Holding Printer setup and setting from front panel controls

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I must be doing something wrong. It seems that I can setup the
quality, size and orientation of a print in the dialog box, but it does
not stay (even if I select "save settings"). I endured it with my
Epson 740, but now with a Canon MP750 and its front panel controls, you
would think that the quality, size and source that you set would be
what is used when you print from an application. The only thing that
seems to default from the front panel settings is the source of the
paper. Everything else seems to stay letter size, portrait and plain
paper. Even if the front panel says 4 X 6, photo. I don't know where
you determine the normal landscape on the MP750 front panel (do you put
the 4 X 6 paper in landscape?)

Is there a way to keep the settings you set in the printer dialog box?

Is there a way to have the settings you make on the printer panel be
used by the printer driver?

Many thanks to anyone that helps me here.

Eric
 
I just created a second printer with the 4 X 6,photo quality, glossy
print and fit to paper. Those defaults are maintained if I look at the
printer in the Start/settings/printers dialog box, but if I go to
Photoshop or ACDSee they are not.
 
If you are using a PC and IF (that's a big if as I don't know the MP750
driver settings) there are similar settings to my i960, you can select
"start, settings, printers and faxes" to access the printer driver. In the
driver select "printer preferences" and set them to the settings you want.
Select the "profile" tab and name and save these settings as a new named
profile. Now when you access the printer in any program you will get these
settings as the default. In the i960 driver, the profile you leave in the
dialogue box when accessed as I described becomes the default when the
printer is accessed. In addition, you can set up several profiles to group
settings you want to use for various print jobs. You can then select
"preferences" in the printer dialogue box, select "profiles," and select the
profile you want to use. This precludes the need to click on each setting
you want for the print job as it will have all these things preset in the
profile.

Watch out, however, for the programs that immediately print to the default
printer when you click on the printer ikon on the toolbar at the top of the
screen. In these programs you need to select "file, print" from the menu
bar you get the dialogue box if you need to change the profile for the
document you wish to print.
 
I endured it with my
Epson 740, but now with a Canon MP750 and its front panel controls, you
would think that the quality, size and source that you set would be
what is used when you print from an application.
Click to expand...

Burts answer was the most useful, to be honest I'm still trying to
figure out how to get programs I use to stick with a specific profile.
It's frustrating with CD-printing as everytime I open a new document to
print on another disc it resets to the default where I consistently
want the same settings.... +16 intensity

It's best to think of the front pannel as a seperate computer. For all
intents and purposes it is. Near as I'm aware there is little in the
way of handshaking between the printer and the computer... which is
good IMHO. I remember older HPs where the user could set which tray to
print to from the printer or the computer, but anyone on the network by
default could change the input tray.... which in turn the printer
remembered that as "default". I.e. if someone was printing
envelopes... the next person who wasn't thinking would try to print
letter and end up printing on the envelopes.

I'll have to look into "remember these settings for this program" but
the default settings are easy enough for the end user to change.
 
Zake - Does your printer dialogue box have similar features to the one that
I described? If so, you can set a new default by selecting a profile you
had already set up. With the i960 the selected profile will remain as the
new default profile while you print several documents. You can name it for
the program from which you print the CD's , just for convenience, and it
will stay as the new default when you move on to a different document.
Better than having to reset all parameters to print each file! In the "good
old" DOS days you could write a batch file to reset the printer and open
the program. I haven't bothered to learn how to do this sort of thing in
windows. Haven't even bothered to find out if it is possible.
 
Zake - Does your printer dialogue box have similar features to the one that
I described? If so, you can set a new default by selecting a profile you
had already set up. With the i960 the selected profile will remain as the
new default profile while you print several documents. You can name it for
the program from which you print the CD's
Click to expand...

Burt, it's damn close... thanks for the tip.

Near as i'm aware the software is nearly identical... save the fact
that the ip960 officaly uses v1.73e where the pixma series including
the MPs use 1.85a or 1.85b... though for the life of me I have no clue
where I got 1.85b from.

I'll give it a shot once I've done a sleepy cycle.
 
Yes, I tried it too and it works very well...thanks!

I guess that I expected the front panel to control all the functions as
it does the paper source instead of the printer driver dialog box doing
it. I guess it is probably better that the profile be the way to
control it so that I don't mess up the copier function on the printer.
 
I guess that I expected the front panel to control all the functions as
it does the paper source instead of the printer driver dialog box doing
it. I guess it is probably better that the profile be the way to
control it so that I don't mess up the copier function on the printer.
Click to expand...

The only fucitons on the front panel that I'm aware that affect how the
printer prints from a PC, near as I'm aware is the feed switch, and the
end user's machine can defeat it if nessicary. I can see this be mega
useful for people who want to store regular paper in the bottom, and
photo paper in the rear, or visa versa if one doesn't want to risk
their photo paper getting dusty. Or a small stack of envelopes in the
rear.

It would be easier to make a printer who's front panel controls all the
fuctions, and not too bad for a single user machine non-networked. I
can also see how it would be nice to define some universal parameters
that all printouts will share, such as color preferences.

There are extended service menus located under menu scan copy scan but
these require either the service manual which few people have
presently, or documentation of each fuction. This sub menu was
designed to NOT be user friendly and a good 75% of it are binary entry.
 
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