In version 7.0 (5576) of Pages, I am no longer seeing the Color/Quality option in the printing dialog pull down menu where it used to be. I don't see this in Safari Version 11.1 (13605.1.33.1.2) either, but in other apps I have found that option. Has this option been moved?
null-OTHER, macOS High Sierra (10.13.4), Pages
Understand that third-party vendors can extend the Apple print panel as they see fit, or even use an entirely different print panel of their own design. What is on that Pages 7.0 print panel's Printer Features panel?
Also, HP very likely has not issued a printer driver for your particular printer in months, and what you are now using may not be entirely compatible with 10.13.4 (Pages 7.0 not-withstanding) — even though it may be the “latest” available driver for macOS.
I also noticed since the upgrade to 10.13.4 that features are missing for iWork and native macOS applications like Preview and Safari. Before I was able to select "Output Method" and then "Account Track" for our Konica Minolta printer. After the update, I no longer have that option but instead of a long list of "Printer Features" where I can no longer use "Account Track". My current workaround is to export a document to PDF, and then use Google Chrome to print out the document.
I don't think the issue is with a Printer Driver since other applications are able to use the printer.
I attached two screenshots showing a different print dialog after the update. The first screenshot is from using Google Chrome, the second screenshot is using Pages.
Ok. We had to see that.
Keep checking the HP printer support page for your LaserJet model, as they are not going to send you an email that they have updated the printer drivers for High Sierra 10.13.4 compatibility.
That is part of your Printer Driver.
You didn't say what Printer your are using. Irrelevant?
Check the manufacturer's website for the latest Driver.
Peter
After the last update, I am finally seeing that the Finishing Panel gives me an option to specify Media Type. What I was missing pre-update. Hallelujah!
Broken Printer Drivers are the most posted problem.
Pages + macOS updates nearly always break the landscape/portrait orientation which suggests Apple has put a double negative somewhere in their code.
Peter
HP printer driver is up-to-date. Printer dialog shows up with Color/Quality option in pulldown in other apps like web browsers. It's as if the latest update to the OS left out this option.
Sadly Apple's programming of Pages breaks Printer Drivers at every new version of the App and macOS.
It is almost as if they have not fully abstracted the function of printing from the hardware. But Apple not following it's own programming guidelines? Is that even possible? ...Oh look... a pretty butterfly!
Let HP know and wait for an update.
Peter
This is what the print dialog looks like in Opera 51.0.2830.55:
This is what the print dialog looks like in Pages 7.0 (5576):
Will do. I must be lucky because this is the first real break I've seen since I've been using Pages in the past 8 years or so.
This is what is seen in the Printer Features panel—none of the functionality I am seeking:
Missing Color/Quality option in printing dialogs, Pages 7 & other apps
