Printer preferences

[fjeffery]

I have some clients printing Excel sheets. When printed they print fine
according to the clients default setting on their network printer. ( printing
to a mailbox in the printer instead of acually printing it out.) When this
document is emailed out and the recipient, within the same company, prints
it, the settings are retained for the original creators mailbox instead of
picking up the defaults of the recipients printer. (same network printer) I
know the recepient can do, file, print, properties and change the
preferences. Does anyone know why this happens?

 

[Stephen Knapp]

This happens because a bunch of print characteristics (margins, page
orientation, etc) stay with the document and are only changed when the user
specifically makes changes through File, Page setup. If the receiving user
makes no attempt to clarify their printing specifications, the document's
existing printer format information will be used. I'd attack the problem by
making sure that the print characteristics of the original document are at
"minimum standards" (default margins, paper size, etc). You can't compensate
for e-v-e-r-y printer that's out there, networked or otherwise, so format the
spreadsheet to work with the lowest, common denominator.

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