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01-11-2018 12:12 PM
Within the Printer Assistant panel, under Preferences, are a series of 'Shortcuts': Everyday Printing, Two Sided Printing, Photo Printing etc. All of these options are shown with a locked padlock. In an adjacent right hand column are options such as: Borderless, Paper Type, Two sided Printing etc.
Although these Preferences can be selected, with the mouse, when OK is selected a warning window is posted stating
Printer setting could not be saved.
Parameter is invalid.
Is there a solution to this problem?
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01-12-2018 06:14 PM
Hi @SteveKFF,
Thank you for joining HP Forums.
I'll be glad to help you 🙂
As I understand, you're unable to save the print settings.
No worries, as I'll be glad to help you, that said, I'll need a few more details to dissect your concern & provide an accurate solution:
Were these options available earlier?
Do you've administrator account on your PC?
Could you share a picture of printer assistant with those shortcut options?
Let's try these steps to resolve the issue:
Step 1: Uninstall and reinstall drivers:
- Go to Control panel – Programs and feature – Select all the HP DeskJet printer entries and uninstall them.
- Now go to Control panel – Devices and printer – Select all the printer entries and remove the device.
- Then press the "windows key" + "r" to get the "Run" window open - Type "printui.exe /s" and press enter.
- Under print server properties, go to drivers - remove any entry there as well.
- Again, go to run window, type – “c:/programdata” – Go to Hewlett Packard folder, remove any printer related folders & files.
To reinstall, click here.
Let me know how that pans out
I hope you have a good day ahead,
And feel free to ask any other queries as well,
Considering, this forum has some of the best people in the world available and ready to help.
01-12-2018 06:14 PM
Hi @SteveKFF,
Thank you for joining HP Forums.
I'll be glad to help you 🙂
As I understand, you're unable to save the print settings.
No worries, as I'll be glad to help you, that said, I'll need a few more details to dissect your concern & provide an accurate solution:
Were these options available earlier?
Do you've administrator account on your PC?
Could you share a picture of printer assistant with those shortcut options?
Let's try these steps to resolve the issue:
Step 1: Uninstall and reinstall drivers:
- Go to Control panel – Programs and feature – Select all the HP DeskJet printer entries and uninstall them.
- Now go to Control panel – Devices and printer – Select all the printer entries and remove the device.
- Then press the "windows key" + "r" to get the "Run" window open - Type "printui.exe /s" and press enter.
- Under print server properties, go to drivers - remove any entry there as well.
- Again, go to run window, type – “c:/programdata” – Go to Hewlett Packard folder, remove any printer related folders & files.
To reinstall, click here.
Let me know how that pans out
I hope you have a good day ahead,
And feel free to ask any other queries as well,
Considering, this forum has some of the best people in the world available and ready to help.