My Mac is set to print in grayscale by default and I am not sure how to change this. The print setup defaults to Colorsync under Color Management and Colorsync is stuck on Mode "Gray"

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My Mac is set to print in grayscale by default and I am not sure how to change this. The print setup defaults to Colorsync under Color Management and Colorsync is stuck on Mode "Gray"

My Mac can print color if I change from Colorsync to "in printer" or if I manually change the colorsync profile, but this has to be done every print and is quite time consuming. Can someone help me change the default Colorsync profile or change Color Mangement to default to "in printer"? After 3 days of this I am already tired of this, And before it is asked I do not know what has changed to cause this. Wednesday was the first time I had needed to print on this particular Mac since March and it was already stuck in grayscale.

Posted on Jun 10, 2011 8:15 AM

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Answer 1

Jun 10, 2011 8:26 AM in response to andrewfromchesterton

You can select your preferred set of printing perferences and "Save as Default".

Or you can blow it all away and "Reset the Printing System" which takes you back to NO printers installed, and add the Printers back in.

To reset the printing system (if necessary)

Control-click or right-click a print queue in the "Printers" pane.

Choose "Reset printing system..." from the contextual menu.

Click "OK" in the "Are you sure..." confirmation sheet

This un-installs all printers. You can then add them back in one at a time, and they should come in with default settings.

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Answer 2

Jun 10, 2011 8:29 AM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

I would perfer to save as default to uninstalling all printers, is there a screen shot you can post to show where to find that or at least a description? I have been looking for that specific sort of option for days now and either it is hard to find or I am blind...

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Answer 3

Jun 10, 2011 8:35 AM in response to andrewfromchesterton

Mac OS X v10.6: Mac 101 - Printing

Find the phrase "Printing Options" or "Preset" for detailed instructions

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Answer 4

Jun 10, 2011 8:43 AM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

This is very close to what I need, but now is there a way to set that preset as the default preset instead of the Standard preset? If this is a stupid question I apologize but I am rather unfamiliar with Mac

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Answer 5

Jun 10, 2011 8:52 AM in response to andrewfromchesterton

If it won't let you save a new "Standard", then the problem is only that you selected "Last Used" instead of "Standard".

Select "Standard" and it should stick.

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Answer 6

Jun 10, 2011 9:44 AM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

I was able to change Standard for all logins except one by changing it in an admin account, but that account cannot change Standard locally for some reason.

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