Oct 10, '08 07:30:00AM • Contributed by: jehrler
I finally got so frustrated I created a copy of the file. Then I selected the copy, Control-clicked on it, and chose Show Package Contents from the contextual menu. I found, among others, the following file: index.xml.gz. I opened this file in TextWrangler and searched for the brand of the old printer (Konica). This is the only entry I found:
<sl:printer sfa:ID="NSPrinter-0" sl:type="KONICA MINOLTA magicolor 2430 DL"/>
I created a new document with the new printer I now wanted it to default to. Saved that file, opened its bundle, searched its index.xml.gz for my new printer, and found this:
<sl:printer sfa:ID="NSPrinter-0" sl:type="Brother HL-5250DN series CUPS"/>
I copied the Brother entry and used it to replace the Konica entry in the index.xml.gz from the copy of the original file. I saved the changes and then double-clicked on that Pages document. After it opened, I chose Print and, voila, my new printer was now the default.
[robg adds: I recall having issues with Pages remembering the proper printer, but I never dug into it to try to find a fix. I haven't tested this fix, because I haven't seen this problem here lately.]
