[Macpartners] problem with HP Color LaserJet 5550dn printer

[Roger A. Roach]

It looks like you may have the "Selected Printer in Print Dialog" box  
in the Print & Fax preference set to "Last Printer Used".  This will  
change the default printer to the last one used.

Roger
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Roger A. Roach
Director of I/T Service Emeritus
Information Services & Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room W91-205C
77 Massachusetts Ave.                phone: 617.253.7011
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307          fax:   617.253.1266

On Oct 11, 2006, at 11:32 AM, Roger Donaghy wrote:

> My office recently purchased an HP Color LaserJet 5550dn printer.  
> After some people around the office started using it, I noticed a  
> problem. For some reason, any time a user prints a document on the  
> 5550dn, the user's default printer is switched automatically to the  
> 5550dn.
>
> I can see this happen in the Printer Setup Utility when I follow  
> these steps:
>
> 1. Open Printer Setup Utility, highlight LaserJet 8100DN and click  
> Make Default.
> 2. While leaving Printer Setup Utility open, open a document,  
> select File > Print, choose HP Color LaserJet 5550dn as printer.
> 3. Click Print.
> 4. When I click Print, the bold text denoting the default printer  
> switches from the 8100 DN to the 5550dn.
>
> This is very annoying since most users in the office don't need to  
> print color documents often. Does anyone have any ideas? I've tried  
> Googling the problem and looking at the printer's configuration  
> using HP's web utility, but I can't find anything.
>
> Thanks,
> Roger Donaghy
> MIT News Office
> 617 253 1683
> rdonaghy at mit.edu
>
>
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