In general, I am familiar with choosing selecting the paper source based on my printing needs but I can not find an option to change the paper source after navigating to File -- Page Setup -- Paper -- Paper Source, where 'default' is my only option. I have installed the Canon printer drivers found here.
Okay, I figured it out. I should have mentioned that I am using Windows in a VM environment on a Macbook using Parallels. Thanks to the screenshot you posted, I was able to see that the printer dialogue that was being presented to me was not necessarily the dialogue that would be presented in a native Windows environment. I then realized that perhaps Parallels was sharing it's printers with Windows and because of the added complexity features were dropped off. This turned out to be true, as far as I could tell, because after disabling printer sharing through the Parallels VM settings I was able to see the 'default/standard' printer dialogue which included the option to choose more paper sources than just the default cassette.
Okay, I figured it out. I should have mentioned that I am using Windows in a VM environment on a Macbook using Parallels. Thanks to the screenshot you posted, I was able to see that the printer dialogue that was being presented to me was not necessarily the dialogue that would be presented in a native Windows environment. I then realized that perhaps Parallels was sharing it's printers with Windows and because of the added complexity features were dropped off. This turned out to be true, as far as I could tell, because after disabling printer sharing through the Parallels VM settings I was able to see the 'default/standard' printer dialogue which included the option to choose more paper sources than just the default cassette.
Works great for my pc. Problem is I can't find a printer app for my phone or tablet that provides that option. Every time I forget to change the optionals menu from "photo" to "plain" and change borderless to normal, the print goes to the rear tray which I don't use. So I have to either open rear tray and insert paper, or cancel the print job and start again. Anything that assumes an object is a photo (real or not) goes through this process. Anybody got a better Android print utility? Samsung, Canon, Brother, etc. all fail this need.
I'm not a tech, but Parallels was likely just using the Air Print standard, rather than the actual driver interface. I'm glad you were able to figure it out!
