[macbarry]

I've got a group of students who are using an HP 2600n color laser printer to do everyday printing and they are wearing out the $174 image drum in 5-6000 printed pages by always printing in color when 99% of the time they just need black and white.

To save on the life of the image drum I have asked them to request greyscale when the print dialogue box appears each time prior to printing a document. Most do this but a few always seem to "forget". My question to the MacNN experts is - is there any way to set the printer - or their Macs (they're all running OSX:-) to default print greyscale?

Thanks for any ideas

[tooki]

Open the print dialog. Choose "Standard" from the Presets menu. Set the settings you want. Choose Save from the Presets menu.

And then go and buy a B&W laser for B&W printing. It'll be faster and cheaper in the long run. And more reliable.

tooki