How to close the front paper tray on a Pixma TS8150

[marcvarc]

I would like to completely close the front paper tray on my new Pixma TS8150 printer.

When it was boxed, the bottom front tray was completely closed, i.e. it didn't stick out at all.

Now I am using the printer the front paper tray protrudes by about an inch and a half.

The online manual says, under the heading 'Transforting your printer'  

"4. Close the operation panel, the paper support, the rear tray cover, and the document tray.

5. If the cassette is extended, contract it.

So my question is, how do I contract the printer tray or cassette back into the body of the printer?

It doesn't just push back in to how it was when the printer was delivered.

It always sticks out by about an inch and a half.

Many thanks if you can answer this.

[Michael]

Hello.

If the cassette tray was expanded to load letter or A4 sized paper, it will stick out of the printer.  The tray can only use A4, B5, A5, or Letter-sized plain paper.  The only way to "hide" the tray would be to remove any paper from the tray and collapse it back down to its shipping size, then use the rear tray exclusively for all of your printing.

Visit the following link for more details:

PIXMA TS8100 Series Online Manual- Loading Paper in the Cassette

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[marcvarc]

Thank you for your reply Michael. You say “The only way to "hide" the tray would be to remove any paper from the tray and collapse it back down to its shipping size”.
That is exactly what I want to do.
But how? The manual doesn’t say.

[tiggy · Accepted solution]

Can't see that you had a reply,

Tke the tray out completely.  The tray has been extended when yo take it out . The top bit slides to accomodate the paper and you need to slide it back.

There should be a triangle that you gently push down as you slide the top black bit towards the front of the paper cassette .This makes the cassette small enough to pack away completey

[marcvarc]

Dear Tiggy,
Many thanks for your reply. I had eventually found this out some time ago. You knew! which is better than any contact from Canon. Kudos!
Regards and thanks again, Marc

[dioni]

Re: How to close the front paper tray on a Pixma TS8150

[mikemathews]

I have a pixma ts5360a. I think the prinipal is the same with all these printer.

When the printer arrived the paper tray did not stick out about3 cms.

I put the a4 paper in and it now sticks out 3 cms.

What you must do is remove the paper and at the front of the paper tray I have a little lever with an arrow. I pull that little lever and you can now slide the  ends of the paper  tray together. The paper tray will now be shortened by 3 cms. 

Put the removed paper in a safe place. Put the paper tray back into the printer and it will fit perfectly, just like it was when it arrived

[mikemathews]

I have a pixma ts5360a. I think the prinipal is the same with all these printer.

When the printer arrived the paper tray did not stick out about3 cms.

I put the a4 paper in and it now sticks out 3 cms.

What you must do is remove the paper and at the front of the paper tray I have a little lever with an arrow. I pull that little lever and you can now slide the  ends of the paper  tray together. The paper tray will now be shortened by 3 cms.