Xerox N4525 User Guide

Automatic Tray Switching

With automatic tray switching (available for both PCL and PostScript jobs), you can group 
two or more input trays together into one logical tray. You specify the order in which the 
trays will be searched to satisfy a print request.

Tray switching is useful for:

■

 Increasing paper capacity.

When the current paper tray runs out of paper, the printer automatically switches to 
the next tray in the sequence, provided the paper size and type in the next tray is the 
same size and type as that in the current tray.

■

Searching for the correct paper size and type.

If the paper size and type specified in your software application do not match the 
paper loaded in the current paper tray, the printer automatically searches the next 
tray in the sequence for a paper size and type that match.

■

Loading paper in one tray while printing from another tray (filling an empty tray 
while printing).

Setting up automatic tray switching

To set up automatic tray switching, on the control panel:

1.

Press the Menu keys (labeled 1 or 5) to scroll to 

.

2.

Press the Item keys (labeled 2 or 6) to scroll to 

.

3.

Press the Value keys (labeled 3 or 7) to select the desired tray sequence. The choices 
shown depend on the options installed on your printer. You can include trays 1 and 
2, the Multi-sheet Bypass Feeder (MBF), and trays 3, 4 and 5 (in the optional 2,500 
sheet feeder) in the sequence combination.

If you set the tray sequence to 

, the printer only prints from the tray requested in 

the print driver, even if other trays contain the correct stock.

4.

Press the Enter key (labeled 4) to accept that tray sequence.

5.

Press the On Line key (labeled 0) to exit the menus.

The default tray sequence depends upon the options installed: 

Option

Default Tray Sequence

Without the 2,500 sheet feeder

MBF-1-2

With the 2,500 sheet feeder

MBF-4-5-1-2-3

With an envelope feeder and not the 2,500 sheet feeder

1-2

With an envelope feeder and the 2,500 sheet feeder

4-5-1-2-3