How to permanently print in grayscale?

I would like to save on ink and permanently print in grayscale, but it seems there is no option to do this.
i have to tick grayscale printing every time and it becomes quite annoying.
is there a way to set up the printer to just print in grayscale? i can't seem to find a menu anywhere to do this. the printing preference in system preferences also does not have an option for this.

Hello RUnited,
Pretend to print a page (open the printer dialog by pressing Command + P)---> make all the nessory settings such as grayscale, paper size, etc. ---> click the "presets" drop down and it will have "Save as..." ---> name your perset, and your done!
Hope this helps!
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