Print Preferences handled differently in Windows 7 than XP causing problems for customer locations

Customers use web based application that they run only in Internet Explorer (both 8 or 9). Many of them have a label printer and a report printer attached to the same computer. In Windows XP this was not a problem. But with Windows 7 you
can designate the printer you want to print to from the application but Internet Explorer uses the print preferences for the default printer no matter which printer you choose. Obviously this causes a problem due to the different sizes of paper on the
two printers.
Any ideas for a solution or work around? Having all customers go back to Windows XP is not an option!

Sorry it has taken me so long to respond. Printer drivers for Windows 7 have been installed correctly. It doesn't matter what brand printers are involved. The label printer is the one that has the smaller page size obviously -- brand can
be Cognitive, Godex or Zebra. All respond the same way. If you have the 8 1/2 x 11 printer set to the default printer but you want to print to the label printer about 5 or 6 labels spit out because it is trying to print 8 1/2 x 11 instead of 2.0
x 2.4. It works the opposite way if the label printer is set to the default. If you have the label printer set to the default it will print a tiny report on an 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of paper on the report printer. In this example it is a Canon,
but it doesn't matter what brand the report/invoice printer is. Keep in mind this is choosing the printer from Internet Explorer that you want to print to and even confirming that the printer preferences show correctly from the printer dialogue window
in IE. This is using IE9 but it happens in 8 as well. It DOES NOT happen in Microsoft Word, Chrome or Mozilla. I just sent a 2.0 x 2.4 Word document to the label printer when the default printer was set to the Canon and it print just fine.
I also sent a regular size document to the Canon with the label printer (RT200) set as the default. It also printed normal size. A person should be be able to attach 2 printers to a computer and print to either one from Internet Explorer
and have it use the print preferences assigned to their chosen printer regardless of whether it is set as the default or not. We developed our web-based application to use Internet Explorer so there are other issues that keep us from using another browser
--our customers are told that we only support IE, but if this doesn't get resolved we might have to change that.
Thank you for any help you are able to provide.

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> I am using CS2. Suddenly when I print with preview and choose "any" icc
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> neutral black.
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>
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