Printer Driver Default Install Options

You can change the default options for the printer driver when it is installed on the workstation. For example, you might want the printer driver default for paper size to be 8-1/2 x 11. This means every time the printer and corresponding driver is installed on a workstation, the paper size is set at 8-1/2 x 11. If this printer is being deployed in a company like a law office, you might want the printer driver to default to 8-1/2 x 14 so users will not have to change this setting when they print.

Complete the following steps to change the printer driver default settings:

  1. Using a text editor, open SYS:\LOGIN\IPPDOCS\INST.HTM.

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  2. Edit the file by searching for PARAM NAME= .

    The setting occurs twice: once for Internet Explorer and once for Netscape browsers.

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  3. Replace the value= setting located after the colon(:) with the value you want.


    Table 2. Driver Default Setting Options

    Printer Setting Acceptable Parameter Values

    Orientation

    landscape, portrait

    Paper size

    letter, lettersmall, tabloid, ledger, legal, statement, executive, A3, A4, A4small, A5, B4, B5, folio, quatro, 10x14, 11x17, note, env_10, env_12, env_14, csheet, dsheet, esheet, env_dl, env_c5, env_c4, env_c3, env_c65, env_b5, env_b6, env_italy, env_monarch, env_personal, fanfold_us, fanfold_std_german, fanfold_lgl_german, iso_b4, japanese_postcard, 9x11, 10x11, 15x11, env_invite, letter_extra, legal_extra, tabloid_extra, A4_extra, letter_extra_transverse, a_plus, b_plus, letter_plus, A4_plus, A5_transverse, B5_transverse, A3_extra, A5_extra, B5_extra, A2, A3_transverse, A3_extra_transverse

    Copies

    Enter the number of copies you want printed.

    Color

    yes=color

    no or false=monochrome

    Duplex

    simplex, horizontal, vertical

    Collate

    yes or true=collate

    no=do not collate

  4. Save the file.

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