Priority for print settings

Changes made to print settings are prioritized (or take precedence) depending on where the changes are made:

NOTE

 

The names of commands and dialog boxes might vary depending on your software

 

 

application.

 

 

 

 

● Page Setup dialog box. This dialog box opens when you click Page Setup or a similar

 

 

command on the File menu of the program you are working in. Settings changed here

 

 

override settings changed anywhere else.

 

 

 

● Print dialog box. This dialog box opens when you click Print, Print Setup, or a similar

 

 

command on the File menu of the program you are working in. Settings changed in the

 

 

Print dialog box have a lower priority and do not override changes made in the Page

 

 

Setup dialog box.

 

 

 

 

● Printer Properties dialog box (printer driver). The printer driver opens when you click

 

 

Properties in the Print dialog box. Settings changed in the Printer Properties dialog

 

 

box do not override settings available anywhere else in the printing software.

 

 

● Default printer driver settings. The default printer driver settings determine settings used

 

 

in all print jobs, unless settings are changed in the Page Setup, Print, or Printer

 

 

Properties dialog boxes, as described above.

 

 

 

● Printer control panel settings. Settings changed here have a lower priority than changes

 

 

made anywhere else.

 

 

 

 

Gaining access to printer driver settings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating System

Temporary change settings

Permanently change default

 

 

 

for print jobs

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Windows 98, NT 4.0, 2000, Me,

From the File menu, click

Click Start, point to Settings,

 

 

and XP

Print. Select the printer, and

and then click Printers or

 

 

 

then click Properties. (The

Printers and Faxes. Right-

 

 

 

steps may vary; this procedure

click the printer icon, and

 

 

 

is most common.)

choose Properties. Many

 

 

 

 

features are available by

 

 

 

 

choosing the Document

 

 

 

 

Defaults command (NT 4.0) or

 

 

 

 

the Printing Preferences

 

 

 

 

command (2000 and XP).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Macintosh OS 9.1

On the File menu, click Print.

On the File menu, click Print.

 

 

 

Change settings that you want

As you change settings on the

 

 

 

on the various pop-up menus.

pop-up menu, click Save

 

 

 

 

Settings.

 

 

 

 

 

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