[artmanphoto]

Problem is fixed. I did a Google search and found that I needed to Reset the print.print_printer entry in the Config Editor. This fixed the problem. Sure would like to know what happened to cause Config Editor entry to change.


I am using Thunderbird 17.0.2 on a Windows 7 Professional 32 bit machine in a 3 PC hard wired network. I have a HP LaserJet physcially connected to the 32 bit machine and a Xerox color printer connected to the network via Ethernet. The HP LaserJet is set as the default printer for this computer.

Up until a couple of weeks ago when I would print email messages from Thunderbird it would always print to the default HP LaserJet. A couple of weeks ago when I print emails from Thunderbird it wants to use the Xerox color printer which is not the default printer in Windows Devices and Printers. When the printer window opens I have to choose the HP default printer as the Xerox is always selected by Thunderbird.

To my knowledge nothing has changed on the machine to make it do this.

I have changed the default setting back and forth and rebooted the machine thinking something is confused with no help.

Does anyone have an idea why Thunderbird want to print to the non-default printer?

Thanks.