On 12/30/12 2:58 AM, Paul B. Gallagher wrote:
> David E. Ross wrote:
>
>> On 12/28/12 9:28 PM, Paul B. Gallagher wrote:
>>>
>>> OK, here's something that does work, though I'm not sure of any
>>> unintended consequences:
>>>
>>> In about:config, find the pref print printer, right-click it, and
>>> choose "reset." It becomes blank. Close about:config.
>>>
>>> Henceforth, whenever you execute a print command, the default
>>> printer is selected. You can select another printer, but the next
>>> time you execute a print command, the default is selected again.
>>> Just what the OP wanted.
>>>
>>> Any reason not to do this?
>>>
>>> I'd also like to know how to restore the default behavior.
>>
>> Going to about:config, I reset print printer. I then went to a Web
>> page, selected print, and selected a non-default printer (printing to
>> a PDF file). I then went to print a different Web page, but the
>> previously selected non-default printer was still selected. Thus,
>> what you suggested does not work. What I wrote previously regarding
>> about:config is true.
>>
>> I disabled the setting of print printer in my user.js file,
>> terminated SeaMonkey, and then relaunched SeaMonkey. The previously
>> selected non-default printer was still selected.
>>
>> I re-enabled the setting of print printer in my user.js file,
>> terminated SeaMonkey, and then relaunched SeaMonkey. My Windows
>> default printer was selected. This proves my method works.
>
> OK, I don't have a user.js, so your experience may be different from
> mine for that reason. At the moment, my print printer setting is "user
> set" to a printer that happens to be my system default ("HP LaserJet
> 2200 Series PCL 6").
>
> I "printed" your message to the Adobe PDF driver, selecting it manually
> from the print dialog. The next time I hit CTRL-P, SM still presented
> the LaserJet as the selection, it forgot that the last printer used was
> the Adobe PDF driver.
>
> When I manually changed the value of print_printer in about:config to
> "Adobe PDF," that selection stuck, and SM kept presenting that as the
> default printer even though I selected other printers in the print
> dialog for intervening jobs.
>
> When I manually changed the value of print_printer back to "HP LaserJet
> 2200 Series PCL 6," it kept presenting that as the default printer even
> though I selected other printers in the print dialog for intervening jobs.
>
> So I'd like to know how to revert to the default behavior where SM
> remembers the last printer used instead of always presenting the stuck
> value.
>
I tried to duplicate your experience and could not. If I disable
user.js by renaming it to x-user.js, the preference variable
print_printer remains with the value of the last printer I selected.
This happens even if I terminate and then re-launch SeaMonkey.
Check about:config to see if you have print.save_print_settings set to
False. If it is, double click on the entry to reset it to True. This
might cause what you are experiencing.
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