correct printer default settings

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diedoggie Author

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correct printer default settings

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE

Can someone help me !!!!

This is driving me nuts.

For some reason the Default settings, when I print anything on my home printer have changed.

- Paper size - other

- orientation - landscape

Therefore everytime I print I get 1/2 the print coming over the right hand side of the page.

I can correct, but need to do this every time I print.

Can someone please tell me how I can change the default print settings for my printer, so I don't have to change them ever single time I print.

Many thanks

have a great day

Regards

Mark

MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7.2), 1.7 GHz Intel Core i7, 8GB RAM

Posted on Jan 30, 2014 3:23 AM

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Answer 1

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John Blanchard1

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Jan 30, 2014 8:02 AM in response to diedoggie

You can go into TextEdit or another app that has Page Setup, set the defaults you'd like, then select Settings->Save as Default. You can also change the default paper size in Printers & Scanners prefs.

You can also reset the printing system, which should delete your preferences files, but you'll need to re-add your printer.

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Answer 2

diedoggie Author

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Jan 31, 2014 4:12 AM in response to John Blanchard1

Thanks John,

first one solved it for me, guess a case of cannot see the wood for the trees. All solved and working. Thanks

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Cedric DV

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175 points

Jan 30, 2014 8:41 AM in response to diedoggie

Hello diedoggie,

You can change the default printer settings in CUPS.

Just go to: http://localhost:631/admin > Manage printers > Select your printer > Change "Administration" to "Set Default Options". When you're done, you click "Set Default Options".

Cedric

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damu_be

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Aug 24, 2016 5:17 AM in response to John Blanchard1

I'm running El Capitan and when I follow this procedure with TextEdit, I can't find "Settings -> Save as Default".

Am I missing something?

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Answer 5

Jan 30, 2014 4:34 AM in response to diedoggie

Change the paper size to the exact size of paper you are using and create a preset for this which will retain the settings.

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Answer 6

Eric Root

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Aug 24, 2016 8:43 AM in response to damu_be

You might want to consider starting a new discussion. Since this one is a couple of years old, less people are likely to look at it. A new post would be much more visible. You can link to this one.

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