HP LaserJet CM1415 MAC 10.6.8 - printer using to much ink - Adjust preferences in MAC?

[Newsie]

Hi! Hope you can help....

We are going through our black ink cartridges in a months time! (Approx 1845 pages according to printer) With my PC at home I'd set the quality to run on "proof" and I'd be off. Unfortunately with my MAC and all the programs I use regularly it's not that simple. Is there somewhere I can set a "proof" like quality to blanket all programs or do I have to go into each program individually?

I am currently using on a regular basis:

Photoshop CS5

InDesign CS5

Acrobat Pro 9

Word 2008

Excel 2008

We are printing documents for proofing purposes mostly. I need my proofreader to be able to read the text or ads without eyestrain.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated!

[stix4]

Hello,

Thanks for the post.  You can go into the printer properties and set the quality there.  I've attached a link below that should help with this issue.  Good Luck!

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c02260982&tmp_task=solveCategory&cc=us&dlc=en&la...

(step 3 print density settings)

System Preferences/Print and Fax/driver/settings

[Newsie]

Thanks for replying!

The screen shot and preferences window shown is of a PC (I believe) and not a MAC. I cannot find a window that will bring all of those adjustments up. Can you help me find a way on a MAC to adjust the preferences of the printer. I've also gone into each of my programs I print from to try to find "print quality" and am having no luck.

UG - please don't give up

[stix4]

Hello again,

You are correct, the screen shot is for a windows OS, but I didn't have a document available that showed these steps for MAC.  I just wanted to give you an idea of what they looked like and the options that you have. 

With the MAC, open an app. (say Word for instance)  create or find a document, hit file/print, choose presets, that will get you to the area you need to change ink settings (draft in this case) then click save as, this will allow you save this setting for ANY application you want to print from, for instance Safari, hit file/print, look for your save preset and it will print using the settings that you save in word.  Nice touch APPLE!  This preset will affect all of your apps. globally.  I hope this helps....Good Luck! 

[Newsie]

Here's a screen shot of the 2008 Word for Mac printing preferences. This is the only place I can find that reduces the ink output. I've had the printer set on this since we purchased it. We've gone though one black ink cartridge since 1-3-12 printing out approx 1850 pages.

The print preferences do not hold for the adobe programs which is what I'm printing from 90% of the time. Looks like I have to go into each program and set those up individually. Still trying to figure out "what" to adjust in those settings to reduce ink volume. Do you have any buzz words you'd recommend I look for? Draft quality is no where in site.

Here's a copy of my printing preferences in InDesign. Do you see anywhere I can adjust the output of ink...

Print Preset: ads actual size letter HP
Printer: HP LaserJet CM1415fnw (2F70EE)
PPD: HP LaserJet CM1410 Series
PPD File: /var/folders/vW/vW+2ptJ2FTeM-pt40FoQ1++++TI/-Tmp-//4f3e68c511a8f

General
    Copies: 1
    Collate: N/A
    Reverse Order: Off
    Pages: All
    Sequence: All Pages
    Spreads: Off
    Print Master Pages: Off
    Print Layers: Visible & Printable Layers
    Print Non-printing Objects: Off
    Print Blank Pages: Off
    Print Visible Guides and Baseline Grids: Off

Setup
    Paper Size: US Letter
    Paper Width: 8.5 in
    Paper Height: 11 in
    Page Orientation: Portrait
    Paper Offset: N/A
    Paper Gap: N/A
    Transverse: N/A
    Scaling: 100%
    Constrain Proportions: On
    Page Position: Centered
    Thumbnails: Off
    Tiling: Off

Marks and Bleed
    Crop Marks: Off
    Bleed Marks: Off
    Registration Marks: Off
    Color Bars: Off
    Page Information: Off
    Printer Mark Type: Default
    Crop Mark Weight: 0.25 pt
    Mark Offset from Page: 0.0833 in
    Use Document Bleed Settings: On
    Bleed Top: 0 in
    Bleed Bottom: 0 in
    Bleed Inside: 0 in
    Bleed Outside: 0 in
    Include Slug Area: Off

Output
    Color: Composite Gray
    Text As Black: On
    Trapping: N/A
    Flip: None
    Negative: Off
    Screening: Default
    Simulate Overprint: Off

Graphics
    Send Data: Optimized Subsampling
    Download: Complete
    Download PPD Fonts: On
    PostScript®: Level 3
    Data Format: ASCII

Color Management
    Document Profile: U.S. Web Coated (SWOP) v2
    Color Handling: Let InDesign Determine Colors
    Printer Profile: N/A
    Preserve CMYK Numbers: N/A
    Proof Profile: N/A
    Simulate Paper Color: N/A

Advanced
    Print &as Bitmap: N/A
    Bitmap Resolution: N/A
    OPI Image Replacement: Off
    EPS: Off
    PDF: Off
    Bitmap Images: Off
    Transparency Flattener Preset: [Medium Resolution]
    Ignore Spread Overrides: Off

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Sorry this is so long - I'm trying to help my boss out. This is becoming a very expensive printer!

[stix4]

Hello,

Thats strange, they should be located in:  File/Print/(make sure your printer is selected here)/presets/plain paper fast.  You can also choose file/print/copies and pages/advanced print options/ink volume (adjust here)

Adobe - I did find this information:

In Mac OS, you must configure the Adobe PDF printer in three places: Distiller, your authoring application’s Page Setup menu, and your authoring application’s Print dialog box.

1. In Distiller, specify the Adobe PDF settings, font locations, and security.
2. In an authoring application such as Adobe InDesign, choose File > Page Setup.
3. Select Adobe PDF 8.0 from the Format For menu.
4. Specify the paper size, orientation, and scale as necessary.
5. In your authoring application, choose File > Print, and select Adobe PDF 8.0 from the Printer menu.
6. In the pop-up menu below the Presets menu, choose PDF Options, and set any of the following options:

   • Select a set of predefined conversion settings from the Adobe PDF Settings menu if you want to override default settings. Default settings are the settings currently defined in Distiller.

   • Specify whether to open the converted files in Acrobat in the After PDF Creation menu.

7. Specify print settings as desired in the other menus available in the pop-up menu below the Presets menu.

[stix4]

Sorry,

I meant to include this link for ADOBE, great information!  (You are getting a raise for this right?)

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Acrobat/8.0/Standard/help.html?content=WS58a04a822e3e50102bd615109794195...