HP LaserJet M9040/M9050 MFP - Software Technical Reference (external)

Media attributes and commands
Media sources and destinations
The following table indicates the standard and optional media sources and destinations for the
HP LaserJet M9040 MFP and HP LaserJet M9050 MFP.
Table 6-4 Media sources and destinations
Media sources 100-sheet multipurpose tray (tray 1) Standard
500-sheet paper tray (trays 2 and 3) Standard
2000-sheet paper tray (tray 4) Standard
Media destinations
1
HP 3000-Sheet Stacker Optional
HP 3000-Sheet Stapler/Stacker Optional
HP Multifunction Finisher Optional
8–bin Mailbox Optional
1
An accessory output device (HP 3000-Sheet Stacker, HP 3000-Sheet Stapler/Stacker, HP Multifunction Finisher, or 8–bin
Mailbox) is required for the HP LaserJet M9040 MFP and HP LaserJet M9050 MFP.
Media-source commands
The PCL 6 attribute for paper source is ubyte # MediaSource or ubyte_array "string"
MediaSource. See the following table for values of #. For example, "ubyte 4 MediaSource" is the
command for tray 2.
The PCL 5 escape sequence for media source is Esc&l#H (the "l" is a lowercase "L" rather than the
numeral "1"). See the following table for values of #. For example, Esc&l1H is the command for tray 2.
Table 6-5 Media-source commands
Media source PCL 6
ubyte # MediaSource
or ubyte_array
"string"
MediaSource
1
PCL 5
Esc&l#H
PostScript
/MediaPosition # /
ManualFeed true |
false or null
Manual feed in tray 1 2 2 3 true
Tray 1 (100-sheet) 3 4 3 false
Tray 2 (500-sheet) 4 1 0 false
Tray 3 (500-sheet) 5 5 1 false
Tray 4 (2000-sheet) 8 20 5 false
Automatically Select NA NA NA
Printer Auto Select 1 7 null false
1
For the string value, include the quotation marks around the variable. For example, ubyte_array "TRAY2"
MediaSource is the PCL 6 command for tray 2.
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