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Resolved Firefox and default printer settings

Discussion in 'Firefox, Thunderbird & SeaMonkey' started by Alicia J, 2009/07/23.

  1. 2009/07/23
    Alicia J Lifetime Subscription

    Alicia J Geek Member Thread Starter

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    I have two printers. An old Lexmark and a not so old HP All in one. In Control panel 'printers and other hardware' I have my Lexmark set as the default printer. This works fine in I.E. However if I want to print something off a web page, Firefox wants to send it to my HP printer. How do I adjusts my settings so that Firefox (3.5.1) sends info to my default Lexmark printer?
     
  2. 2009/07/23
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  4. 2009/07/24
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    Not sure I follow all the info in the link you gave me. I did notice that if I'm on a web page and it has a Print Page icon, and I click on that, I get the option to choose which printer. On the same page, if I use the file menu, then I don't get the option to choose which printer to use, it just goes to the HP printer (not the default Lexmark printer).
     
  5. 2009/07/24
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    Alicia, I use Ctrl+P when I want to print from sites as this gives the option to choose the printer. If I open File > Print I get no choice/chance to select a printer. I don't know whether this is a problem or just a Default operation with Windows so I just do my thing and find Ctrl+P works every time. Cheers Neil.:D
     
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    Navigate to: C:\Documents and Settings\your_name\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles
    Open prefs.js file with Notepad, and paste its content back here.
     
  7. 2009/07/25
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    # Mozilla User Preferences

    /* Do not edit this file.
    *
    * If you make changes to this file while the application is running,
    * the changes will be overwritten when the application exits.
    *
    * To make a manual change to preferences, you can visit the URL about:config
    * For more information, see http://www.mozilla.org/unix/customizing.html#prefs
    */

    user_pref( "app.update.auto ", false);
    user_pref( "app.update.disable_button.showUpdateHistory ", false);
    user_pref( "app.update.lastUpdateTime.addon-background-update-timer ", 1248327973);
    user_pref( "app.update.lastUpdateTime.background-update-timer ", 1248327973);
    user_pref( "app.update.lastUpdateTime.blocklist-background-update-timer ", 1248327973);
    user_pref( "app.update.lastUpdateTime.microsummary-generator-update-timer ", 1248327973);
    user_pref( "app.update.lastUpdateTime.places-maintenance-timer ", 1248327973);
    user_pref( "app.update.lastUpdateTime.search-engine-update-timer ", 1248327973);
    user_pref( "app.update.never.3.5 ", false);
    user_pref( "browser.anchor_color ", "#0000FF ");
    user_pref( "browser.display.background_color ", "#C0C0C0 ");
    user_pref( "browser.display.use_system_colors ", true);
    user_pref( "browser.download.dir ", "C:\\Our Downloads ");
    user_pref( "browser.download.folderList ", 2);
    user_pref( "browser.download.lastDir ", "C:\\Our Downloads ");
    user_pref( "browser.download.manager.showAlertOnComplete ", false);
    user_pref( "browser.download.useDownloadDir ", false);
    user_pref( "browser.feeds.handler ", "bookmarks ");
    user_pref( "browser.feeds.handler.default ", "bookmarks ");
    user_pref( "browser.feeds.showFirstRunUI ", false);
    user_pref( "browser.formfill.enable ", false);
    user_pref( "browser.history_expire_days ", 7);
    user_pref( "browser.history_expire_days.mirror ", 7);
    user_pref( "browser.history_expire_days_min ", 7);
    user_pref( "browser.link.open_external ", 2);
    user_pref( "browser.link.open_newwindow ", 2);
    user_pref( "browser.migration.version ", 1);
    user_pref( "browser.places.importBookmarksHTML ", false);
    user_pref( "browser.places.importDefaults ", false);
    user_pref( "browser.places.leftPaneFolderId ", -1);
    user_pref( "browser.places.migratePostDataAnnotations ", false);
    user_pref( "browser.places.smartBookmarksVersion ", 1);
    user_pref( "browser.places.updateRecentTagsUri ", false);
    user_pref( "browser.preferences.advanced.selectedTabIndex ", 1);
    user_pref( "browser.rights.3.shown ", true);
    user_pref( "browser.search.useDBForOrder ", true);
    user_pref( "browser.shell.checkDefaultBrowser ", false);
    user_pref( "browser.startup.homepage ", "http://start.shaw.ca/Start/enCA/Local+content/Alberta/cgy/ ");
    user_pref( "browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone ", "rv:1.9.1.1 ");
    user_pref( "browser.tabs.warnOnClose ", false);
    user_pref( "browser.urlbar.autocomplete.enabled ", false);
    user_pref( "browser.urlbar.maxRichResults ", 0);
    user_pref( "browser.visited_color ", "#800080 ");
    user_pref( "extensions.adblockplus.checkedadblockinstalled ", true);
    user_pref( "extensions.adblockplus.checkedtoolbar ", true);
    user_pref( "extensions.adblockplus.currentVersion ", "1.1 ");
    user_pref( "extensions.adblockplus.showsubscriptions ", false);
    user_pref( "extensions.enabledItems ", "{d10d0bf8-f5b5-c8b4-a8b2-2b9879e08c5d}:1.1,{CAFEEFAC-0016-0000-0013-ABCDEFFEDCBA}:6.0.13,jqs@sun.com:1.0,{3e9bb2a7-62ca-4efa-a4e6-f6f6168a652d}:0.8.17,{972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd}:3.5.1 ");
    user_pref( "extensions.lastAppVersion ", "3.5.1 ");
    user_pref( "extensions.update.notifyUser ", false);
    user_pref( "general.useragent.extra.microsoftdotnet ", "(.NET CLR 3.5.30729) ");
    user_pref( "general.warnOnAboutConfig ", false);
    user_pref( "intl.accept_languages ", "en-ca ");
    user_pref( "intl.charsetmenu.browser.cache ", "ISO-8859-15, ISO-8859-1, UTF-8 ");
    user_pref( "ipv6ident.blacklist ", "ipv6tools.com|dnsstuff.com|esymbian.info ");
    user_pref( "ipv6ident.newservices ", "|http://dns.l4x.org/## ");
    user_pref( "ipv6ident.urls ", "H|robtex.com - Host|http://www.robtex.com/dns/##.html||4|robtex.com - IP|http://www.robtex.com/ip/##.html||4H|ip2country.cc|http://www.ip2country.cc/?q=##||6|l4x.org|http://dnstools.l4x.org/##||4|whois.sc|http://www.whois.sc/##||H|whoishostingthis.com|www.whoishostingthis.com/##||H|netcraft|http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph/?host=##||H|whois.sc|http://www.whois.sc/domain-explorer/?q=##&sub=Search&filter=y&pool=C&rows=100&bc=25&last=||46H|dns.l4x.org|http://dns.l4x.org/## ");
    user_pref( "network.cookie.prefsMigrated ", true);
    user_pref( "network.http.proxy.version ", "1.0 ");
    user_pref( "network.proxy.no_proxies_on ", "127.0.0.1 ");
    user_pref( "pref.advanced.javascript.disable_button.advanced ", false);
    user_pref( "pref.browser.homepage.disable_button.current_page ", false);
    user_pref( "pref.privacy.disable_button.cookie_exceptions ", false);
    user_pref( "pref.privacy.disable_button.view_passwords ", false);
    user_pref( "print.print_printer ", "hp psc 1200 series ");
    user_pref( "print.printer_Lexmark_3200_Color_Jetprinter.print_bgcolor ", false);
    user_pref( "print.printer_Lexmark_3200_Color_Jetprinter.print_bgimages ", false);
    user_pref( "print.printer_Lexmark_3200_Color_Jetprinter.print_command ", " ");
    user_pref( "print.printer_Lexmark_3200_Color_Jetprinter.print_downloadfonts ", false);
    user_pref( "print.printer_Lexmark_3200_Color_Jetprinter.print_edge_bottom ", 0);
    user_pref( "print.printer_Lexmark_3200_Color_Jetprinter.print_edge_left ", 0);
    user_pref( "print.printer_Lexmark_3200_Color_Jetprinter.print_edge_right ", 0);
    user_pref( "print.printer_Lexmark_3200_Color_Jetprinter.print_edge_top ", 0);
    user_pref( "print.printer_Lexmark_3200_Color_Jetprinter.print_evenpages ", true);
    user_pref( "print.printer_Lexmark_3200_Color_Jetprinter.print_footercenter ", " ");
    user_pref( "print.printer_Lexmark_3200_Color_Jetprinter.print_footerleft ", "&PT ");
    user_pref( "print.printer_Lexmark_3200_Color_Jetprinter.print_footerright ", "&D ");
    user_pref( "print.printer_Lexmark_3200_Color_Jetprinter.print_headercenter ", " ");
    user_pref( "print.printer_Lexmark_3200_Color_Jetprinter.print_headerleft ", "&T ");
    user_pref( "print.printer_Lexmark_3200_Color_Jetprinter.print_headerright ", "&U ");
    user_pref( "print.printer_Lexmark_3200_Color_Jetprinter.print_in_color ", true);
    user_pref( "print.printer_Lexmark_3200_Color_Jetprinter.print_margin_bottom ", "0.5 ");
    user_pref( "print.printer_Lexmark_3200_Color_Jetprinter.print_margin_left ", "0.5 ");
    user_pref( "print.printer_Lexmark_3200_Color_Jetprinter.print_margin_right ", "0.5 ");
    user_pref( "print.printer_Lexmark_3200_Color_Jetprinter.print_margin_top ", "0.5 ");
    user_pref( "print.printer_Lexmark_3200_Color_Jetprinter.print_oddpages ", true);
    user_pref( "print.printer_Lexmark_3200_Color_Jetprinter.print_orientation ", 0);
    user_pref( "print.printer_Lexmark_3200_Color_Jetprinter.print_pagedelay ", 500);
    user_pref( "print.printer_Lexmark_3200_Color_Jetprinter.print_paper_data ", 1);
    user_pref( "print.printer_Lexmark_3200_Color_Jetprinter.print_paper_height ", " 11.00 ");
    user_pref( "print.printer_Lexmark_3200_Color_Jetprinter.print_paper_size_type ", 0);
    user_pref( "print.printer_Lexmark_3200_Color_Jetprinter.print_paper_size_unit ", 0);
    user_pref( "print.printer_Lexmark_3200_Color_Jetprinter.print_paper_width ", " 8.50 ");
    user_pref( "print.printer_Lexmark_3200_Color_Jetprinter.print_reversed ", false);
    user_pref( "print.printer_Lexmark_3200_Color_Jetprinter.print_scaling ", " 1.00 ");
    user_pref( "print.printer_Lexmark_3200_Color_Jetprinter.print_shrink_to_fit ", true);
    user_pref( "print.printer_Lexmark_3200_Color_Jetprinter.print_to_file ", false);
    user_pref( "print.printer_Lexmark_3200_Color_Jetprinter.print_to_filename ", " ");
    user_pref( "print.printer_Lexmark_3200_Color_Jetprinter.print_unwriteable_margin_bottom ", 0);
    user_pref( "print.printer_Lexmark_3200_Color_Jetprinter.print_unwriteable_margin_left ", 0);
    user_pref( "print.printer_Lexmark_3200_Color_Jetprinter.print_unwriteable_margin_right ", 0);
    user_pref( "print.printer_Lexmark_3200_Color_Jetprinter.print_unwriteable_margin_top ", 0);
    user_pref( "print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_bgcolor ", false);
    user_pref( "print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_bgimages ", false);
    user_pref( "print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_command ", " ");
    user_pref( "print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_downloadfonts ", false);
    user_pref( "print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_edge_bottom ", 0);
    user_pref( "print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_edge_left ", 0);
    user_pref( "print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_edge_right ", 0);
    user_pref( "print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_edge_top ", 0);
    user_pref( "print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_evenpages ", true);
    user_pref( "print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_footercenter ", " ");
    user_pref( "print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_footerleft ", "&PT ");
    user_pref( "print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_footerright ", "&D ");
    user_pref( "print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_headercenter ", " ");
    user_pref( "print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_headerleft ", "&T ");
    user_pref( "print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_headerright ", "&U ");
    user_pref( "print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_in_color ", true);
    user_pref( "print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_margin_bottom ", "0.5 ");
    user_pref( "print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_margin_left ", "0.5 ");
    user_pref( "print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_margin_right ", "0.5 ");
    user_pref( "print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_margin_top ", "0.5 ");
    user_pref( "print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_oddpages ", true);
    user_pref( "print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_orientation ", 0);
    user_pref( "print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_pagedelay ", 500);
    user_pref( "print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_paper_data ", 1);
    user_pref( "print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_paper_height ", " 11.00 ");
    user_pref( "print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_paper_size_type ", 0);
    user_pref( "print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_paper_size_unit ", 0);
    user_pref( "print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_paper_width ", " 8.50 ");
    user_pref( "print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_reversed ", false);
    user_pref( "print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_scaling ", " 1.00 ");
    user_pref( "print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_shrink_to_fit ", true);
    user_pref( "print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_to_file ", false);
    user_pref( "print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_to_filename ", " ");
    user_pref( "print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_unwriteable_margin_bottom ", 0);
    user_pref( "print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_unwriteable_margin_left ", 0);
    user_pref( "print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_unwriteable_margin_right ", 0);
    user_pref( "print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_unwriteable_margin_top ", 0);
    user_pref( "privacy.sanitize.migrateFx3Prefs ", true);
    user_pref( "security.warn_leaving_secure ", true);
    user_pref( "signon.rememberSignons ", false);
    user_pref( "spellchecker.dictionary ", "en-US ");
    user_pref( "urlclassifier.keyupdatetime.https://sb-ssl.google.com/safebrowsing/newkey ", 1251004342);
    user_pref( "xpinstall.whitelist.add ", " ");
    user_pref( "xpinstall.whitelist.add.103 ", " ");
     
  8. 2009/07/25
    broni

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    Replace this line:
    user_pref( "print.print_printer ", "hp psc 1200 series ");
    with
    user_pref( "print.print_printer ", "Lexmark_3200_Color_Jetprinter ");

    When done, go File>Save.
    Restart Firefox.
     
  9. 2009/07/25
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    Worked like a charm. Thanks Broni.
     
  10. 2009/07/25
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    You're very welcome :)
     

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