Windows 10 and printers

[philehidiot]

They have done it again.

I now go to print something and find they have now mandated borderless printing as a default. This does two things; it assumes the borderless capability of my printer which means the edges don't appear properly and it sends ink all over the inside of the printer. If I want to print a batch of images (maps, for example), I have to open them individually, go to print, more options and disable borderless printing for each one.

Does anyone know how I might regain control over my own computer and make borderless printing off by default?

I can only imagine this is to try and push me into buying a new printer as they gruadually make a perfectly servicable bit of hardware more and more difficult to use without taking a great big HAMMER TO THE WRETCHED THING.

[spacein_vader]

Is this a Windows change or something HP/Canon etc have done in their infinite wisdom. Assuming the former the simple answer is install Linux.

[Ttaskmaster]

Mine seems normal...
I do print through the HP app though, as my printer is one o' them newfangled wireless LAN ones.

[Tyrannosaur]

Sometimes with Windows 10 you need to run things with "Run as administrator" for settings to be saved even if you're on an administrator account.

I needed to do this for printing with Lightroom when custom settings I had made in the printer settings looked like they had saved but wouldn't be there on the next startup.

[philehidiot]

This is through the default windows photo printing software. It has now also set everything to default to landscape printing since the last update, which has also done something weird to the search bar (the thing I never use, do not want and wish would go away permanently.... it gave me some weather and news thing I didn't want. It reminds me of Active Desktop from Win 95 - randomly turns itself on with the aim of slowing everything down and introducing bugs).

I'd be using Linux on this computer except for the absence of drivers for some very expensive kit that I simply am not willing to replace. Every time I get pushed towards Linux it's the drivers that stop me.

There are probably registry entries for this stuff but honestly, I could find them and fix them and then MS do something even more infuriating down the line whilst undoing my work.

EDIT OOOhhhh I may have found it. There's a button marked "let the app change my printing preferences". WHY WOULD I WANT THIS? WHY WOULD I WANT YOU TO RANDOMLY CHANGE THE SETTINGS TO SOMETHING YOU THINK IS RIGHT? IS THIS WHY, WHEN I TRY TO PRINT IN BLACK AND WHITE, YOU DECIDE TO PRINT IN RED AND WHITE? YOU UTTER CO....

[philehidiot]

Just FYI, this is my printer experience today:
1) try and print, make QTY error, press delete, Windows closes print window
2) try and print, correct QTY, windows decides it'll do borderless printing, turn off borderless printing, press print, find it has changed to landscape
3) cancel printing, correct QTY, correct orientation, correct borderless printing, try and print.
4) ink running low, replace ink, new ink cartridge explodes, ink everywhere, clean up, replace cartridge, continue printing.
4.5) whilst printing, use IPA to remove as much sprayed black ink as possible from floor, hands, face.
5) paper out, replace paper, continue printing.
6) paper out again, try to remove cassette and find it's jammed and the manufacturer included no removable rear for servicing or clearing jams.
7) brute force and ignorance, remove cassette, find paper still stuck, no access, discover a "spool" function is a thing of the past.
8) unmitigated rage ensues, demon printer gets threatened with death (it's currently printing targets for shooting).
9) printer gets the message, releases trapped paper, accepts new paper, prints final page.
10) sob with relief. Consider destroying printer and mounting its print head on a pike as a warning to the replacement.

[Jonj1611]

Personally mate I would go with number 10. You need to teach these things a lesson

[spacein_vader]

It's things like this that make me believe that Rage Against The Machine were named after an episode with a printer that refused to default to A4 instead of Legal.

[Jonj1611]

Ohhhhh yes think we have all been there!

[philehidiot]

I'm actually going to make a target that's a picture of the printer with a bullseye on it. That'll be satisfying to unleash on.