HP 870 printer, default resolution (Excel, NT4)

[JasonHamari]

I am wondering if there is a way to set a certain print resolution as default, either through Windows or MS Excel. More details follow:

The printer: HP 870Cse, connected via JetDirect over network, using drivers for NT4 recently downloaded from HP's website.

The computer: Laptop running Windows NT 4 (not sure what service pack).

The software: Microsoft Excel 2000

The problem:
- The user's Excel documents come out in black and white by default, even if there is color in the document.
- When I go in to File - Print, select the printer and click Properties, the resolution selected is 600dpi (Mono only). When the resolution is changed to 300dpi, color is available and it DOES print in color.
- When Excel is closed and reopened, it reverts back to 600dpi by default.

I have searched through Excel's help and Windows' help, and am unable to find any way to make it default to 300dpi so that the user doesn't have to go in and change it every time he wants to print a color document from Excel.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Jason H.

 

[Mulga]

You need to change the printer's default properties to the settings you require. I am not sure of exactly how to do this in NT but in 9X you would do it by going to the printers folder from Start Menu or Control Panel and selecting the properties of the printer in question. When you change the properties from within an application it will only apply to that document then it will revert back to the default. All things are possible except skiing through a revolving door.