Confirmaton of whether to print?

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Jat

Hi

Is there any way in setting up a printer that even after clicking the
print button from a program (i.e. Word), an another confirmation would
be needed to send the print job?

Basically we have a colour printer which is extremely expensive to use,
however quite a few users mistakenly send print jobs to this printer,
instead of a cheaper alternative. Therefore ideally I would want some
form of dialog box to confirm the user want to proceed and send the job
to the particular printer.

Thanks in advance
 
Jat said:
Hi

Is there any way in setting up a printer that even after clicking the
print button from a program (i.e. Word), an another confirmation would
be needed to send the print job?

Basically we have a colour printer which is extremely expensive to
use, however quite a few users mistakenly send print jobs to this
printer,
instead of a cheaper alternative. Therefore ideally I would want some
form of dialog box to confirm the user want to proceed and send the
job to the particular printer.

Thanks in advance
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Usually those kinds of options come with the printer drivers, which are
created by the printer mftr. The way we handle printing to the wrong
printer at my kid's school is to set the Microsoft Office Document
printer to the default. This always forces the kids to choose which
printer to use so they don't print to the wrong room, etc. Naturally
you would need MS Office installed, but since you mentioned Word I
suppose you do.

Malke
 
Hello Jat,

I'm understanding that you have two (2) printers. One that is color and
expensive to operate, the other black/white or color yet is the more
economical to operate.

If this is the case, and as a "work-around" to consider. You might set the
economy printer as the systems "default" printer.
Go to....
Start>Settings>Control Panel>Printers And Faxes
(or Start>Settings>Printers and Faxes)

Right-click on the name or icon representing the economy printer and select
"Set as Default Printer" from the pop-up menu.

This will place a small black check mark on the printer name or icon.
The system default printer will always have the little check on it.

From here on out, printing any document for any application will default to
the economy printer. Then, when you want to use the better printer, go into
the File (pull-down) Menu, select "Print..." which will bring up the "Print
Properties" dialog box. From here you can select the better printer as well
as make other changes as to paper size, qty to print and so on...

At any time, you can always change the system default printer back to the
newer printer to suite.

For me, I do alittle trickery that helps me. I only have one (1) physical
printer. But I've installed it twice based on the same print driver. They
of course will have slightly different names. One I set the print quality
to "Best" and the other I'll set to "Draft" quality (prints quicker using
less ink). I then select the Printer to use based on what quality I want to
print. Sure beats having to dig through the Print Properties dialog boxes
each time just to select a different print quality.

Keep in mind that when you install a new printer, it will likely be auto
setup to print at one of the best qualities that the printer is capable of
(based on paper type selected). The printer manufacturer wants to show-off
their new printer! So when you install it, you will be real happy with the
print quality and use-up lots of ink. You might find that a lesser print
quality setting will print alittle faster, use less ink and be perfectly
acceptable for day-to-day printing. Crank it up for the photos.

Food for thought...!

Hope this helps!

Richard in Va.
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Hi

Just further information on my question.

All users have 2 printers installed (expensive colour and black and
white). The black and white is set to be the default. However the
issue usually arises, when someone has printed a colour document. But
when printing another print job later on (which should be sent to the
black and white), the program will rightfulluy revert back to the
Colour as that was the last printer used. This I know does seem an end
user mistake, however would like to know possible answers??


Thanks
 
After being started, an application will print to the Default printer
unless changed and then will print to the last printer selected.
 
Hi

Actually applications work differently - they will memorise the last
printer used and continue using that. Unless you open a new
application - which will then revert to the default printer.
 
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