"ricardo.l" <ricardol@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:521899CC-A06E-40E3-8963-A784A1337962@xxxxxx:
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> > > My printer settings are econo-mode (HP P1005, FastRes) and if I print from
> > > applications like Acrobat reader, or Paint it actually works.
> > >
> > > However, if I right-click a file, say a b/n jpg, and select Print a wizard
> > > opens up from which I can only come up with a fine printing, as if the driver
> > > was set to high quality (rather than fast-res).[snip]
> > What application opens when you right click on a picture? In my case
> > (Vista Ultimate) I get a "Print Pictures" application from Microsoft
> > that has tabs to select the printer type, quality, paper type and paper
> > size. [snip] Quote:
> building on what you wrote, which is correct and it's what I see too on my
> Vista HP, I could made it clear now, and whether or not it's a design choice
> it was not apparent to me as a user. Basically, from "Options" area I can
> access a printer settings window and I did find out that the Econo-mode
> checkbox was UNchecked. So far so good, HOWEVER:
> this was unexpected to me because if I open up the VERY SAME window (printer
> properties, from Printers window in the CP, rather than from that Print
> Pictures application) there my Economode checkbox was marked indeed!
Often programs have their own set of defaults separate from those set in
the printers folder. This is common for photo programs (such as
Photoshop Elements) where the default photo printing is typically much
different than normal plain paper printing. All I can say is "that's
the way it is" and you can set your photo printing settings from the
photo print application.
Regards,
Bob Headrick, MS MVP Printing/Imaging