How do I adjust my printer's DEFAULT printer settings?

I'm am stumped and frustrated as to how to change my Mac's default printer settings? The printer defaults to double sided. I want single sided. I've read the articles about Standard and Job presets -- honestly I don't get it. I just want to be able to print and not make any adjustments and choose settings each time. I just want to change the default printer settings. That way when I print, I don't have to change anything. I don't get why this isn't simple. Any advice appreciated.

(Mac OS Sonoma 14.1)

thanks

MacBook Air (M2, 2022)

Posted on Nov 6, 2023 9:54 AM

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adam0072 Author

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Posted on Nov 7, 2023 10:00 AM

canon mf743cdw. The options are there to turn off 2-sided printing, and I can easily manually select it, but I want to change the DEFAULT so I don't have to keep changing this every time I print a document.

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fbcz-jf

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Sep 20, 2024 7:28 AM in response to brice42

this worked for me - thanks a heap!

How do I adjust my printer's DEFAULT printer settings?