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Win XP need to change output to printers back to B/W & color

by knjwells Aug 3, 2007 6:51AM PDT

I recently changed the overall output to printers from B/W + color to only B/W to help on save a little cost on inks. Now I need to print with color and I can't find out how to get it turned back on. Where I changed it was before the printers so the each printer's properties won't let me change it. I should have wrote it down and soon will if I get a resolution here. The ink bars on the printing status blocks only show black ink so I know the command is set before them. Any help someone may give would be greatly appreciated. Thanks alot for your time either way.

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by JP Bill Aug 3, 2007 11:50AM PDT

Start>Settings>Control Panel>Printer and Faxes>Select your Printer>Printer>Properties>General Tab>Printing Preferences>Color Tab>UnCheck Greyscale>OK

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No color option available at printer....
by knjwells Aug 4, 2007 12:21AM PDT

Since I changed the print output in XP, the individual printers properties doesn't even show an active button for turning the color on. So I know I made the change somewhere in either XP or IE. I am not positive how I did it, but it is definately not controlled by any particular printers properties. I have gone at it through start>control panel>printers and faxes> so many times that I am almost positive that it can't be done there. Thanks for your help.

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Some reading
by JP Bill Aug 4, 2007 4:21AM PDT
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WIN XP Color printing option gone...
by knjwells Aug 4, 2007 7:57AM PDT

I appreciate your help, but I read through all of those topics and tried each one as well but still no color at my printer. Even when I go to my printers "properties" tab, the illustration used to show the print quality is now in B&W and doesn't have it's usually three color shades. There is a box I can check on the properties page to "print color images in black and white" and that's not even active now.

I have made a sort of "Ultimate Decision" (if you will) for the printing preferences on everything coming out of my computer. I found the perfect tab , at that time anyway, and clicked it to stop having to seperately select B&W for all my invoice printing. Now I can't find it at all and I am getting closer to a full restore every day. I need to get my color option available again atleast... then I'll mark my steps down and be a little better equipped if I ever need to change it back.

Hopefully someone here can help me and I truly appreciate anyone's attempt.

Jeff

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(NT) Uninstall your printer and reinstall
by JP Bill Aug 4, 2007 9:40AM PDT
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Click on start
by PudgyOne Aug 4, 2007 1:28PM PDT

click on settings

click on printers

right click on the printer you are using

click on printing preferences

uncheck the box that says print in B&W

click ok.

It should now print in color.


Rick

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