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 Print.

Click Start, point to Settings,

 

 

and XP

Select the printer, and then click

and then click Printers or

 

 

 

Properties. (The steps may

Printers and Faxes. Right-click

 

 

 

vary; this procedure is most

the printer icon, and choose

 

 

 

common.)

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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