I have an old but perfectly serviceable laser printer. When I was running
Office XP, I could set the default printing mode as "Economode" so that it
printed in draft format and saved a lot of toner. Now in Office 2007, I
cannot set "Economode" as the default mode. Every time I want to print
something, I have to click on Properties and manually change the printing
mode. Is there any way round this? I want to end up in the position that I
normally print in Economode but (on the rare occasions I need to print in
full-ink format) I can manually uncheck the Economode box? Many thanks. Max
Findlay

You need to change the default setting on your printer. The dialog is
respecting those defaults and only offers a way to override it.

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"Max Findlay" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I have an old but perfectly serviceable laser printer. When I was running
> Office XP, I could set the default printing mode as "Economode" so that it
> printed in draft format and saved a lot of toner. Now in Office 2007, I
> cannot set "Economode" as the default mode. Every time I want to print
> something, I have to click on Properties and manually change the printing
> mode. Is there any way round this? I want to end up in the position that
> I
> normally print in Economode but (on the rare occasions I need to print in
> full-ink format) I can manually uncheck the Economode box? Many thanks.
> Max
> Findlay

Thanks very much for such a swift response. I should have explained: I have
changed the default setting on my printer (so that it makes Economode the
default setting) but Office 2077 overrides this. Is there some way I can stop
Office doing this? Regards -- Max

"Roady [MVP]" wrote:

> You need to change the default setting on your printer. The dialog is
> respecting those defaults and only offers a way to override it.
>
> --
> Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
> Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
> http://www.howto-outlook.com/
> Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more
>
> http://www.msoutlook.info/
> Real World Questions, Real World Answers
>
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> "Max Findlay" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:C090A8B5-26B6-41C6-9BB8-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I have an old but perfectly serviceable laser printer. When I was running
> > Office XP, I could set the default printing mode as "Economode" so that it
> > printed in draft format and saved a lot of toner. Now in Office 2007, I
> > cannot set "Economode" as the default mode. Every time I want to print
> > something, I have to click on Properties and manually change the printing
> > mode. Is there any way round this? I want to end up in the position that
> > I
> > normally print in Economode but (on the rare occasions I need to print in
> > full-ink format) I can manually uncheck the Economode box? Many thanks.
> > Max
> > Findlay
>