[Solved] Retain printer settings.

[Gary Robson]

Hi,

Is there a way to retain the printer settings?

I generate and print a report.  I change the printer settings in the printer properties dialog box for example select a colour print.
When I generate another report I must then make changes to the printer properties again.

Is there a way to keep the changes I made the first time?

Cheers,
Gary

[Ivan]

Hello Gary Robson,

I assume that you are using the Web Report Viewer. Our current implementation for printing from a web browser relies upon the Adobe Reader browser plug-in to perform the actual printing job on the client. Since this is an external application executing on the client machine, while Telerik Reporting is running on the server, there is no possible way for us to configure the default printer settings used by Adobe Reader on the client for printing.

Greetings,
Ivan
the Telerik team

[Hiba]

Yes, but it depends on whether the settings are being changed for a single print job or as the printer's default settings.

If you're only changing options in the Print dialog each time, those settings are often temporary and will reset when you print the next report. Instead, open Printer Preferences (from Windows Settings > Printers or Control Panel), make your preferred settings there (such as color printing, paper size, or duplex), and click Apply. Those become the default for future print jobs.

If the settings still revert, the application generating the report may be overriding the printer defaults. In that case, check the application's own print settings or preferences, as some programs save their own printer configuration for each report.