8600 Premium won't auto-select tray based on page size

I just bought the 8600 Premium yesterday, and am absolutely flabbergasted to find that this printer, which is TOUTED for its full capability of handling legal-sized paper can't pick different sizes of paper from Tray 1 and Tray 2 in the same print job!!! The printer recognizes Tray 2. In fact, if I remove Tray 1, it prints from Tray 2 just fine. However, I print a lot of .pdf files with a mixture of letter- and legal-sized pages. I have used other printers where I can select "Choose paper source by PDF page size," and it will print the whole job, pulling letter-sized pages from Tray 1 and legal from Tray 2. Why MAKE the 8600 Premium with two trays if it CAN'T pull paper from both trays, based on size settings, during the same job?!!

Seriously? --That is your "solution?!"
Sure, if I needed a $1,000 printer only, I guess I could do that. But I don't. I need an inexpensive, truly functional dual-tray all-in-one. I thought the HP8600 Premium was it. Guess not.

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Hi Retrotriker,
Follow the steps below to properly configure your paper trays.
1. Touch (right arrow), touch Setup, touch Preferences, and then select Default Tray
2. Select Tray 2 as the Default tray
3. Open Printers and Faxes
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9. When you have a letter you are printing it will pull from Tray 2
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PDF auto select paper tray based on paper size

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so you are telling me the default is tray2 only and the software does not allow you to choose like ALL prior hp!!!! This is the dumbest software i have ever seen...i have stuggled with this for over a year to only hear that hp decided what i should do!!!! all my programs select tray 1 for regular paper and tray 2 for medical claims! yes it is used for two different types of paper....i do not want to change hundreds of documents because hp decided where i should default print and fax from! is there a fix to allow me the user to select where i would like things printed from....thanks....how stupid are you hp!!!! why would you take away choices so basic as to where a fax is printed from.....

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Hello jtj360 ,
Welcome to the HP Forums.
I see that you would like to have the printer switch the print setting automatically.
This, unfortunately, is not an option. You will have to change the print setting manually.
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P2035 not auto selecting tray

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For the HP Officejet Pro 8600 Premium e-All-in-One - N911n printer
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