Safari default printer behaviour is wrong

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Safari default printer behaviour is wrong

I have my default printer set to a Black & White laser named Printer - and I also have a Color Laser printer namer Color Printer. In the system prefs (OS X 10.6.8) I have the Printer setup as the default - not last used or Color Printer.

Safari 5.0.5 (6533.21.1) ignores this preference setting and defaults to the Color Printer - which happens to be the first on the list alphabetically.

Even if I choose Print - change the printer - send a print job to the Printer (B&W) - the print again - Safari has gone back to the Color Printer. So far every other app I have checked is behaving correctly and using the default printer.

MacBook Pro 2011 17, Mac OS X (10.6.8), iPhone 4 32GB

Posted on Jun 28, 2011 7:39 PM

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Answer 1

Jun 28, 2011 8:19 PM in response to Matt Wolanski

Might be something here to help you. Mac OS X v10.6: Mac 101 - Printing

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Matt Wolanski Author

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Jun 29, 2011 4:37 AM in response to Carolyn Samit

That is all good information - and all information which I already know and which does not answer my question.

The issue that I am having is that Safari and Safari alone is ignoring the printer setting. Could be something in the Safari plist file or somewhere else in Safari that is not working correctly - or at least I am assuming that it is a problem that Safari is not doing what it is supposed to for some reason - rather than Safari deliberately being programmed to ignore the system pref for printer setting.

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Jun 29, 2011 5:40 AM in response to Matt Wolanski

You can delete the preference file if you want, but some of the stuff in the Preferences will be reverted.

What you should do is quit safari then drag that item to the desktop and see if Safari prints correctly then you will know that it's that file.

Chris

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Matt Wolanski Author

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Jun 29, 2011 6:43 AM in response to chrisfromhopewell

I rebooted as a result of the Thunderbolt Firmware update - and Safari seems to be behaving properly now - must have been some setting that wasn't getting updated - but which is not persistent through logoff-logon.

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