Default printing presets

Does anyone know of a way to make the "preset" field in the Print dialog box always default to a particular value?
The current behavior, in Leopard at least, is for the preset field to be set to the previous choice. I typically print using a preset called "Grayscale" but then change to "Color" for one job. I would prefer that preset is reset back to "Grayscale" the next time I try to print. At the moment it stays at "Color" until I reselect "Grayscale."
I've poked around the plist files that seem to be related to printing with no luck. Anyone have another suggestion?

You can change the printer defaults via the CUPS web page. But by default, the CUPS page is blocked. To enable it, open Terminal and type "sudo cupsctl WebInterface=yes" (without the quotation marks). Enter the admin password when prompted and then refresh the browser view.
With CUPS web page open, select the Printers tab and then select the printer you want to modify. Then from the Administration drop menu, change to "Set Default Options".
This will show a new page with four menu headings (links); Options Installed, General, Banners and Policies. Select General.
Scroll down the list until you find the option you want to set as default.
With the option select you then need to scroll down the list to the bottom of the page where you will see the ‘Set Default Options’ button.
When you click the 'Set Default Options' button you will then be presented with an authentication window. Enter the account name and password that has been set as the admin for this Mac. And then press the Log In button. You will then see another page stating that the information change is completed.
You can now exit the CUPS admin page and check that the change is set.

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