anyone knows how to set printer to economy mode from your ibook?

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anyone knows how to set printer to economy mode from your ibook?

I am using a HP 1320 laser printer for both my ibook G4 and a pc. With the pc there is no problem to set the printer to economy mode for toner saving, but I can't find a way to set up the same mode from Mac. Is it because of the version of the printer software? Does anyone know how to do it from your mac?

Any suggestion will be appreciated.

14" iBook G4, 512 M, 60 G, Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Posted on Mar 24, 2006 7:50 AM

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Answer 1

John Huber1

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Mar 24, 2006 8:44 AM in response to Chao

Is the printer connected to the Mac? If not, you probably can't make those types of adjustments from your iBook. To set economy as the default printing mode, launch the printer's monitor on the PC (should be in the task bar) and select Print Settings from the Tools menu. Set it to economy and click OK. If you want to print at a higher dpi you can change it in any application on the PC. I find that economy is fine for most jobs.

John

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Answer 2

Mar 24, 2006 8:48 AM in response to Chao

My Canon driver gives me the ability to create presets based on specific types of pictures (high quality color, draft mode, black & white etc.). It sounds like the HP driver is not as generous.

All printer settings for ink, paper handling, etc. occur on the screen appearing when you select "print". If "economy" does not appear, then the PC driver probably (no surprise) gives more options than the related Mac driver.

Have you contacted HP directly? If not, it might be your best tact, at least to offer suggestions for future driver options.

In the 3rd party "driver" world, a favorite is Gutenprint (formerly known as Gimp-Print). This driver package may offer you more print options than HP.

iMac G5 Rev C 20" 2.5gb RAM 250 gb HD/iBook G4 1.33 ghz 1.5gb RAM 40 gb HD Mac OS X (10.4.5) LaCie 160gb d2 HD Canon i960 printer

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