Printer Settings not fixed

I was extremely disappointed to see this NOT fixed in v. 2009, about 10 years after I first brought it up:

When setting printer settings for forms (Settings->Invoices->Printer Settings) Simply actually changes the default settings for the printer for the entire computer. While this may work for Simply, it doesn't for other programs who use the same printer and count on certain settings to be there.

For example: printer has three paper trays. System default settings say: print from Tray 1 always.

Go to SA. Open Settings -> Forms - > Invoices -> Printer Setup. Pick Tray 2 to print Invoices to.

Go back to system printer settings and they have changed to Tray 2.

Not a good idea!  Surely there are other spots to store the Forms Printing Preferences beside the system default printer settings... System default printer settings should not be changed by any application. They should remain as set by the user (hence the 'default'), and then the applications shuold keep their own settings on file to apply to their own printing jobs.

It seems to just be legacy lazy programming... going back to, what, Bedford SA for Windows 3.1?

Erwin

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