Tray association

Tray association allows you to assign a Paper Catalog media entry to a printer tray. Use this feature to allow the printer to automatically pull specific Paper Catalog assigned media for a job that uses a particular Paper Catalog entry.

Note: Tray association is only supported if Paper Catalog is supported.

You can use the tray association feature to assign media from the Paper Catalog to the trays installed on the printer.

You can also use smart media to perform automatic tray association—for example, in a print shop, where the printer is configured with the same paper in the tray more than 90 percent of the time.

Tray association display

Tray association is displayed in:

Consumables area
Paper Catalog window
Paper Catalog list in Job Properties Media area

In the consumables area in Command WorkStation, all trays installed on the printer are listed with the size of the media loaded displayed.

If a media entry from Paper Catalog has been associated with a specific tray, that tray displays the name of the media. If no media from the Paper Catalog has been associated, the tray displays as Unassigned.

Note: When a Paper Catalog entry is assigned to a tray, any selection made for Input tray for that media in Job Properties will be ignored.

You can assign media to a tray in a number of ways, but the media entry must match the paper attributes that are loaded in that tray. Paper Catalog filters the entries shown for each tray by the paper attributes reported from the Fiery server.

You can also view the media supply in a tray. See Monitor media status in a tray.