Unable to print in draft mode

Chris

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Mar 23, 2020, 4:16:03 AM3/23/20

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Canon printer TR7550

Whenever I print - it doesn't matter what document it is - I can see
"Media & Quality" section with the Draft/Normal/Best slider, but I can
never select "Draft" the
slider just bounces back to "Normal". "Best" works.

Any ideas how to fix it?

Chris

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Mar 29, 2020, 6:05:41 PM3/29/20

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Anyone? Draft mode works ok on windows, but not via the print dialogue on
the Mac. I've installed to official driver from canon but it refused to do
draft mode.

Hans Sluiman

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Mar 29, 2020, 6:45:00 PM3/29/20

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Same here. I'd also like to hear an explanation, or - better still - a
solution.

Fred McKenzie

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Mar 29, 2020, 10:14:51 PM3/29/20

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In article <202003292344...@domain.com>,

Chris & Hans-

My guess is that a font to be printed does not have a Draft mode.

Try a simple text document. One at a time, change the font to each of
several and see if Draft mode can be selected for any of them.

Fred

Hans Sluiman

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Mar 30, 2020, 11:13:47 AM3/30/20

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I created a short text in Pages but none of the fonts that I tried
(including Courier, Times New Roman, Geneva, Arial, admittedly I did
not try all that are available) would allow printing in draft mode.

Hans Sluiman

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Mar 30, 2020, 11:44:38 AM3/30/20

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OK, what solved the problem for me is the advice given by jfredsilva in
the Canon forum
https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Printer-Multifunction-Support/Pixma-TR8520-won-t-print-draft-with-Mojave-Apple-and-Canon-can-t/m-p/272832/highlight/true#M31721.

I removed the AirPrint driver in Printers & Scanners and replaced it
with the Canon driver for the Canon MG7100 series (I have a Canon
MG7150). Instead of a slider there is now a Print Quality drop-down
menu including High Standard Draft and Custom. The Custom option is
superfluous since selecting it results in a slider of which only 3 out
of 5 positions are selectable, corresponding with High, Standard and
Draft.

Chris

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Mar 30, 2020, 12:50:08 PM3/30/20

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That's really great Hans, thanks!

Except:
https://www.canon.co.uk/support/consumer_products/products/fax__multifunctionals/inkjet/pixma_tr_series/pixma-tr7550.html?type=drivers&language=&os=macos%2010.14%20(mojave)

"This product is compatible with the operating system selected using
AirPrint only - a driver is not required.

The move from Canon drivers to AirPrint has been made to improve the
user experience as any future updates will be applied automatically
through your operating system.

For details on how to print via AirPrint and troubleshooting information
please visit our AirPrint guide . "

Arrgghh... "improve the user experience" my arse!

Chris Ridd

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Mar 30, 2020, 1:23:48 PM3/30/20

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On 30/03/2020 17:50, Chris wrote:
> Arrgghh... "improve the user experience" my arse!

It stops users having to load any shovelware from printer manufacturers,
so I'd say that's a huge improvement in the user experience right there.

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Chris

Chris

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Mar 30, 2020, 1:26:59 PM3/30/20

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Maybe, but when the default options are broken with no recourse for an
alternative solution that's definitely a worse situation. Printer ink is
expensive so being able to print in draft is definitely something a lot
of people would like to do.

Chris Ridd

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Mar 30, 2020, 3:15:59 PM3/30/20

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Well that's just an annoying bug, but all software has bugs. How much
less ink does draft mode use?

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Chris

Bruce Horrocks

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Mar 30, 2020, 5:32:11 PM3/30/20

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A two-second Google found this:
<https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Printer-Multifunction-Support/Canon-TS8150-No-Draft-print-option-in-OS-X/td-p/241483>

Are you sure that draft mode on Windows actually does anything? I
wouldn't be at all surprised to find that the Windows driver has the
option present simply to stop people ringing them up and complaining.

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Bruce Horrocks
Surrey
England
(bruce at scorecrow dot com)

John McWilliams

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Mar 30, 2020, 6:48:32 PM3/30/20

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Best question so far.

I never print a draft. All proofing is done on the computer screen and
no paper or ink is wasted.

Chris

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Mar 31, 2020, 7:05:40 AM3/31/20

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Maybe so, but my use case is different to yours. My prints are mainly
for personal usage so printing in draft is not a big deal and is for
reading not proofing.

Chris

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Mar 31, 2020, 7:16:50 AM3/31/20

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Yes. It's a very noticeable difference between draft, standard and high.
So the functionality exists both in hardware and software, yet is not
supported by the default Apple Airprint drivers. Not impressed!