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Sierra Stuck Looking For Printer Mac 911 Receives

This is likely why Mac 911 receives regular (though not constant) questions about print settings.

The Print dialog not just reflects Apples own notion of how printing should work, it also includes functionality from third-party print drivers, the software that tells macOS all of the parameters and special settings of particular output devices.

A recent question arose from a Macworld reader who, after upgrading to macOS 10.13 High Sierra, had their usually persistent print preferences change after each printing session.

This was new for them, but you can generally avoid this by creating a preset.

You should also be able to set any printer-specific options that appear.

After selecting Show Presets from the Presets menu, see if the Reset Presets Menu to Default Settings After Printing is checked.

You can also review all the settings associated with each preset, including defaults, by selecting Show Presets from the Presets menu and then selecting presets at left and clicking expansion triangles in the associated categories at right.

To reduce toner and ink, I have presets that rely on draft, black and white, and two-sided as available on my printers.

I switch those to other presets or manually choose settings for higher-quality output as required.

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Mac Os X Sierra Stuck Looking For Printer