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IOS devices default to wrong paper source?

When printing from our iPads and iPhones to our Canon printer the devices are defaulting to the manual feed tray. I know how to change the print command for a single job but how can I change the default?

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Hello,


You cannot change the default at this time.

AirPrint will look for the primary paper source which on printers that include the manual feed is identified as the primary. This is something the printer's manufacture set up. It is a pain.

Agreed... Does not make sense at all. I wish Apple gave us a way to set a default on our own LIKE EVERY OTHER PLATFORM. But instead they try to make it easy (but wrong).

That seems REALLY odd... So forever I have to manually select the regular paper tray? What made the setup select the manual tray in the first place?