My customer has XP Home, and bought a new Canon MP835 printer.
He usually prints to 8 1/2 x 11 inch plain paper.
When he wants to print to 4x6 photo paper, he loads the paper into the to feeder of the printer, then when he prints a photo thru Microsoft Photo Editor program, he has to change the paper size and paper type through the print menu, every time he prints -- even if he has the same photo on screen and keeps re-printing, he must make the changes over and over (paper size & type)
(1) Shouldn't some modern printers in combination with modern photo editing programs at least detect the paper size automatically AND put those values into the print command? (so that if you change paper, and bring up a print menu, the size will "by default" match what's been loaded into the tray/feeder?)
(2) Why isn't MS photo editor remembering the changes at least within one photo and one editing session?
(3) Is there a shortcut for printing to a particular paper size/type? Maybe create a second printer within my printer/faxes list, that is the same pritner, but with diff defaults? Or a better solution?
thanks!
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Hmmm, creating a second printer within my printer/faxes list is not working... I used "add printer", and it did create a second printer, and it's listed as "ready", and I set it as "landscape" default (as a test), but the jobs are not going through. They give an error. ("Error - printing".) Can anyone else do this?
Figured it out without stopping/starting spoolder -- I successfully created a second copy of the printer in Printers. (Had to add it as a local printer, add manually since it wasn't detected as a separate printer, and choose USB Virtual Port.)
Now I can print using either "printer" (which both print to the same physical printer)
BUT -- I specified one printer as having default LANDSCAPE, the other PORTRAIT. And it makes no difference -- every file I print has an orientation which overriedes the "printer default"
So apparently this option won't work...
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by: matrixnzPosted on 2006-12-16 at 17:38:25ID: 18153424
Hi dgrrr
I assume the customer is using Office 97, 2000 or XP? have you tried upgrading to the latest service release/pack
otherwise I'd suggest Option 3 create a second printer within my printer/faxes list, that is the same pritner, but with diff defaults?
Cheers