ideas? Thanks!
 
Mr said:
Hello, just wondering if anyone would know how to set the printer up in
windows so that when you print, and one tray, either the top or bottom
is empty, it automatically switches over to the other tray.

I have 2 of these printers, and one does this. If the top tray runs out
of paper, it pulls from the bottom tray and vice versa. But the other
printer doesn't! I can't find a setting that tells it to do that!

Any ideas? Thanks!
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I meant the Brother HL-5250DN damn them and their weird names =P
 
Mr Hanky Poo said:
I meant the Brother HL-5250DN damn them and their weird names =P
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It should be as simple as setting the driver (Basic Tab) - Paper Source First
page to "Auto select" and Second page to "Same as first page".
Failing that...Are both printers connected to the same PC? Or networked? Or on
different PC's?
Tony
 
Tony said:
It should be as simple as setting the driver (Basic Tab) - Paper Source First
page to "Auto select" and Second page to "Same as first page".
Failing that...Are both printers connected to the same PC? Or networked? Or on
different PC's?
Tony
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each printer is connected to a computer, and they are both networked to
each other. Don't ask me why, people are nutty =P

Thanks for a quick response!
 
Mr Hanky Poo said:
each printer is connected to a computer, and they are both networked to
each other. Don't ask me why, people are nutty =P

Thanks for a quick response!
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OK, in that case if the drivers on the two PC's are set identically then maybe
you could swap the two printers as a test. If the problem stays with the
printer then it indicates a printer problem that could be reported to Brother
under warranty (if applicable) but I suspect the problem is the Paper Source
setting in the driver.
Tony
 
Tony said:
OK, in that case if the drivers on the two PC's are set identically then maybe
you could swap the two printers as a test. If the problem stays with the
printer then it indicates a printer problem that could be reported to Brother
under warranty (if applicable) but I suspect the problem is the Paper Source
setting in the driver.
Tony
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Sounds good! I'll see the printers next week so i'll try it then. I
appriciate your help! Thank you and have a good weekend!
 
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