my2cents » CUPS http://www.frightanic.com "The Earth was made round so that we would not see too far down the road" - Karen Blixen Sat, 04 Sep 2010 07:13:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Modify the default i.e. “Standard” printer presets in OS X http://www.frightanic.com/2010/02/28/modify-the-default-i-e-standard-printer-presets-in-os-x/ http://www.frightanic.com/2010/02/28/modify-the-default-i-e-standard-printer-presets-in-os-x/#comments Sun, 28 Feb 2010 09:06:39 +0000 frightanic http://www.frightanic.com/?p=464 Looking for a way to modify the default printer presets i.e. the presets called “Standard” in OS X I came across a Mac OS X Hints article that talks about the ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.print.custompresets.plist file.

However, what I found way more interesting is that apparently OS X provides a web interface for CUPS at http://localhost:631/ for the locally installed printers.

Through that interface you can nicely modify the default printer presets. Just go to http://localhost:631/printers/ -> choose your printer -> select Set Default Options in the second drop-down. You’ll be asked for an administrator’s username/password to save the changes. No surprise there.

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