Q: no option for "draft" quality in print options
Hi there,
I have read some of the posts here with regards to attempts to print in "draft" quality mode.
Some answers have been specific only to certain printer models.
Is there a better solution?
My wife and I are using Macbook Air(s). Hers is OS Lion. Mine is Mavericks.
We are both unable to find and print in "draft" quality for both our home and office printers - Brother MFC-J625DW and HP Officejet Pro 8620.
On the other hand, I have an old Macbook running OS Leopard. This Macbook allows me to print in Draft quality with both printers.
So I don't think this is a printer issue but a Mac issue.
Thanks in advance for any advice or help!
Regards,
Terence
*sidenote: it is ironic that I have to use Firefox (on Windows OS on Parallels) to type this question in to Apple Communities because Safari on Mac would not. Interface issue. Safari didn't load this text box properly so I cant type on it. And cannot choose the community to post question to.*
MacBook Air, OS X Mavericks (10.9.5), OS Lion
Posted on Oct 11, 2014 5:32 AM
Your browser/web site problems may be because Apple has screwed up the log in process. If you go to a particular topic thread _before_ logging in, you can't login and go back to that topic as a logged-in user (it shows you logged out when you try to return to a page, even after logging in). Does that seem to fit the issue you had?
On to your printing problem. Sometime after Snow Leopard (maybe Mavericks), Apple and printer manufacturers implemented a new print paradigm - mostly for mobile devices (like iPhone, iPad), called "airprint." Airprint is driverless, minimum options printing. When you add a printer on Mavericks, using the "driverless" driver, it normally says "airprint" in the driver/model name. And the symptoms are that most normal options aren't available.
Try deleting the printer from Print & Scan prefs, then add again and make sure the real driver is found/used.
Read about Airprint:
PS - on some printers (drivers), draft may be called grayscale or economy
Posted on Oct 11, 2014 8:08 AM