Print Presets Do Not Save

So at some point in recent history — all my print presets are completely useless in all applications. Everytime I print a document — it defualts back to paper size = Other no matter what printer I select.
Making matters worse, is that when I create a print preset it ignores every detail that you would actually save a preset for and retains only the printer name. Scale, paper size, etc are all ignored.
So everytime I print a file I have to select every detail over and over and it is really **** frustrating and shocking that something so basic would be so broken on a Apple release.

First off, let's not rush to blame Lion. My first thoughts on this is that it's a permissions issue. Have you tried locating the printing preset prefs file(s) and deleting them? Doing so and setting the presets again, should create a new file with the proper permissions. You will find the preset prefs files in /Users/UserName/Library/Preferences. The file is called something like "com.apple.print.custompresets.forprinter". You will have a .plist file and a plist.lockfile. Delete them both. Also, you will find a separate file for each printer.
Another thing to try is to upgrade your printer drivers to their latest versions. That fixed a lot of printing issues for some of my clients who had similar issues.
It never hurts to do a repair of your home folde'rs ACLs. Here's a great article on how to do that:
http://osxdaily.com/2011/11/15/repair-user-permissions-in-mac-os-x-lion/

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