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From: earleh@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Earle R. Horton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Laserwriter Page Setup defaults
Keywords: page setup, defaults
Message-ID: <16198@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU>
Date: 18 Oct 89 09:32:48 GMT
References: <59567@aerospace.AERO.ORG>
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In article <59567@aerospace.AERO.ORG> louis@aerospace.aero.org
	(Louis M. McDonald) writes:
>I would like to have the Laserwriter defaults under Page Setup
>be different then what they are. I would like to only have
>"Faster Bitmap Printing" enabled. By default, everything is
>enabled.

The current generation of printer drivers stores default style
information in 'PREC' ID 0, and the last-used style information in
'PREC' 1.  'PREC' 1 is updated when you print something.  Accordingly,
use the following procedure to change the defaults in any printer
driver which is configured this way, including the LaserWriter and
ImageWriter drivers.

a) Use the Chooser to select the printer file you want to change.

b) Open a "Page Setup..." dialog from any application, Finder is good.

c) Set up the style to be what you want for the new default.

d) Print something using the new style.  You may also change defaults
in the Print Dialog, if you like.

e) Select another printer so you can edit the target file using ResEdit.

f) In the target printer file, copy the contents of 'PREC' 1 over those of
'PREC' 0.

g) Save the changed printer file.

Now, whenever you do "Page Setup..." or "Print..." using the altered
printer file, the default dialog settings will be whatever you set
them to in steps (c) and (d).

This trick should work fine for all Apple printer drivers.  It may
work for third party printer drivers, if they store defaults in 'PREC'
0 and the last settings in 'PREC' 1.

Earle R. Horton