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Situation, IssueTip, Solution

Need to print in Color? 

By default, printing from a libraries desktop defaults to Black and White. If you need to print in Color: 

  • From a Windows desktop, in the print dialog, look for a 'Printer Preferences' or 'Printer Properties' option and change the color mode to Color. For example, in Microsoft Office’s print dialog, select Printer Properties under the printer name and change the color options there to Color. In Adobe Acrobat, from the print dialog, select Properties next to the printer name and change the color options there to Color. 
  • From a Mac desktop, in the print dialog, look for a drop-down menu that defaults to either Copies & Pages (Office) or Preview (Preview) and click on the main it, then select Quality. From the Color Mode drop-menu (below 'Printer' and 'Presets') and choose Printer Features at the bottom. From the Feature sets drop-menu, select Color. From the Color mode below, select Color. down menu, select Color. In Acrobat, select Printer on the bottom-left corner of the print dialog. Select Show Details and look for a drop-down menu that defaults to Layout and click it, select Quality. In the Color Mode drop-down menu select Color.


Windows Laptop Specific

Situation, IssueTip, Solution

Need to print in Black and White? 

By default, printing wirelessly from from a Windows laptop defaults to Color Auto-Detect. To specify Black and White only, depending on the program’s print dialog, look for a 'Printer Preferences' or 'Printer Properties' option and change the color mode to Black and White.  

For example, in Microsoft Office’s print dialog, select Printer Properties under the printer name and change the color options there to Black and White. In Adobe Acrobat, from the print dialog, select Properties next to the printer name and change the color options there to Black and White.  

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Situation, IssueTip, Solution

Need to print in Black and White Color? 

By default, printing wirelessly from printing  from a Mac laptop defaults to Color Auto-Detect. To specify Black and White only, in . In the print dialog, click on the main look for a drop-down menu (below 'Printer' and 'Presets') and choose Printer Features at the bottom. From the Feature sets drop-that defaults to either Copies & Pages (Office) or Preview (Preview) and click on it, then select Quality. From the Color Mode drop-down menu, select Color. From the Color mode below, select Black and White. Optionally, if you don't see a 'Printer Features' option in the main drop-menu, select the PDF drop-menu In Acrobat, select Printer on the bottom-left corner of the print dialog window and choose Open in Preview. When you print from the Preview application, there should be a Black and White option you can check on in the print dialog. Select Show Details and look for a drop-down menu that defaults to Layout and click it, select Quality. In the Color Mode drop-down menu select Color.

Jobs not printing from a Google Chrome browser? 

By default, Google Chrome on a Mac laptop defaults to 10x13 paper size when printing to a libraries printer. From the print dialog in Chrome, select More settings->Paper size and change the paper size to Letter.  

Need to print single-sided?By default, printing to libraries printers defaults to double-sided. To specify single-sided, in the print dialog, click on the main drop-menu (below 'Printer' and 'Presets') and choose Layout. In the Two-Sided drop-menu select Off.

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