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Resolved Question

Page setup in Safari is always 80% landscape

Dec 3, 2011 4:19PM PST

When I print from Safari, Mail or AddressBook, the print dialog always shows landscape at 80%, no matter whether I choose Last Used or Standard in the Presets box. I always change it to 100% portrait but it won't stick.

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Find an app that has a Page Setup selection under File
Dec 3, 2011 11:24PM PST

Text Edit will do.

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Many thanks
Dec 4, 2011 5:56AM PST

Great - Seashore also has a Make Default option in the Settings box. Life will now be much less stressful Happy

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Can't you just use Safari settings?
Dec 4, 2011 9:10AM PST

Hit Print... under File and then click on "show details". You will then see the full dialog box with page setup. I am sure it will remember new settings you input.

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Safari won't do it.
Dec 4, 2011 11:50AM PST

There's no Settings option in the Safari print dialog box I get with my Brother printer and there is no way to change the default.

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This is strange...
Dec 4, 2011 5:23PM PST

I don't think this print dialog box depends on the printer. I have the same on two different computers, one connected to an HP printer, the other with no printer at all. Show details button brings the page setup window. This is apparently OS-native window. I am using the latest Safari (5.1.2) under Lion. I doubt that Snow Leopard would have it differently. If you really don't see this option, maybe it's time to do some maintenance, like repairing permissions, cleaning caches, etc.
BTW, it is not Settings option, it is "show details".

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It's called something different in Safari,
Dec 4, 2011 8:53PM PST

although it serves the same function.
Safari calls them Presets and gives you the ability to save them.

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Correct!
Dec 5, 2011 2:09AM PST

But the OP could not even get the show details window with page setup, which I find unusual. On top there are presets indeed, and print settings can be saved.

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there are two versions of the print dialog
Dec 5, 2011 5:30AM PST

the "long" version which has all the bells and whistles and the "short" version which does not show much except Print.

Maybe the OP is on the short version

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Not in my print dialog
Dec 5, 2011 6:01AM PST

In the Presets box I can save a non-standard setting but, if I subsequently choose it, it makes no difference - the page still prints at the default (now 100% portrait). I have to set the Orientation and Scale manually every time. This is not a problem - my real concern was to establish the right default.

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just a suggestion
Dec 5, 2011 10:06AM PST

If not happy with Safari, you can try Firefox, for instance. It has page setup menu under file and is otherwise at least as good as Safari. The new install can import your Safari bookmarks.

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Not happy with Firefox
Dec 5, 2011 11:05AM PST

I guess I'm too conservative - I've tried Firefox a few times but I always come back to Safari - it's comfortable like a pair of old slippers.