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Q: how to set default paper print size to always 100% ?

hello,

 

could you please help me in finding out , why the print dialogue always

suggests paper size as 97% or 90% since 10.6 or 10.7?

i only print my papers in 100% (mostly plain text), thats very important and works for sure (there is plenty of free space to all borders), so i have to manually set it to 100% everytime i print, thats nearly 10 times a day and many times per year

 

is it possible to change it to default 100%?

why does apple set it to 97 or 90%?

 

i experienced this behavior with all printers, epson px700W, canon pixma series and

today with my brandnew HP Envy 110.

 

thanks!

Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.7), mid 2010, 2,8, 24GB RAM

Posted on Mar 1, 2012 8:04 AM

by peppermint,Solvedanswer
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A:

thanks linc, its solved through your link:

 

from macosxhints:

 

"Snow Leopard's Preview application has scale-to-fit and auto-rotation enabled in the Print dialog by default, but it doesn't seem to retain changes to these settings between restarts when I disable them in GUI. To change these settings permanently, copy and paste these commands into Terminal:

defaults write com.apple.Preview PVImagePrintingScaleMode 0

defaults write com.apple.Preview PVImagePrintingAutoRotate 0

I'm not sure if these options are applicable in 10.4 or 10.5, but they work in 10.6."

 

the preview app feature "auto rotate and paper size at 90%" is

not a good feature for me, so i disabled it and it was set to always 100% paper size

 

the 2 terminal lines are:

 

defaults write com.apple.Preview PVImagePrintingScaleMode 0

defaults write com.apple.Preview PVImagePrintingAutoRotate 0

 

 

thanks, its really good now!

 

 

 

edit: linc, i wanted to tag your message as "this solved my question" but i did a mistake.

how can i revert this to give you the 10 points?

thx

Posted on Mar 2, 2012 4:43 AM

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  • by Linc Davis,

    Linc Davis Linc Davis Mar 1, 2012 8:56 AM in response to peppermint
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    Mar 1, 2012 8:56 AM in response to peppermint

    Always Prints at 200%: Apple Support Communities

  • by peppermint,

    peppermint peppermint Mar 1, 2012 10:04 AM in response to Linc Davis
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    Mar 1, 2012 10:04 AM in response to Linc Davis

    thanks, but sorry it didnt help.

    i thrashed plist "com.apple.print.PrintingPrefs.plist"

    but it always reverts back to setting 90% when i want to print.

    of course i save it as default very often, and set it to 100% before, but it saves all settings

    except the magnification size setting.

    i cannot answer in your mentioned topic as it is archived...

     

    i have this problem since 10.5, 2 years now. and i installed 2 systems over it (10.6 and 10.7)

    also on my mbp i7 and there i have the same problem. i installed a brand new system on it last year,

    when i got it, and i had this problem from beginning.

     

    thank you!

     

    edit: i have an idea:

    i only print with apple preview app. i dont print with any other app. since years.

    and there, the dialogue is always set to 90 or 97%, any other app uses 100% as default.

    but in preview app i cannot save the print size to 100% as default print setting forever.

    bug?

     

    if i try to print from apple mail or from adobe CS 5 photoshop, its set to 100%

     

    should i trash preview prefs plist?

  • by Linc Davis,Helpful

    Linc Davis Linc Davis Mar 1, 2012 10:25 AM in response to peppermint
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    Mar 1, 2012 10:25 AM in response to peppermint

    10.6: Set default auto-rotate and scale Preview's Print dialog - Mac OS X Hints

  • by Linc Davis,

    Linc Davis Linc Davis Mar 1, 2012 10:26 AM in response to Linc Davis
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    Mar 1, 2012 10:26 AM in response to Linc Davis

    Preceding message was edited after posting.

  • by peppermint,

    peppermint peppermint Mar 1, 2012 10:35 AM in response to Linc Davis
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    Mar 1, 2012 10:35 AM in response to Linc Davis

    thx linc,

    i will try these terminal lines from macosxhints.

    "Snow Leopard's Preview application has scale-to-fit and auto-rotation enabled in the Print dialog by default, but it doesn't seem to retain changes to these settings between restarts when I disable them in GUI. To change these settings permanently, copy and paste these commands into Terminal:

    $ defaults write com.apple.Preview PVImagePrintingScaleMode 0

    $ defaults write com.apple.Preview PVImagePrintingAutoRotate 0

    I'm not sure if these options are applicable in 10.4 or 10.5, but they work in 10.6."

     

    if it will work that would be wonderful.

    but anyhow, why does preview app in 10.7 (& 10.6) does show

    this awkward behavior?

  • by Linc Davis,

    Linc Davis Linc Davis Mar 1, 2012 10:50 AM in response to peppermint
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    Mar 1, 2012 10:50 AM in response to peppermint

    If you're asking how it got that way, I have no way of knowing.

  • by peppermint,

    peppermint peppermint Mar 1, 2012 11:20 PM in response to Linc Davis
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    Mar 1, 2012 11:20 PM in response to Linc Davis

    i see. thanks.

     

    if i paste these 2 lines from macosxhints (see before) into my terminal,

    i get an error. (i am now on macbookair from my girlfriend, but we have 10.7.3 on every 3 macs)

    so i can try here:

     

    MacBookAir:~ ourname$ $ defaults write com.apple.Preview PVImagePrintingScaleMode 0

    -bash: $: command not found

     

    i try in the office later on my mac pro and mbp

  • by Linc Davis,Helpful

    Linc Davis Linc Davis Mar 2, 2012 4:02 AM in response to peppermint
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    Mar 2, 2012 4:02 AM in response to peppermint

    Don't paste the dollar sign. The commands start with "defaults..."

  • by peppermint,Solvedanswer

    peppermint peppermint Mar 2, 2012 4:43 AM in response to Linc Davis
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    Mar 2, 2012 4:43 AM in response to Linc Davis

    thanks linc, its solved through your link:

     

    from macosxhints:

     

    "Snow Leopard's Preview application has scale-to-fit and auto-rotation enabled in the Print dialog by default, but it doesn't seem to retain changes to these settings between restarts when I disable them in GUI. To change these settings permanently, copy and paste these commands into Terminal:

    defaults write com.apple.Preview PVImagePrintingScaleMode 0

    defaults write com.apple.Preview PVImagePrintingAutoRotate 0

    I'm not sure if these options are applicable in 10.4 or 10.5, but they work in 10.6."

     

    the preview app feature "auto rotate and paper size at 90%" is

    not a good feature for me, so i disabled it and it was set to always 100% paper size

     

    the 2 terminal lines are:

     

    defaults write com.apple.Preview PVImagePrintingScaleMode 0

    defaults write com.apple.Preview PVImagePrintingAutoRotate 0

     

     

    thanks, its really good now!

     

     

     

    edit: linc, i wanted to tag your message as "this solved my question" but i did a mistake.

    how can i revert this to give you the 10 points?

    thx

  • by ermanno247,

    ermanno247 ermanno247 Dec 1, 2014 4:50 PM in response to peppermint
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    Dec 1, 2014 4:50 PM in response to peppermint

    Hi All,

    I recently updated to Yosemite and looks like this setting got lost.

    I tried the same strings in Terminal with no luck.

    Anyone else in my situation?

     

    Has anyone found a fix for this?

    Thank you!