281586 - Not using system's default printer by default

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Description

[lizzy]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041217
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041217

This Window XP system has a specific printer set as default (HP LaserJet IIIp)
yet in Mozilla in the printer modal dialog (File->Print), the already-set choice
is 'Fax'.

We may change it to HP LaserJet IIIp and it prints fine but the next time we run
mozilla afresh the same 'Fax' is the already-set choice.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start mozilla afresh
2. Choose File->Print
3. Dialog says that non-default printer is the selected one



Expected Results:  
I would expect the already-selected printer in the Print dialog box to be the
system's default printer.

Comment 1

[lizzy]

I changed the name of 'HP LaserJet IIIp' (the system default printer) to 'aHP
LaserJet IIIp' and that made mozilla automatically select it correctly (it was
still the default printer). I then re-named it to HP LaserJet IIIp and again, it
is correctly selected in the print dialog as suspected, thus this issue seems to
be resolved on this particular machine.

Comment 2

[huber601]

I am having the same problem with Mozilla 1.7.6 running on Linux x86_64

Comment 3

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This is an automated message, with ID "auto-resolve01".

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Comment 4

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This bug has been automatically resolved after a period of inactivity (see above
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