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<blockquote data-quote="VegasGeorge" data-source="post: 982198" data-attributes="member: 21096"><p>So, your printer is hard wired to the Mini and wireless to the iMac. I think that's the problem. You could set it up the other way around, with the printer hard wired to the iMac, and then the Mini wouldn't be able to use economy printing. Print control sequences, fax commands, and scanning do not transmit wirelessly through that kind of setup. You would need a dedicated print server for that. The workaround is to set your printer up using its own internal controls to default to economy printing. Of course, then that's all you could get through the iMac without going back and changing the printer again.</p><p></p><p>If your iMac and Mini are placed close together, you could try hard wiring both to the router, and USB the printer to the router, and then both Macs might be able to control the print quality. That setup will work for some functions, but not for others.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="VegasGeorge, post: 982198, member: 21096"] So, your printer is hard wired to the Mini and wireless to the iMac. I think that's the problem. You could set it up the other way around, with the printer hard wired to the iMac, and then the Mini wouldn't be able to use economy printing. Print control sequences, fax commands, and scanning do not transmit wirelessly through that kind of setup. You would need a dedicated print server for that. The workaround is to set your printer up using its own internal controls to default to economy printing. Of course, then that's all you could get through the iMac without going back and changing the printer again. If your iMac and Mini are placed close together, you could try hard wiring both to the router, and USB the printer to the router, and then both Macs might be able to control the print quality. That setup will work for some functions, but not for others. [/QUOTE]
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