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goramba · 10-19-2005, 07:40 AM

Hey I've got two different printers hooked up to the network and each of them use a separate paper size. One is 9x7 and the other is the usual 8.5x11. The 9x7 is on a cheapo old dot matrix printer.

I've already set up a custom paper size in the "Server Properties" area in the Printer setup page to allow the 9x7 paper. The only issue is whatever default I set for one printer automatically goes to the other printer too. Such as if I choose the cheap dot matrix printer to default to this custom size, my other printer will also be forced to print on that size.

Of course I could always just hit the properties link every time I want to print something and set it up each time, but this is very time consuming considering my need to print upwards of 100 pages a day at about a 50/50 split between the two printers.

I get the feeling this is just a program specific setup issue, but is there a way to FORCE the printer to default to a given paper size no matter what the program settings are? Or maybe I'm just over thinking this and skipping a simple step.

10-19-2005, 07:40 AM	#1 (permalink)
goramba Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 3 OS: Win2k	Force printing sizes Hey I've got two different printers hooked up to the network and each of them use a separate paper size. One is 9x7 and the other is the usual 8.5x11. The 9x7 is on a cheapo old dot matrix printer. I've already set up a custom paper size in the "Server Properties" area in the Printer setup page to allow the 9x7 paper. The only issue is whatever default I set for one printer automatically goes to the other printer too. Such as if I choose the cheap dot matrix printer to default to this custom size, my other printer will also be forced to print on that size. Of course I could always just hit the properties link every time I want to print something and set it up each time, but this is very time consuming considering my need to print upwards of 100 pages a day at about a 50/50 split between the two printers. I get the feeling this is just a program specific setup issue, but is there a way to FORCE the printer to default to a given paper size no matter what the program settings are? Or maybe I'm just over thinking this and skipping a simple step.