Re: Default Printer Reset

Tech-Archive recommends: Fix windows errors by optimizing your registry

You request the printer manufacturer rewrite their drivers. Not an ideal
solution, but the only one.
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Cari (MS-MVP)
Printing & Imaging



"User" <User@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:CBB4810B-C3EE-472F-807F-CD465EDA46D7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> So how do you get XP not to go to the next in line?
>
> "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote:
>
>> This can be actually in the printer drivers themselves.... I've seen HP
>> printers (in particular) that INSIST on beng the default. Certainly if
>> one
>> printer becomes unavailable for whatever reason, XP feels insecure and
>> will
>> default to the one 'next in line'... which of course may not be your idea
>> of
>> the next in line.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Cari (MS-MVP)
>> Printing & Imaging
>>
>>
>>
>> "Craig" <Craig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:8B60DF62-4345-417D-AC41-64E930355B7B@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Why is it that my default printer is always resetting itself?? I have a
>> > good
>> > printer (to print photos, etc) and a not so good printer (to print docs
>> > and
>> > drafts), and windows always defaults to the one I want as secondary
>> > (the
>> > not
>> > so good). How the heck do I keep windows from changing my settings??
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>>


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