Printer settings not translating to shared printer

Hello,
I have a HP LaserJet M600 603 printer setup on an SBS 2008 R2 machine.  I am sharing the printer out as 'Reception - Letterhead'.  In the settings of the printer on the print server (SBS 2008 R2 machine) I have configured the first page to print from
tray 2 and all other pages to print from tray 3.  I have two issues happening, depending on if I use the postscript driver or the dedicated printer driver/HP universal PCL6 driver.
Issue 1
I can see Tray 3 in the default printing options when I look at them on the print server.  However, when I add the printer as a share on a Terminal Server session (2008 R2) tray 3 is missing.  Tray 3 is also missing if I add the printer on a Windows
8.1 Update 1 PC.  I figured it might be the driver so I made sure I had a new driver but the problem still persists.
Interestingly, if I add a local printer to my Windows 8.1 Update 1 PC but point it to the IP address of the printer; and use the same driver as on the SBS print server, I can see tray 3.  So it appears to me that something is going on when accessing
the printer as a share.
Issue 2
At one stage, before I started trying to resolve why I couldn't see tray 3 on my Windows 8.1 Update 1 PC, everything was working fine from the terminal server sessions.  Now, even after reverting to an older driver, the printer settings specified on
the print server do not 'hold' on the printer when added.  What happens is that all pages print from tray 2 instead of just the first one.  Here are some helpful screen shots.
I'm really confused as to what is going on here and am thinking that I've missed some major piece of the puzzle.  It's incredibly frustrating and so I am hoping someone can enlighten me as to what is going on and how to fix it.  
Many thanks,
Shane
Shane

Hi,
You should indeed set the printing defaults from teh advanced tab/printing defaults.
These settings should be replicated when the user installs the printer (so if they change the setting locally it persists and if you change a setting on the printserver it is not replicated to clients). A common way to get around this is reconnecting the
printers by logonscript. thisof course result in end-users lossign custom configurations when the logon script runs.
As you know, these drivers conain many vendor specific settings and items. Unfortunately not all drivers work very well. I would advice to read through the documentation of the vendor. I know HP has good docs on how to maintain printers in larger environments
and even distributes some custom tools to configure printer specifics and enforce settings.
If you configure default drawers, keep in mind the papertypes and sizes and how the printer handles papertype mismatched (like letter/A4),as well as default configuration of office software and used templates. In the end it is the printer which decides what
drawer to print from. You might as well need to configure the drawers on the printer itself. Most network printers have a webinterface to allow advanced configurations.
MCP/MCSA/MCTS/MCITP

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