Comments on: Can I set my HP printer to grayscale by default?

Question: Can I set my HP printer to grayscale by default?

mooreeasyvibe — Thu, 01 May 2008 08:19:30 -0800

How can I set my HP printer to grayscale by default?

I'm in a Windows network environment (a school incidently) - we are using profiles for the children's machines.

At the moment they login and a printer is picked for them in a kix file -

if setdefaultprinter("HP Colour") = 0
?"Default printer set to HP Colour"
end if
Return

Is there a way to set the printer to print in grayscale by default.

But, so that they could through the interface, change it to colour?

Does this even make sense?
Is this even possible?

Thanks
Chris

By: damn dirty ape

damn dirty ape — Thu, 01 May 2008 08:42:44 -0800

It can be done form the GUI. You would right-click on the printer and select printing preferences. From there click the color tab and make it print in grayscale or color.

You can even make two printer installs for the same printer. One color and one grayscale.

By: ijsbrand

ijsbrand — Thu, 01 May 2008 09:49:05 -0800

Yep, I second that. Just add a new printer that actually is ther old one, but with different printing preferences.

As a sidenote though: one reason I stopped using HP printers is that they use colour toner/ink, even when printing in black and white.

By: tcv

tcv — Thu, 01 May 2008 12:12:03 -0800

Some HPs will stop printing when ANY ink cart is out, even if the others are full. :-(