Problem With Default Settings For HP 8250 Printer

[Mort]

Hi,

I suddenly have a problem that I never had before. I am running Windows
XP Pro , and my printer is an HP Photosmart 8250. It is an older model,
which I keep for its 6-ink setup that gives superb color for my pictures.

My standard default setting is for letter size paper (8.5 x 11"), and
portrait (vertical) orientation. In the past, when I printed something
in another size or orientation, and the computer was shut down and then
restarted, the printer reverted to the letter size and portrait
orientation. Now however, it stays at 5x7" size and landscape
orientation,and I must manually reset these 2 parameters each time that
I print. It is especially bothersome when I must make a lot of prints.

What must I do, in order to make letter size and portrait orientation
the actual default settings? HP will not help me, as the unit is out of
warranty.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Than you.

Mort Linder

 

[David H. Lipman]

Hi,

I suddenly have a problem that I never had before. I am running Windows XP Pro , and my
printer is an HP Photosmart 8250. It is an older model, which I keep for its 6-ink setup
that gives superb color for my pictures.

My standard default setting is for letter size paper (8.5 x 11"), and portrait
(vertical) orientation. In the past, when I printed something in another size or
orientation, and the computer was shut down and then restarted, the printer reverted to
the letter size and portrait orientation. Now however, it stays at 5x7" size and
landscape orientation,and I must manually reset these 2 parameters each time that I
print. It is especially bothersome when I must make a lot of prints.

What must I do, in order to make letter size and portrait orientation the actual default
settings? HP will not help me, as the unit is out of warranty.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Than you.

Mort Linder

You have to set defaults in the "Printers and Faxes" dialogue/Control Panel Applet not
within an application.

When you set defaults in the "Printers and Faxes", those settings are inherited by all
applications and should remain over reboots. When you set defaults within the Print
Dialogue of an application, they are volitile.

 

[Mort]

You have to set defaults in the "Printers and Faxes" dialogue/Control Panel Applet not
within an application.

When you set defaults in the "Printers and Faxes", those settings are inherited by all
applications and should remain over reboots. When you set defaults within the Print
Dialogue of an application, they are volitile.

Hi David,

Thanks a lot for your helpful post. I tried your advice now, and it
works.Like so many things with software, it seems to be easy once you
know how.

Regards,

Mort