Print settings change in Win7 64bit.

My wifes computer a dell quad core. Running win7 64 bit. We have an MG8120. I can set the print settings paper size, orientation, business or personal... I come back to those settings a day later and they are changed. Even though I set the always print with these settings! I need to find what is changing the settings.

Hi congaman59,
Are you saving the print settings from within a program on your computer, or from within the printer driver?  
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