Re: How to set default page settings?

Charlie,

What is the driver and it's version? Have you tried installing a newer
version of the driver from the manufacturer's web site?

I have seen some older HP drivers save the DEVMODE for a document as "ONE"
or "TWO", when it's actually not permanent unless the application decides to
save it. This does not explain what you are describing, but it does
demonstrate that some drivers do odd things with DEVMODEs.

Some applications like Microsoft Word will save a DEVMODE along with the
document, but Notepad is not one of them, so I agree that this behaviour is
unexpected.

Paul

<charlie brown> wrote in message
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Dear Alan,

In my case option ONE and TWO is not applied when the app. launches.
I have tested this on five XP machines and two win2k3 machines.

It is very frustrating for our company, we print about hundred pages a day
on this printer.
The paper has a specific size, my users have to manually select this paper
size before the can print.
We have an option in our back-office app. that can print all these pages
in batch, but than the wrong paper size is selected.

Is there any other way to set default page settings (regedit maybe?)

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"Alan Morris [MSFT]" <alanmo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> schreef in bericht
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ONE is the user DEVMODE (device mode) setting. These should get loaded
by the application the next time it is launched.

TWO are the device DEVMODE setting. User devmode uses device devmode
until changed.

THREE is device configuration. This can affect what options are
available in the user and device Devmodes but the application will never
see this.

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<charlie brown> wrote in message
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Hi,

I am struggling with setting default page settings in Windows XP.

I have found three ways to accomplish this:

ONE:
Choose "Properties" (right-click on the printer) ==> tab "General" ==>
button "Printing Preferences" ==> button "Advanced" ==> dropdown under
"Paper/Output - Paper Size".
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TWO:
Choose "Properties" (right-click on the printer) ==> tab "Advanced" ==>
button "Printing Defaults" ==> button "Advanced" ==> dropdown under
"Paper/Output - Paper Size".
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THREE:
Choose "Properties" (right-click on the printer) ==> tab "Device
Settings" ==> dropdown under "Form To Tray Assignment - Tractor Feed".
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Although you might assume that "Printing Preferences"; "Printing
Defaults" and; "Device Settings" points to default settings, it actually
(in my situation) does nothing with the default settings.

When I start an application like notepad, and look at the page setup
(under "File" ==> "Page Setup"), I can not see any of my default
settings as applied in steps one to three.
In the print form I still have to click the button "Properties" ==>
button "Advanced" ==> dropdown under "Paper/Output - Paper Size" to
select the correct paper size.

Is there any way that the settings as mentioned in step one to three can
be propagated to the settings in the Windows applications (such as
notepad)?

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