printer with multiple trays and windows

[goldmeier]

I have this problem, and was not sure which board is most appropriate. Ergo, I put it in here..

Here goes: I have a network based printer (HP2200dn) with 8 people printing to it. I recently purchased a second tray (500 paper feeder) for the printer becuase the developer of the software this dept uses, says he can program the software to send different print jobs to a specific tray depending on what needs to be printed (ie. labels from tray 2 or paper from tray 3).
Guess what - he can't do it. What he intended to do, was create 2 printers on each computer one printing from tray 2 and one printing from tray 3. Labels would automatically go to the "printer" on using tray 2 and paper would automatically go the "printer" using tray 3.
On a Windows98 computer I can install the same printer twice using different names and different configs. ON the Windows2000 computers in the dept I cannot. I am not given the option of installing it with a different name - it recognizes that I already have the specific printer installed and doesn't install the second (more accurately, I think it overwrites the first with the second..).

Briefly, is there a way to install 2 copies of the same network printer in Windows 2000 with different configurations?

Thanks
Rafi

[DonJ]

Hi Rafi...long time no see.
Anyway, in case you haven't already done so, you can find your User's Guide here: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DocumentIndex.jsp?contentType=SupportManual&locale =en_US&prodTypeId=18972&prodSeriesId=28861&prodSer iesName=hp+LaserJet+2200d n&task Name=setup%2C+install+%26+configure&taskId=8418&pr odSeriesId=28861&docIndexName=manuals
It should describe how to pick up from the different paper trays.
Go here for PJL/software commands: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=bpl01965&locale=en_US&taskId =8418&taskName=setup%2C+install+%26+configure&prod SeriesId=28861&prodTypeId =18972 &prodSeriesName=hp+LaserJet+2200dn&docId=476
Also, LaserJet]http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp" target="_blank">http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=bpl03706&locale=en_US&docId= 10442]LaserJet]http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp</a> ?objectID=bpl03706&locale=en_US&docId=10442]LaserJet and Color LaserJet Printers - Advanced Printing Tasks
Also, LaserJet]http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp" target="_blank">http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=bpl08779&locale=en_US&docId= 91594]LaserJet]http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp</a> ?objectID=bpl08779&locale=en_US&docId=91594]LaserJet 2100 Product Family - Tray Linking in Windows . It just might apply to you...
Sorry I don't have a direct answer for you...let us know how it ends up...Good Luck!

EDIT: GOOD GRIEF!!! I GIVE UP...SORRY FOR THE SCREW UPS.

[RejectionMan]

unfortunatly you cant do it "automaticaly" with 2 "printers". how ever to set up 2 printer on the same device just use diferent names.

as to your problem, use the printer property, and set hte paper source for each tray( tray 1 - letter, tray 2 - legal, tray 3 lable. with an HP you should have no problem doing this.

now all you have todo is make sure taht yout software tells the printer to use the right tray for the document.

(lables on a sheet specfyed as letter will print on tray 1, but if you tool the app that the paper type was avery 8x11 and that is waht the printer was told tray 3 had the lables would print on lables.

have fun this sort of thing is a pain in the *** to set up and get working right if things get misses on any of hte workstions.