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Thread ID: 82221 2007-08-20 02:12:00 Getting multiple printer settings to 'stick'? braindead (1685) Press F1
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582875 2007-08-20 02:12:00 I'd like to have several different printer settings for my Canon iP4300 - one for printing high quality colour photos, one for draft-quality in black only, one for standard colour etc.

I've gone through the process of "add new printer" using the existing 4300 driver and assigning different print settings to each instance, but when I go to open the printer for a particular setting, my tweaks haven't stuck...so I have to re-enter them manually which sort of defeats the purpose of the excercise.

What am I doing wrong? How can I get 'em to stick?

Many thanks!
braindead (1685)
582876 2007-08-20 02:54:00 so after you have "added new printer" a few times, and named them each as different names - for instance "HQ_Photo", "Standard", "Draft" or whatever, have you then right clicked the icon and chose Properties and then set the print style/quality to the name you have given, and then saved the changes on that? bevy121 (117)
582877 2007-08-20 03:16:00 Thanks...I think I did, but let me go through it again to make sure. braindead (1685)
582878 2007-08-20 03:56:00 Are you changing the settings in all the available places?

Sometimes you need to make the changes in the Printer Properties under the Advanced tab - Printing Defaults
and also on the General tab - Printing Preferences.
CYaBro (73)
582879 2007-08-20 04:34:00 My Canon Pixma MP760 has "Profiles" in its printing preferences whereby I can set up what you are trying to achieve. Doesn't your printer's software have that? FoxyMX (5)
582880 2007-08-20 04:38:00 You set printer in Control Panet under printers and fax,they stick from there. Cicero (40)
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