Enforce Default Printer Presets Across Multiple Users

Hi
Please could anyone tell me if there is a way to enforce the default printer preset across multiple users on the same computer for a network attached printer?
I want to make sure that all of my family who each have separate accounts all print using greyscale by default.
I would like to do this without copying plists about. I was hoping that there is some global way to do it as an administrator.
TIA

Hello Ian,
I did a couple of simple tests on this topic and from what I can see there is no easy way for this to be done. The preferences (plists) are being saved in each users preference, and depending on which printer you are using the located and format for this preference is not easily copied.
Unless there is a third party app (or something I missed) then I don't see a simple solution to this.
Regards,
Paul

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