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| Striker_xvii |
Posted - 01/05/2011 : 10:01:21 AM
Hello,
I got an annoying problem in Word 2003 regarding printing.
It seems that Word keeps the printer settings, even after you closed Word.
Example:
The printer prints from tray 1 (default driver settings)
- Document A has been printed, (manually chosen) from paper-tray 4. (special paper)
- Word is closed.
- I open Document B and press print. Annoyingly this also prints from tray 4, however tray 1 should be default.
I discovered the settings are kept because of Outlook, which remains open all day. If Outlook is open, the settings are kept until you close both word and outlook. Is there any way I can work around this problem?
Excel doesn't have these problems, cause Outlook only uses Word as the mail editor. |
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| Striker_xvii |
Posted - 01/06/2011 : 06:00:16 AM
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Originally posted by cj_berlin
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Originally posted by Striker_xvii
Excel always returns to the default settings of the printer for each document, no matter if Excel remains open or not...
Are you sure about this? I have just tried it out on Excel 2003 with 4 spreadsheets opened simultaneously and the default print button in the next spreadsheet retains the settings of the last printed one.
That's strange. I just tried it again, Excel sets all printer options back to standard settings when printing another document, without closing excel. |
| cj_berlin |
Posted - 01/06/2011 : 03:27:14 AM
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Originally posted by Striker_xvii
Excel always returns to the default settings of the printer for each document, no matter if Excel remains open or not...
Are you sure about this? I have just tried it out on Excel 2003 with 4 spreadsheets opened simultaneously and the default print button in the next spreadsheet retains the settings of the last printed one.
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| Striker_xvii |
Posted - 01/06/2011 : 03:20:50 AM
I'm not sure that I want to resort to VBA for solving a problem like this.
Why is it different in Excel? Excel always returns to the default settings of the printer for each document, no matter if Excel remains open or not... Quite annoyed by this...
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| cj_berlin |
Posted - 01/05/2011 : 12:57:54 PM
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Originally posted by lady_mcse
The only way I know of would be to not use Word as the editor for Outlook, but that means all messages in text or rich text.
No, it doesn't, sorry Anne. The built-in Outlook editor is perfectly capable of handling HTML, albeit not as rich on features as Word is.
What you DO lose by switching to the built-in editor is signatures following mail account selection so if this is an important feature in your case then you have no choice than to keep Word as default editor.
Some thoughts:
- you could put a couple of custom print buttons on your users' Outlook (i.e. Word) for 'Print on Printer X from Tray 1', Print on Printer X from Tray 4', 'Print on Printer Y from whatever tray is set' and so forth. Requires some tweaking but more often than not it is worth the effort
- you could try catching the print event in VBA and display a warning if the tray setting is different from the default
FWIW, |
| Striker_xvii |
Posted - 01/05/2011 : 12:51:53 PM
Thank you for your reply - although these suggestions are indeed no options I can tell my users.
Maybe if I define 2 printers, each referring to different settings on the same printer, can be a workaround, although I'd like a way to solve the problem itself...
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| lady_mcse |
Posted - 01/05/2011 : 11:21:45 AM
Well, you've hit on the root cause already.
The only way I know of would be to not use Word as the editor for Outlook, but that means all messages in text or rich text. Most folks won't like that as an answer.
If you do resort to the "close outlook" trick as your solution, I find that there's usually a bit of a delay after closing outlook before Word finally closes down.
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