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how do i print in fast draft?

thejadedmonkey said:
I have a Canon MP640 (it's a photo printer) and I don't have anything like that either.. do any of these options save ink?
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Hi there! I was also wondering this same question myself... feel stupid for not seeing that "drop down" arrow that's there all this time I've had my mbp... Sigh. :p

Anyway I also have a Canon i860 printer. You can save ink in the Quality & Media section by clicking on "Detailed Setting" >> dragging the print quality to "Fast" >> and perhaps checking the box for "Grayscale Printing" if you don't want to use your color ink.

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Happy printing! :)
 
Fast Draft

I asked the same question not too long ago and got an answer, but since my printer is different than yours, I can only give you some guidelines. Go to the drop down menus in your printer settings. I think I found it under Quality Settings on mine. If you look further into the replies to this thread, you will probably find pictues that will help. Sorry to be less than specific, but I'm sure you will find your answer here. :)
 
tshoaf said:
I struggled with this for half an hour, before looking here, found no answer, looked again, and felt like an IDIOT...

Yes I'm using leopard.

When you click print and the dialogue box shows up, next to the printer theres a little down arrow, slightly misleading at looks as if the menu is already expanded... contrarily... it actually is not. Click said arrow and the menu will expand.

Located between the orientation icons and the radio button for Print header and footer, you will see a selection box, click the arrow and select Paper Type / Quality and then select your options for printer speed etc. All of the options for printing are contained within the options selectable from the dropped menu.
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Ok this works ONLY when you print something that requires the print dialog box to come up. What about when it doesn't? I like to print coupons online. However, since most of the websites send the coupons directly to the printer and do not require the print dialog box to open it bypasses this setting and prints on normal, which is the default setting on the printer itself. On a pc you can change the default setting on the printer itself by going to the printer and clicking properties and change it there so EVERYTHING will print on fast draft even if it bypasses the print dialog box. Is there a setting on the mac for this. I have spent two days looking for it and have gotten no where. I am wasting mass amounts of ink printing my coupons because of this quirk. I can't believe this one option would be lost when changing from pc to mac. Please help.
 
That... makes no sense

"Most websites send the coupon directly to the printer..."

Websites... don't do anything of the sort... websites don't have any protocols for sending anything to your hardware, they are simply a collection of lines of code that is interpreted by your browser.

Concerning your browser, Safari, to the best of my knowledge, uses the same GUI to select printer settings as shown elsewhere in this post. But, if you tell me what website it is that you're referring to, and what browser, I can most assuredly find you a solution.
 
I don't know if this will help, but usually if you select Print from Safari, File (at the top of the screen) it will bring up the print dialog box whereas if you select Print from the webpage itself, it will go directly to the printer, skipping the dialog box. I hope that helps.


all320 said:
Ok this works ONLY when you print something that requires the print dialog box to come up. What about when it doesn't? I like to print coupons online. However, since most of the websites send the coupons directly to the printer and do not require the print dialog box to open it bypasses this setting and prints on normal, which is the default setting on the printer itself. On a pc you can change the default setting on the printer itself by going to the printer and clicking properties and change it there so EVERYTHING will print on fast draft even if it bypasses the print dialog box. Is there a setting on the mac for this. I have spent two days looking for it and have gotten no where. I am wasting mass amounts of ink printing my coupons because of this quirk. I can't believe this one option would be lost when changing from pc to mac. Please help.
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Printing in Draft Form?

I too, an new to mac, and have been trying to figure out how to save ink. I am running Leopard, Version 10.5.7, and when trying to print, get a menu that acts differently than earlier posts. I do not get the option to change from Standard to Advanced, to pick draft form. It does not give you the choice.

(See the first attachment.)

Instead, there is a button below, that originally read as "Copies and Pages" under that, I selected "Printer Features" then got into a new menu. The 4th option down: "Print Quality", could be switched to "Draft" but even this did not work, and it printed in high quality.

(See the second attachment.)

It was a large 50 page pdf that I was trying to print, so I instead stopped the print... and started up my older PC to do the printing. I'd also appreciate help in trying to figure this out. (I'm trying to get over my issues of switching over to mac, spending more money, and not being able to fully use the thing... the new imovie that was loaded onto this white ibook also can not export to tape.)
 

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keyalea said:
I do not get the option to change from Standard to Advanced, to pick draft form. It does not give you the choice.
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The options you have are dependent on the brand and model of printer you have. The previously posted images were for a Canon printer, whereas yours in an Epson. You may want to visit the Epson site to see if you can locate a more recent driver for Mac.
 
I have a Canon MP210 printer and for some reason I don't even see the 'Print Quality' slider option when I'm in the Quality & Media menu. Anybody know what might be the problem? I have the latest driver installed and everything...
 
To whoever took all their time to create screen captures and post them here...

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

I was having a heck of a time figuring this out before seeing your instructions.:confused:

Thanks again.
Steve
 
Deskjet 3845 missing options in print dialog (can't get to draft settings)

Using my deskjet 3845 to print, when the print dialog box opens, my selection box no longer contains the option to select paper type/quality, etc.
It used to. Used those settings regularly for almost 5 years.

Unfortunately, I didn't notice when they disappeared on me. I assume it was with an update, but embarrassed to say I couldn't say exactly when it happened.

To be clear, when I click on the dropdown, I see "TextEdit, (a divider) layout, paper handling, cover page, scheduler, supply levels, summary". (screenshot attached).

Any help would be GREATLY appreciated. I've got stuff I need to print and I'm burning through ink like crazy.
Thanks.

(imac, 10.5.8, deskjet3845 tried driver 2.7.1 and 3.3.3)


tshoaf said:
Located between the orientation icons and the radio button for Print header and footer, you will see a selection box, click the arrow and select Paper Type / Quality and then select your options for printer speed etc. All of the options for printing are contained within the options selectable from the dropped menu.
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Use the CUPS print facility I mentioned earlier in this thread. Type 127.0.0.1:631 into your browser to access it. Navigate to Manage Printers, select your printer, then select Set default options... you'll fin the option there to set your printer to Fast mode. You'll be asked for your usual User Name and Password to change the default settings of your printer.
 

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I'm having a similar problem. I have an old Macbook with an old HP Officejet g85. I was always able to print in draft mode. Now that I upgraded to a Macbook Pro my g85 no longer allows me to print in draft mode which is a drag. Anyone out there have a solution? I have Snow Leopard 10.6
 
Doesn't work for me

This appeared to be the answer to my ongoing printing problem but once I get to "located between the orientation icons and the radio button for Print header and footer, you will see a selection box", that box isn't there for me. In fact, there is no orientation box or radio button there. Has anyone else had this problem? I'm about ready to chuck the mac out the window!!

tshoaf said:
I struggled with this for half an hour, before looking here, found no answer, looked again, and felt like an IDIOT...

Yes I'm using leopard.

When you click print and the dialogue box shows up, next to the printer theres a little down arrow, slightly misleading at looks as if the menu is already expanded... contrarily... it actually is not. Click said arrow and the menu will expand.

Located between the orientation icons and the radio button for Print header and footer, you will see a selection box, click the arrow and select Paper Type / Quality and then select your options for printer speed etc. All of the options for printing are contained within the options selectable from the dropped menu.
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misterredman said:
Are you saying you used the "Presets" menu to save your settings and it didn't work?

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You're amazing.

One would think the Mac would be more intuitive.
I just bought a new wireless printer and was setting it up with all my computers, both Macs and PCs. The macs took more time and the lack of "draft" setting was getting to me.

But, now I can print in draft mode and it is set to default thanks to your help!!!

Thanks!!!
 
For anyone stumbling on this later, like I did, the quickest way that didn't require CUPS for me was to go into printer settings from system preferences.

From there, select the printer and click the minus button to remove it. Then, click the plus button and re-add the printer.

In my case, I had selected a generic printer driver instead of letting it download and install the proper driver. When the window pops up, especially if there are multiple entries for your printer (mine had a Bonjour entry and a Canon one), make sure to choose the one that uses the most specific driver for your printer. You can try both, but one of them for me had the specific printer name for the driver in the "Using: " field.

Once I did that, the printer took a minute to finish setup and then I had many more options available, including draft mode and more specific duplex settings.
 
My equivalent of Fast Draft is to simply print to a PDF file from any Mac OS print dialog box.

Do people actually still print things to paper in 2014?
 
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