On 12/30/12 10:56 AM, Michael Gordon wrote:
> David E. Ross wrote:
>> 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.
>>
>
> David,
>
> I think the OP stated he could not find a user.js file, that would be
> because in the Mozilla profiles a user.js file must be created by the
> user. Once it is created Mozilla will use its content to copy into the
> prefs.js file. It is much safer to modify the preferences with the
> user.js file than to directly edit prefs.js.
>
> Michael G
>
I agree. Not only did John (the original poster in this thread) not
have user.js, but also Gallagher (to whom I was replying) did not.
I tried to recreate their experience by disabling my own user.js by
renaming it x-user.js. I still could not see their problem.
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