Returning to Default Printer

[Ken]

Some of our users print to different printers. When they use a printer other than their default printer Word retains the last printer used as their default, even though it was a "one of" use. Does anyone know if their is an option to ensure that Word (Office) always returns to the Default printer. This is also a problem in Excel

Thanks

 

[marg]

As far as I know only when you close and re open Word will
it return to the default printer. This has caused us
problems and I would be interesed in knowing if there is
any way to avoid this.

 

[Charles Kenyon]

There is not such an option. Creating one is not very easy, either. When
Word is closed and reopened, it reverts to the Windows default printer.

One option would be to create some macros to use to print to the variant
printers. Put these on a custom toolbar and train your people to use them.
The macros could restore the previous printer setting after printing.

Some of our users print to different printers. When they use a printer

other than their default printer Word retains the last printer used as their
default, even though it was a "one of" use. Does anyone know if their is an
option to ensure that Word (Office) always returns to the Default printer.
This is also a problem in Excel.

 

[Jay Freedman]

Part of the code you would need for this is at
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/ChangeCurPrinter.htm. It's only a
fragment of a macro, though.

 

[Graham Mayor]

How I get round this is to use a custom printers toolbar in a global
template. On that bar I have buttons which print the document to the
available printers and return focus to the default. The code (change the
target printer as required) for each would be similar to:

Sub FaxPrint()
Dim sCurrentPrinter As String
sCurrentPrinter = ActivePrinter
ActivePrinter = "Winfax"
Application.PrintOut FileName:=""
ActivePrinter = sCurrentPrinter
End Sub

Here the document prints to the WinFax driver.

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