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Win 98 printer problem

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by mpd881

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I'm assuming this is a Windows Problem...I have a computer that is running Win98 and for the past couple weeks every printer that I have installed on it (three) has been using the value '3' as the default for the number of copies. I can change themand it stays until I restart the computer, then it goes back to three. It does the same thing on multiple programs. Any ideas?

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by zlitocook

Are you printing from a program or just going to file print? Have you gone into printer settings and changed it? Have you removed all the printer software from add/remove programs? If you are using it from word the normal.dot could be corrupt. You can delete it and it will rebuild itself after reboot. Boot into safemode and check to see if all printers are gone.

by rcom

Not sure where your changing the settings that don't stay when rebooted but to set up the default number of copies to be printed go to the printer properties then select the PAGE tab and it's located there.

If this does not work I'd do as mentioned here, completely remove the printer from the printer's folder and reinstall. Check the default page setting it should be on 1. If not, I don't think it's an os problem but more of an issue with some other software installed.

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