Printing workflow????

I am one of the rare persons on this forum who love aperture. But I have a question about the workflow regarding printing. If I have for example one picture that I have to print from time to time in 3 different sizes, is there a way to save the print settings for every different size, so it is possible just to open the file and print without worrying about paper quality, color management, border etc.??
Thanks in advance
Mac OS X (10.4.4)

One option you might consider is setting up printer profiles for each of the sizes you want. I know you said that you have a picture you wanted to save in different sizes, but if you set up a printer profile, and label it appropriately, you could easily use these settings for other images as well.
For instance, I have set up printer profiles to easily print 4x6, 8x10 and 11x14 images with one click. Each profile applies the settings I want to each print job to my Epson 2200. I have also set up profiles to cover different paper settings since I like to use one type of paper to proof the image, and another to do the final image.
Jeff Weinberg

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