How to change publisher one page tile default

Anonymous
2010-07-29T18:25:52+00:00

I love the new 8.5" page default size. Yay! It is the size I use most often. But why on earth would Publisher make "tile" the default setting? I can't tell you how many times a one page simple print job slid out of the computer in two pages. I have to set each job that way? It's another step I don't want to make. How do I change the default to print the single page I am seeing as one page?

Also on the task pane, you can't scroll from page to page, you have to click on each one?

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  1. Anonymous
    2011-11-30T21:12:21+00:00

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

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  2. Anonymous
    2011-11-29T23:32:14+00:00

    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.

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  3. Anonymous
    2011-11-27T23:37:16+00:00

    Aha! I have a HP B209a printer which I only installed about the same time as I update Office but the problem hasn't always persisted with HP. I have another HP printer at my house in France (which I rarely use Publisher on) so I will try that when I'm next there to see if the problem replicates itself. Cheers!

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  4. Anonymous
    2011-11-27T22:58:47+00:00

    Thanks Adrian.

    A thought occurs:

    • is this problem affecting only those people with a default HP printer?
    • or does it affect others too, with other brands of printer as their default?

    Mine is an HP 309a. Since publisher communicates with the printer before laying out the print-place (the screen where you set your printing parameters), I wondered if the "Tiled" setting is generated by interaction with particular types of printer in use.

    P.S. If anyone at Microsoft is listening to these evidential reports of a problem with your software, do let us all know what you're doing about it.

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  5. Anonymous
    2011-11-27T16:43:59+00:00

    I have been frustrated as **** with this issue - I just haven't had time to search for a solution until I just wasted about half a colour cartridge on two halves of a high quality A2 print!

    I have used the link above to support you all...for what good it will do!

    Regards

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