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thelatinist

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Aug 15, 2009
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Is there currently any way to change the default printer automatically in MacOS based on what printers are currently online? It seems ridiculous to me that when I am at home and my home printer is the only one online, it will continue to try to print to my default work printer, which is offline. A much more sensible solution would be a priority list just like for WiFi networks, where it would try the highest printer on the list that is currently online.

I used to use MarcoPolo and then ControlPlane to change the default printer based on WiFi network, but both are now defunct.
 
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