Is it possible to change the printer's default quality to draft?

[Guest]

I am using Windows XP, Microsoft Word Program, and a Dell Photo AIO Printer
922. Everytime I start up the computer and try to print the default setting
goes to normal. I would like to change the default setting to "Draft and have
the last page print first."

If anyone has a solution it would be very much appreciated. Thank you.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Have you changed these settings in the printer Properties?

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[Guest]

Thanks for replying. Yes I have changed the settings to draft. But each time
I start up the computer, the default setting changes it back to normal. A
solution is that I could just leave my computer on all the time. But I am not
too comftorable with that.

I have tried to erase the default setting but it states it as locked.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

What is your operating environment? Are you in a corporate situation? On a
network? Is the printer on a network? You should be able to choose the
default settings of your default Windows printer, or at least for the driver
installed locally.

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[Guest]

Hi Suzanne,

I am working with my home computer, not a network. It is a Dell computer and
a Dell Printer. I click print>properties - then a new window appears as the
Dell's printer properties>I change the settings to draft>Click Apply

Next time I start up the computer the printer properties go back to the
default settings.

Thanks for your help,
Matvey

 

[Graham Mayor]

Select Windows > control panel > printers > add a printer. Install a
duplicate of your printer and from there set its property to draft. Name the
printer something memorable like "Dell Draft Printer". You can then choose
which printer to send your output to from Word using the method suggested at
http://www.gmayor.com/fax_from_word.htm
Alternatively simply set the properties of the original printer driver from
Control panel > Printers - but then it will be draft for all applications.

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

As Graham says, you need to do this through Windows Control Panel | Printers
rather than through Word's Print dialog if you want the changes to apply to
the default printer settings.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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