Set TonerSaveMode=On as default printing preference, drag drop PDF to dock

Printing large number of PDF documents by dragging and dropping them to the printer dock icon causes the documents to be printed with default settings (TonerSaveMode=Off) according to (com.apple.print.custompresets.forprinter.BrotherMFC7840W.plist, com.apple.print.lastUsedSettingsPref Dictionary, com.apple.print.preset.settings Dictionary, com.apple.print.JobInfo.PMJobName String) despite:
1. whether "use last settings" are configured in the printing dialog of Preview.app
2. and despite wether the printer itself using its web interface is configured to have Toner Save Mode to be on.
And as it is not allowed to overwrite "default" settings preference, as a result there is no way to set default preferences for a Mac OS X configured printer, other than the paper size.
Is there a way to set a default preference TonerSaveMode=On for a Brother MFC-7840 device (for instance by manually editing the printers default preferences .plist, could you then point me to the exact file to edit)?
PS - The only goal is to drag and drop files to the printer its dock icon, and print these PDF documents with "TonerSaveMode=On" (or "Duplux" or "UsingSpecificTray" or "Resolution300Dpi" etcetera.)

Thanks for pointing me to Cups Admin on localhost:631
The only problem was that the username/password combination would not be accepted. Cups error_log returned: cupsdAuthorize: pam_authenticate() returned 9 (authentication error)!
My short username was easily found with terminal command > whoami
After temporary setting my password to an 8 character length numeric value, the user/password combination was finally accepted and default "Toner Save" = on could be set.

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