Word remebering last printer printed to.

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When printing a document Word seems to remember the last printer printed to and not your default printer.

Anyone know a fix here rather than closing word each time?
 
Yes, when you press CTRL-P a printer dialog will pop-up. You can choose which printer you want to print to from there.
 
When you print and say print to another printer, Word remembers that printer and not your default one. I want it to not remember the last printer but my default printer, so i don't need to go Ctrl-P the whole time, it should just print to my default unless I choose another printer manually.
 
duderoo said:
When you print and say print to another printer, Word remembers that printer and not your default one. I want it to not remember the last printer but my default printer, so i don't need to go Ctrl-P the whole time, it should just print to my default unless I choose another printer manually.
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ooooohhhh... lazy fingers I see! :p

add a button to your Word Toolbar for instant print. It bypasses the Print Dialog.

oh... and quit using other printers ... other than the default one! ;)
 
Garyvdh said:
ooooohhhh... lazy fingers I see! :p

add a button to your Word Toolbar for instant print. It bypasses the Print Dialog.

oh... and quit using other printers ... other than the default one! ;)
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Let me look into that......other printers = colour one....:)
 
Instant Print, the one on the Standard toolbar remembers the one you just printed to.
 
duderoo said:
Instant Print, the one on the Standard toolbar remembers the one you just printed to.
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oh bugga! I guess you are stuck with the CTRL-P option then. :)

just don't print to any other printers.... uninstall them if you have to.
 
Garyvdh said:
oh bugga! I guess you are stuck with the CTRL-P option then. :)

just don't print to any other printers.... uninstall them if you have to.
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Basically Word remembers the last printer printed to unless you close Word and then re-open it again. The user needs to print to colour now and then.
 
duderoo said:
Basically Word remembers the last printer printed to unless you close Word and then re-open it again. The user needs to print to colour now and then.
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Then tell him to quit being so lazy and to pick the right printer. If the rest of the world can do it then he can! :D
 
duderoo said:
MS should sort something out.
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I Googled it... but other than people creating their own Macros... there does not appear to be any other solution that uses less clicks. I agree it is stupid of MS... the default printer should always be offered as the default first. But seriously... once he gets used to it...
1) press CTRL-P,
2) check which printer is listed... and
3) hit enter.

... it will become second nature to him.
 
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