Paper Trays on the PDF Printer

By default, the PDF printer does not have any paper trays installed. However, you can add virtual trays to your PDF printer if you want.

In this example, we will add 5 trays for debugging purposes. The trays will be named Tray 1 through 5 and they will each add the tray name to the printed page.

To install the trays, you simply add the following lines to the end of the printer’s PPD file:

*InputSlot Tray1/Tray 1: "gsave /Times-Roman findfont 30 scalefont setfont newpath 10 10 moveto 1 0 0 setrgbcolor (Tray 1) show grestore"
*InputSlot Tray2/Tray 2: "gsave /Times-Roman findfont 30 scalefont setfont newpath 10 10 moveto 1 0 0 setrgbcolor (Tray 2) show grestore"
*InputSlot Tray3/Tray 3: "gsave /Times-Roman findfont 30 scalefont setfont newpath 10 10 moveto 1 0 0 setrgbcolor (Tray 3) show grestore"
*InputSlot Tray4/Tray 4: "gsave /Times-Roman findfont 30 scalefont setfont newpath 10 10 moveto 1 0 0 setrgbcolor (Tray 4) show grestore"
*InputSlot Tray5/Tray 5: "gsave /Times-Roman findfont 30 scalefont setfont newpath 10 10 moveto 1 0 0 setrgbcolor (Tray 5) show grestore" 

The PPD file is normally located here:

C:\Windows\System32\spool\drivers\x64\3\BULLZIP.PPD

Just save the changed the PPD file. Windows will automatically detect the change and use the new settings.

When you print from a program like Notepad and select Tray 3, you will see something like this:

Note: Paper trays are also called paper bins or paper sources.