I believe that you would have to change the registry
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\PowerPoint\Options\PrintHighQualityDefault
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And bear in mind that PPT 2003 and previous read these settings at startup only.
Changing them while PPT is running will have no effect (and PPT will probably
overwrite them with its current internal setting when you shut down).