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2. Choose either:
• Windows Default - This displays the path to the default printer specified for your operating system.
This is the default setting.
• MapInfo Preferred - This lets you set a different default printer when printing while using MapInfo
Professional. This can be a printer or a plotter.
3. If you chose MapInfo Preferred:
• Select the name of the printer, from the Size drop-down list, to use as the default printer.
• Select a paper size from the Size drop-down list, which prefills with the paper sizes available for
the printer.
• Specify the direction that the paper faces (the orientation). Portrait indicates that the paper is taller
than it is wide (as shown in the previous figure); Landscape indicates that the paper is wider than
it is tall.
4. Click OK to close the dialogs and save your settings.
If you selected Save Printer Information to Workspaces in the startup preferences, then
MapInfo Professional saves the printer information and settings to the workspace. To set this
preference, on the Options menu, point to Preferences and click Startup. Note:
Printing Caveats
About Working with a Windows Default Printer
If you select the Windows Default printer, MapInfo will always use the printer that is currently set as the
default in Windows. The settings for that printer will display in the MapInfo Preferred Printer Setup
group. You will not, however, be able to change them in the Printer Preferences dialog box. To change
the Windows default printer, go back to the Windows Control Panel.
To use a printer other than the one indicated in the Printer preferences, choose either:
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Chapter 4: Configuring MapInfo Professional Preferences