Officejet 6500a E170a printing issues - enviromentally unfriendly!!

Ive just purchased an Officejet 6500a E710a printer - totally enviromentally unfriendly when it comes to printing.... I need to use this printer mainly for printing out customers addresses, so only need small pieces of paper to do this. This crazy machine wants me to use specificially sized paper all the time, so I sat down and cut a pile of 6x4 pieces, only to find that the printer has a hissy fit and tells me there is a paper mismatch - the sensor reckons the paper is not 6x4. . I dont want to use an A4 size sheet just to print an address and then waste the rest of the paper, and I dont want to measure every piece of paper I want to use to work out what size it is just to please the sensor in the printer - **bleep** waste of time. I should be telling this printer what I want, not it telling me what it wants. I now have a room full of odd sizes of paper none of which the printer wants to recongise. Hate it. Where is, or why doesnt this printer have a custom feature where I can print to any size paper I choose. Any help would be appreciated. Cheers. .

Sorry to hear about the issue you are facing.
There are couple of links where you can see if it resolves your issue:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01824353&tmp_task=solveCategory&cc=us&dlc=en&la...
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c02844544&tmp_task=solveCategory&cc=us&dlc=en&la...
Apart from these, you should be able to do custom settings for your own paper type and size from the Printer Preferences menu.
I work for HP.

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