Change Printer Factory Default Settings

I.e. so black and white is the default.

[physics]

You've gotta love the way printer companies set the default printing option to color so they can cash in on those yummy color printer cartridge profits. Just bought a really cheap Lexmark 1200 printer/flat bed copier (was ~45.00!). I'd like to change the default printing settings to B&W so when my wife prints her emails (for example) the graphics and ads on the page aren't by default printed in brilliant color. I tried saving the new settings and printing a page but when I go to print another page later it defaults back to color. Does anyone know how to change this or where one can find such printer hacking info?

[kaled]

I'm assuming you set the print options from within an application, in this case, the settings are not saved.

If you right-click the printer and select 'properties' (enter from Control Panel¦Printers and Faxes) change settings and click OK, this should change the defaults. However, this may vary from printer to printer - not sure.

Kaled.

[physics]

Thanks kaled! Worked. You'd think in the past decade I'd have figured that out ;)