set printing to greyscale via group policy

[chipperjonesrules]

I have been asked to set all of our users to default to greyscale when they print. but also giving them the option of changing it to color as needed.

is there a way to do this via a Group Policy?

 

[IllogicallyLogical]

Are the users connecting to a print server for their print jobs? If so, set the printing defaults on the print server for the printers. If users have the proper permissions for managing the printer they are using they will still be able to change the settings to print in color when needed.

Joey
CCNA, MCSA 2003, MCP, A+, Network+, CWTS

 

[chipperjonesrules]

no, unfortunately the color printers are not on the print server.

usually either a deskjet type printer, although we have a couple of Dell color printers that have their own built-in print servers.

what we are mainly going after are the users that have a deskjet type printer on their desk, rather than going to each users desk and changing the settings I would like to do this via group policy.

 

[58sniper]

Change it on one user's machine and see if it changes a registry value. If it does, capture that, and push out that registry value in a GPO.

Pat Richard MVP
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