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What is the difference between 'Preferences' and 'Printing Defaults' on Printer Properties?

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When you go into Printer Properties (e.g. from the Control Panel), there is a button called 'Preferences' on the 'General' tab and another button called 'Printing Defaults' on the 'Advanced' tab. They both open similar dialogue boxes which give options to set, for example, Paper Size, but the value…

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The Printing Preferences found on the General tab (and also right click printer > Printing Preferences) are the current user's personal default printing settings. The Printing Defaults found on the Advanced tab are for configuring the default settin…

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