#How to change default printer in mnac mac os x#
#How to change default printer in mnac code#

#How to change default printer in mnac mac os x#

See Also: Mac OS X Change / Set Default Application for File Type Video If the printer that youвЂ™d like to print to isnвЂ™t currently available on your computer, you can add it to the list by clicking the + symbol at the bottom.

This prompted for the MacвЂ™s administrator account and password. The window that appears is where we can specify the default printer settings on our Mac OS X computer. I switch the Account Track radio button to On and hit the вЂSet Default OptionsвЂ™ button. Clicking on the Security link, it gave me roughly the same options I saw through the print dialog interface. On the right drop-down, I chose the Set Default Options from the menu. To do that, I used Safari and went to On the page that comes up,В I clicked on the Printers tab and selected the link to my printer. To fix that problem, I had to access the MacвЂ™s CUPS web interface.

#How to change default printer in mnac code#

Selecting the preset remembered that I only wanted to print one sided and it remembered the PIN code but it didnвЂ™t remember the checkbox to use the PIN code. In my instance, the preset didnвЂ™t quite do the trick for me. If you want a setting to be the new default hold down the Option key when you hit print to set this new preset as the default preset for future print jobs. Unfortunately, you will have to choose it every time over the Standard settings. Now that you have a preset configured with the settings you want, you can choose it from near the top of the print dialog box. Now to save these two settings that I have configured, I went to the Presets drop-down and chose Save AsвЂ¦ (You canвЂ™t save over the Standard settings.).ДЄfter clicking Save As, a Save Preset As dialog will popup asking you to give the preset a name and whether it should be available on all printers or only this printer. I checked the box for Account Track and entered the departmentвЂ™s PIN code. The next setting for this Konica Minolta is found under Security. There, we can change Print Type from 2-Sided to 1-Sided. In this case, another drop-down will be listed below and weвЂ™ll select Layout. To change the 2-sided printing, youвЂ™ll find the settings under Printer Features, which will likely be different for each driver. The big settings that I have been asked about are printing to only one side instead of both sides by default and including a PIN code with a print job. Clicking that gives a lot of options to choose from where multiple settings can be configured. You can see some common printer settings now but a lot more customization is in the bottom drop-down, in this case labeled Safari.