Making the default printer, the true default

Graham's macro takes almost 30 seconds to start printing--and this is

when the target printer is still the default one. That's a bit too

much time, as I can go the regular route sooner than that. Thanks

anyways.

On Jan 30, 11:23 am, Lem wrote:

> PRR wrote:

> > I have an HP that is set in XP as the default printer I also often

> > save a doc as a PDF, which means using the print function and

> > selecting CutePDF as my "printer."

>

> > Is there any way of getting XP to recognize the HP as my default

> > printer every time? I find that after selecting CutePDF to "print" a

> > page (in reality, it doesn't print, but just gets saved as a PDF),

> > that the next time I do a quick print in MS Word, that Windows thinks

> > I want to save as PDF again, and I have to click out of that dialog

> > and find the HP printer.  How can I get Windows to always think that I

> > want to print to my HP, unless I explicitly tell it otherwise for each

> > job?

>

> AFAIK, no. It's a function of the application from which you're

> "printing," in this case, Word. However ... you can create an icon that

> will print to a specific printer:http://www.gmayor.com/fax_from_word.htm

>

> Note that the author of that site, Graham Mayor, is very knowledgeable

> about Word. However, his statement that "Word will normally print to the

> default Windows printer, though you can set an alternative 'active

> printer' which will remain the printer Word prints to for the current

> session, or until changed to another" is contrary to both my experience

> with Word 2003 and, apparently, your experience with whatever version of

> Word you have.

>

> If this doesn't work for your version of Word, or if you have further

> related questions, try posting in the Word general questions group:

> microsoft.public.word.docmanagement

> --

> Lem

>

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