How does one change default options in CUPS

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I want to change default print settings in CUPS.

I'm mass printing PDF's through Finder and it won't use my preset in the printer options menu so I'm fiddling around in CUPS to see if that works. I want to change the settings as shown below, but I can't find out how?

Essentially I'm trying to print all pdf's with Scale to fit enabled, if there is some other way I should be doing this. I'd like the heads up 🙂

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Since I essentially wanted to print all pdf's with Scale to fit enabled. This small command worked.

lpoptions -o fit-to-page

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I would use Terminal commands slightly different from @Bart's above, although those work just fine.

To disable Preview's default print scaling:

defaults write com.apple.Preview PVImagePrintingScaleMode -bool false

To restore Preview's default print scaling:

defaults write com.apple.Preview PVImagePrintingScaleMode -bool true

That way, the default stays in Preview's plist, so I don't need some external reminder about that default if I'm poking into it next year when I've forgotten I did this.

Incidentally, the first time I started up Preview after disabling its print scaling, it seemed to hang on launch, so I force-quit and then tried again and it was fine.

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MacOS – How to make the OS print dialog default to a particular preset

There is a much easier way.

Create a Print Preset, with the settings as you want them. Select it.
Press the Print button while holding down Alt (Option).

That will force your current settings to be the default for the printer.

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