Preemptive paper tray management for printing operations

A method for performing printing operations, the method comprising:

• performing printing operations for a print job at a printing device, wherein the printing device includes a plurality of paper trays;
• querying a paper queue for the printing device, wherein the paper queue includes an entry for a print media corresponding to the print job;
• assigning a printing tray group among the plurality of paper trays to be used to complete the print job;
• reviewing the entry to determining a number of job sheets of the print media needed to complete the print job;
• determining a number of loaded sheets of the print media within the printing tray group;
• determining the number of job sheets exceeds the number of loaded sheets;
• prompting an operator to load additional sheets of the print media into a first printing tray of the printing tray group;
• detecting the first printing tray is opened to load the additional sheets;
• if the sheets of the first printing tray, after loaded, is insufficient to complete the print job, prompting an operator to load additional sheets of the print media in to a second printing tray of the printing tray group, and
• assigning a printing tray from another printing tray group within the plurality of paper trays to the printing group if an additional printing tray is needed to complete the print job.