Paper Tray Programming

When you load paper in a paper tray, you must program the tray for the paper it contains.

To avoid loading a paper stock unsupported by the machine, see Recommendations for Paper Usage.

For details on paper handling and storage, see Handling and Storing Paper.

For details on loading special papers, see Loading Special Stock For Proper Finishing Output .

caution: possibility of damage to equipment if procedure not followed.

CAUTION!
Paper trays do not lock and can be opened while paper is being fed from the tray, resulting in misfeeds and/or paper jams. Wait for the LED light on the tray to turn OFF before opening the tray.

Tray Confirmation Options

When you change or add paper to a feed tray, you need to program the tray for the stock you added. To avoid "Resource Not Available" faults, you can set a confirmation option to match your workflow. The confirmation box displays asking you to confirm or change the paper setting for a tray.

To set Confirmation option.

  1. Select Setup from the Menu bar.
  2. Select System Preferences: Stocks and Tray tabs.
  3. Under Tray Confirmations select a Confirmation Option.
    • None - No Confirm box is displayed (Production System Default).
    • When Tray Settings Change - Confirm box displays if you add stock and do not change tray programming.
    • After Every Tray Cycle - Confirm box display each time a tray is opened and closed (Copier/Printer default).
    • Auto Accept Settings Changes - No Confirm box is displayed as the system automatically senses the new stock size.

To program paper trays

Tray programming procedures vary depending on how you configure confirmation alerts and whether you are using a Copier/Printer or Production System.

Load And Program Method for the Copier/Printer

  1. When the Tray In Use light turns off, open the tray you wish to load.
  2. Load paper stock.
  3. Push the tray closed.
  4. Either make appropriate changes in the Tray Properties window (Fully Adjustable trays) or re-load the correct paper (Dedicated trays).
Note

NOTE: When entering the size of Catalog Envelopes, enter the dimension of the envelope with the flap open. See Recommendations for Paper Usage for more information, as well as a listing of all paper types the system will work with.

Note

NOTE: Trays are identified as "Fully Adjustable" and "Dedicated" in the Tray Type column of the Paper Trays tab.

Program and Load Method for the Copier/Printer and the Digital Production System

  1. Click Printer Manager. For more information, see Managing the Printer.
  2. Double-click or right-click a fully adjustable tray row. A Tray Properties window appears.
  3. Enter all choices pertaining to the stock you wish to load into the tray. The Digital Production System has  stock library from which you can select a stock to program the tray. Click <OK> or <Apply>.
  4. Open the fully adjustable tray you just configured, as identified in the Tray Type column of the Paper Trays tab.
  5. Load stock that matches the settings you made in the Tray Properties window.
  6. Close the tray.
Note

NOTE: It is only possible to Program and Load fully adjustable trays.

To enable a tray

  1. Right click one the tray in the Paper Trays tab.
  2. Click Enable Tray from the Tray pull-down menu.

To disable a tray

If a tray is broken, in need of service, or you do not want it used for some reason, you can disable it.

  1. Right click one of the trays in the Paper Trays tab.
  2. Click Disable Tray from the Tray pull-down menu.

About Auto Tray Switching and setting tray priorities

The Xerox Nuvera is designed to allow a job to be submitted using only job attributes, and the system will then choose which tray contains the required stock.

You have the ability to control the order in which trays are used by the system, by setting each trays' priority. For example, if trays 1 and 2 contain the same type of paper, but you are running very big jobs, you can set tray 2 to be chosen first, since it has a larger paper capacity. This is called Auto Tray Switching.

Note

NOTE: To find out at a glance the priority setting of each paper tray, look on the far right-hand side of the Paper Trays table in the Printer Manager. The last column on the right shows the current Priority setting for each tray.
Note

NOTE: Auto Tray Switching provides the ability to draw stock from another tray when the initial tray becomes empty. If Auto Tray Switching is not switching properly, be sure that you have setup another tray to switch to when your initial tray becomes empty.

To set tray priority

  1. Click the Printer Manager button.
  2. On the Paper Trays tab, double-click a paper tray you want to set.
  3. The Tray Properties window for that tray appears. Click the Options button.
  4. Click in the Tray Priority textbox and enter a lower number (the lower the number, the higher the tray priority).
  5. Repeat Steps 2-4 to check that the other trays are assigned priority numbers which will cause the system to use them in the order you want.
  6. When satisfied with the priority settings on each Tray Properties window, click <OK>.
Note

NOTE: It is possible to configure your Xerox Nuvera with two or more Feed Modules (FMs), effectively doubling the feed capacity of the system. Notify your Xerox sales representative if you wish to configure your system in this way. See Feed Module for more details.
Note

NOTE: If your Xerox Nuvera is configured with two or more Feed Modules, pay special attention to how the trays are displayed in the user interface. For example, tray 2 in the first FM will appear as "Feeder 1; Tray 2". Tray 1 in the second FM will appear as "Feeder 2; Tray 1."