Default Printer Properties

Hello,
Is it possible to run a powershell command to identify the default printer on a system and then launch the "Printer Properties" to then modify the settings if need be?
I know the command to identify the default printer is similar to below but am unsure about how to launch the properties after identifying that.
Get-WmiObject-Query"
SELECT * FROM Win32_Printer WHERE Default=$true"
Thanks!

Nevermind,
I answered it on my own. For those wondering this is what worked.
$Default = Get-WmiObject -Query " SELECT * FROM Win32_Printer WHERE Default=$true" | Select Name
$OUTPUT2 = [System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox]::Show("$Default Printer has been detected." , "Default Printer Identified" , 1)
if($OUTPUT2 -eq "OK")
Control.exe Printers

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Can I modify default print "Presets"

Hi -
We recently purchased a Ricoh color-laser multi-function device that prints in color and black/white. Under "Printer Features/Color Mode" within the Print dialog, I can select "Black and White" or "Color" (the default is "Color"). I know how to use 'Presets' within the Print dialog to create a preset that automatically uses the "Black and White" mode.
In order to avoid accidently using color toner, I would like to be able to have the Print command AUTOMATICALLY default to this "Black and White" mode. (I.E., I would like for "Black and White" to be the default under "Printer Features / Color Mode".
Is this possible? (Does this make sense?)
Thanks -

Hello doogles,
If your Ricoh is a PostScript device and therefore uses a PPD, you could modify the PPD so that b&w was the default rather than color (which I believe is what you were actually asking about).
Below is some information I have used for our previous Canon iRC3200 which used an imagePASS (Fiery) C1.
1. Open the PPD in a text editor of some sort.
2. Go to the section describing:
*OpenGroup: FPColorWise1/ColorWise1
*%EFIFlags *EFColorMode Spooler|Command|Column|Setup|Rerip
*%EFIGroup *EFColorMode FPColorWise/ColorWise
*OpenUI *EFColorMode/Color Mode :PickOne
*OrderDependency: 12.0 AnySetup *EFColorMode
**DefaultEFColorMode: EFColorModeDEF*
*EFColorMode EFColorModeDEF/Printer's default: ""
*EFColorMode CMYK/CMYK: " userdict /XJXsetcolormode known
{ (CMYK) XJXsetcolormode } if "
*End
*EFColorMode GRAY/Grayscale: " userdict /XJXsetcolormode known
{ (Grayscale) XJXsetcolormode } if "
*End
*?EFColorMode: " currentpagedevice /ProcessColorModel get == } if "
*CloseUI: *EFColorMode
*CloseGroup: FPColorWise1
This is the section in the PPD that relates to the Color Mode and what options that will be displayed in the properties of the driver.
3. Change this section to this:
*%EFIFlags *EFColorMode Spooler|Command|Column|Setup|Rerip
*%EFIGroup *EFColorMode Color/Color
*OpenUI *EFColorMode/Color Mode :PickOne
*OrderDependency: 12.0 AnySetup *EFColorMode
**DefaultEFColorMode: GRAY*
*EFColorMode EFColorModeDEF/Printer's default: ""
*EFColorMode GRAY/Grayscale: " userdict /XJXsetcolormode known
{ (Grayscale) XJXsetcolormode } if "
*End
*?EFColorMode: " currentpagedevice /ProcessColorModel get == } if "
*CloseUI: *EFColorMode
The changes to the original ppd are setting the "DefaultEFColourMode" to "Grayscale" and removing the "EFColorMode CMYK..." entry.
4. With the changes made to the ppd, create a new printer but point to the modified PPD.
If the Ricoh uses a proprietary printer language rather than PostScript, then it may not be possible to change.
However, if the machine also supports PCL6, you could create another printer queue to the Ricoh and select the Generic PCL6 driver included with OS X. You could then call this queue B&W and have this set as the default printer. Then, if the user wants to print color, they simply select the current Ricoh driver.
Note that the Generic drivers have limitations regarding finishing and don't support some larger paper sizes, such as A3. But if these are not required, then it may prove an easy alternative to modifying the PPD.
PaHu

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