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How to choose a printer or paper tray for automatic fax printing

Use a Windows printer entry with the settings you want for automatic fax printing.

If you want automatic fax printing to use a different printer or paper tray, your IT team can create a Windows printer entry with the settings you need.

  1. Open Devices and Printers in Windows and select Add a Printer.
  2. Select the appropriate printer and port.
  3. Open the new printer’s Printer Properties.
  4. Under Advanced > Printing Defaults, choose the desired settings, such as the paper tray, then select OK.
  5. Review General > Printing Preferences and confirm the settings.
  6. Select the new printer entry in your automatic fax printing configuration.

Separate Windows printer entries can use the same physical printer with different settings.

If you get stuck along the way, let us know which step you’ve reached and what you see. We’re happy to help you work through the next step.