How to change publisher one page tile default

Good thinking, PatrickofLondon!

It appears to be more granular than brand...it apparently relates to specific model since you have a problem with HP and I don't.

When I have a Ricoh Aficio or Ricoh GelSprinter set as my default printer, 8 1/2 x 11 documents default to tiled. (Choosing A4 for paper size, however, defaults to a one page print job that prints on 8 1/2 x 11 paper.)

After reading your post, I experimented with setting other printers as the default printer (Brother HL 2220, HP LaserJet 8000, and Samsung ML-1710). All of those defaulted to a one page print.

Yes, MPositive, confirmed... if I set my default printer to my HP Deskjet 970Cxi, or to CutePDF Writer, then open Publisher 2010 and create a new document, its "print place" correctly defaults to one page per sheet. But when I close Publisher, reset my default printer to the HP C309a, and repeat the above, it defaults to "tiled".

Even though this is clearly a matter of interaction between Publisher and different printers (or their Windows software drivers), I still regard it as a Publisher 2010 (and earlier versions...?)  fault, as I cannot think of any circumstances where it makes sense - with any printer - to default to a "tiled" setting. Whatever the printers or drivers are telling Publisher 2010 when it talks to them, it should surely default to one page per sheet, on the defined default size of paper.

So we have identified that the problem lies in that area of Publisher 2010's code that interacts with printers and their drivers when the "print place" is laid out. But still no fix in sight.

Perhaps we should name this discussion the Publisher 10 Chronicle, in reminiscence of Pioneer 10 and its plaque, which was created and launched in the hope that someday, somewhere, someone in a position to do something about it might read it and act on it. Hailing Microsoft...

I concur. Do you think we need gold anodized aluminum or shall we just dismantle a printer?

Maybe just the holographic Microsoft logo from the Publisher 2010 packaging, cut into pieces that can be affixed in a mosaic (i.e. tiled...) onto a single sheet of vellum (i.e. one page...). The ensemble to be set between two printers rampant, before the Microsoft headquarters sign. The accompanying pictogram and coded message invite various imaginable possibilities that are probably best not expressed here.

Seriously, Publisher is such a generally good piece of software for what it is, that it's a real shame its makers don't seem to be listening to their own "Answers" site in this instance and on this issue.

I like your style! If you assemble, I'll launch at the Redmond campus.

Seriously, I agree. Good product, niggly problem, a shame that a forum owner or moderator hasn't popped in at least once in sixteen months.