Changing defaults on Pro 8600

Hello I am having trouble with the default settings on my computer. Everytime I go to print something it automatically has a checkmark for 2 sided and black and white. This usually hasn't been a problem, annoying but today I did a mail merge in pages and it was printing two sided on evelopes. This was a big problem! Finally it was saved in pdf and I was able to print from there. I will be doing more mail mergers in the future can you please help?! How do I change the default settings. I have looked all over. I am using a Mac updated to Yosemite.

No problem at all, below are detiled instructions for a such:
Open the file you would like to print, click the File menu and select Print. The Print window appears.
NOTE: The Print window might be minimized. Click on Show Details to see all available settings.
Click the lowest selection box at the screen, it will be listed as the name of the program (e.g. TextEdit)
Will appear as Copies & Pages within Microsoft Office applications.
Select Layout from the drop-down menu.
Set the Two-Sided option as Off to disable two-sided printing.
Next, select Paper Type/Quality from the drop-down menu.
Click the triangle next to Color Options to expend the settings.
Set the Color field as Color.
Of course you may change those settings as required...
Once you are done, click the Presets drop-down menu and then click on Save Current Settings as Preset... Any used preset will remain default till another preset will be used.
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Note: the settings below are not related with the HP product, I provide you the steps as a best effor and those are only based on my own knowledge. you may try modifying the router settings at your own risk:
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