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Use the expanded print dialog by default

By default, when you print on the Mac you usually get a small print dialog along with a button that allows you to expand the dialog to include more options. If you want, you can set a configuration setting so that you always get the expanded print dialog by default.

Open a terminal window and type in the following:

defaults write -g PMPrintingExpandedStateForPrint -bool TRUE

Once you do this, you'll now get the expanded print dialog by default. If you change your mind and you want to revert the small print dialog by default, repeat the above command and replace TRUE with FALSE.
Rating: 100% positive, 2 total Votes
Categories: Mac OS X customization
Added: on Jan 20, 2008 at 10:31 am
Added By: an anonymous user
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