Re: How to set default printer for IE 5.00.2919 on Win95

Jay:

I am sorry but I can not think of another thing off hand. I opened my IE-5
and looked under the Internet Options, including the Advanced section, to
see if there was anything I may have overlooked. I came up blank.

Mine uses the Windows default printer. Sorry -- I know you don't care a whit
what MY copy does. I mention this only because I do NOT have the Distiller
installed. (I create PDF files using Canvas)

But like I said, my daughter--a high mucky muck at a local crisis center--
who DOES have the Distiller installed in her computer has been heard to
complain about the same thing.

Kind of makes me wonder if the Distiller or some other part of Acrobat may
have a "Set Distiller as Default Printer" check box hidden away. I know that
sounds a bit far fetched.

And I'm sure you have reviewed your working procedures to make sure that you
are not doing something to over ride the printer default somehow.

It's a little embarrassing. Here--I thought the only two subjects where I
was totally at a loss, would be women and proper grammar. Now I see there is
one more. [Long mournful sigh]

Good luck in running this to ground.
Best wishes
Ted
temer(at)c-zone.net


> Thanks Ted, but ...
>
> a) Win95 has the default printer set correctly in Start> Settings>
> Control Panel> Printers -- as I mentioned in the original post, this
> is set properly and all other apps recognize it.
>
> b) All the Win95 app print dialogs are not "sticky" -- they revert to
> the default setting in Start> Settings> Control Panel> Printers the
> next time you start the app.
>
> c) I tried your "SaveAs" trick, but with no effect.  I got a page up,
> changed the printer setting for IE and the Page Setup setting to
> reflect the printer that I want -- same as the default for all Win95
> apps.  Printed a page to make sure.  Did a SaveAs of the page/file.
> Closed IE.  Restarted IE.  No good -- it came back with Acrobat
> Distiller selected as the IE default printer.
>
> d) This version of IE was, to the best of my recollection, downloaded
> from M$.
>
> Any other ideas?
>
> Jay
>
>

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