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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, 11:23Â 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. Â 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
>
> Apollo 11 - 40 years ago:http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/40th/index.html
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, 11:23Â 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. Â 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
>
> Apollo 11 - 40 years ago:http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/40th/index.html