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

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?

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?

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

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