Go to the Start Orb and select Devices and Printers. Right click on your printer and select Printing Preferences. Here you should be able to select gray scale under Color and save it..
How to a change my printer default setting from color to grayscale permanently.
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How do I change my printer default setting from color to grayscale on a permanent basis. Since I mostly print in greyscale, I want this as the default and then can change manually, as needed, when I want to print in color. Thanks
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LemP 74,985 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator2018-01-23T19:37:14+00:00 In Windows XP, the button on the Desktop screen that is used to open the "menu" is actually labeled "Start." In Vista and Windows 7, it changed to a circle with the Windows icon. The circle is shaded to look a bit three-dimensional -- or like an "orb."
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2018-01-23T18:53:06+00:00 I don't know what a "start orb" is so unfortunately I can't tell you
Read the post just before yours.
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2018-01-23T18:52:09+00:00 I don't know what a "start orb" is so unfortunately I can't tell you
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2018-01-23T18:41:30+00:00 what is the "start orb"?
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