One Print Dialog - Many Jobs

[uemtux]

I have a list of records and related records I want to print out. Think of the records as cover pages and the related records as content. They have to come out in the proper order, and using a particular printer preset. I thought that if I gave the user the print dialog for the first record to be printed, they could specify their settings and that those settings would remain for subsequent (no dialog) print commands. Unfortunately, it seems that with every new job filemaker has to be told what settings to use. With as many as 25-30 "covers" in a set, I don't want to ask my users to click Print 50 or 60 times. The really annoying part is, if you give them the dialog each time, the settings DO stay the same, it's only if you don't give them the dialog that the settings are reset to system defaults. Is there any way to get filemaker to behave without using 3rd party plugins? I don't mind using Applescript but it's important to realize that I don't want to force particular settings or a preset, I want the user to choose the settings, and for those settings to be used for many separate print jobs. I suppose I could make a "PrintQueue" table and just paste all the data I'm printing into container fields and force a single job for the whole shebang, but that seems unnecessarily resource intensive. Anyone got an idea or insight?

[JerrySalem]

Is it an HP printer by any chance?

I seem to remember a mention somewhere that there is a bug with HP Printers where the printer won't remember the settings.

Also in the print setup and print dialog box script steps, make sure the 'specify printer settings' is NOT checked off.

Check with different printers

Jerry