You can change the default via CUPS, which is the core printing system of OS X.
The printer expects to print from the manual feed/tray 1 even when print settings are set to default tray 2. Setting Default Tray on M553 01:34 PM. Mac sierra printer problems. I am not a HP employee. I am a service tech on these forums researching topics and offering my best guess to aide in your troubleshooting. I started out printing fine to my Workcentre 6505dn. I am on a Mac with an OS 10.6. I believe the default was set to print from the tray and double side multiple pages. I had no problems. Lately, I have been trying to print double sided and the only way I am able to do it is by feeding each page in through the manual feed slot. Original Title: 'QUERY ABOUT PRINTER TRAY SELECTION' i have Office 2011 for MAC and an HP 2200 printer with two trays and a manual feed. How do I select which of the two trays or manual feed to print.
Open Safari and enter the following URL
By default on 10.8, access to the CUPS page is blocked. To enable it, open Terminal and type 'sudo cupsctl WebInterface=yes' (without the quotation marks). Enter the admin password when prompted and then refresh the Safari view.
Change To Manual Feed Printing From Mac To Mac
With the CUPS web page open, select the Printers tab and then select the printer you want to modify. Then from the Administration drop menu, change to 'Set Default Options'.
This will show a new page with four menu headings (links); Options Installed, General, Banners and Policies. Select General.
Scroll down the list until you see the Print Style menu. Change it from 2 Sided to 1 Sided and then scroll down the page until you see the Set Default Options button.
Click on this button to save the change. You will then be prompted to authenitcate to CUPS.
Enter the account name and password that has been set as the admin for this Mac. And then press the Log In button. You will then see another page stating that the information change is completed.
Manual Feed Printer
You can now check that the change has been successful by selecting to print this page from Safari. With the correct printer selected, change to the relevant menu to ensure your modification has worked.