Need PCL5 print codes to disable paper tray switching when tray is out of paper

We have a HP P4015n with 3 trays, tray one has letterhead, tray 2 has plain paper, tray 3 has preprinted forms (all 8.5"x11" paper size). This is connected to a Linux system with print jobs coming from a legacy software package - they are mainly text documents that have embedded PCL control codes.
The problem, when a tray is empty, the printing will continue to the next tray, which may have letterhead or preprinted form, etc.
Can I turn off auto tray switching? Either using a PCL printer code or through the printer control panel?
If I am printing to tray 3, and that tray is empty, I'd like the printer to wait until the tray has paper again, and not use a different tray.
I played around with the "paper type" (letterhead, preprinted form, etc) setting found on the Printer's built-in web page, but when I send a job there, the printer needs someone to hit the "OK" on the printer. I assume the printer is looking for the paper type embedded in the document to match. Is there a PCL print code for that?
I have been researching PCL5 printer control codes and can not find either command.
Thanks for any help,
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This should help you out:
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=bpl05272&jumpid...
As for it moving up to the next tray, it all depends on the printer. Some will not let the job continue to the next tray if the paper type is set differently but it is more common that the printer will just keep going. The only workaround I have found is when doing large jobs that you know will exceed tray capacity is to just make sure the right paper is in all the trays. The other thing too, is to keep the trays full (just make sure to put the fresh paper under the paper that is in the tray to reduce jamming issues).
I'm including the link for the history of PCL/PJL because at the bottom under Additional Documentation it links to pdf's of the technical manuals detailing everything you could ever want to know about manual coding for printing using these languages:
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=bpl04568
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