V10.5 print page orientation

For some reason my MacBook Pro now has the default print orientation as landscape. I have searched the forums and found what I believe is the correct solution: delete the com.apple.print.PrintingPrefs.plist file from the user Library/Preferences.
Now I am a little nervious about throwing away what may be a system type file, so I would really appreciate if someone would confirm that when this preference file is trashed, the system will rebuild it, I am guessing, on a restart.
Many thanks for your help.
Regards,
Jim Alguire

Yes it will.
But if you get any problems just reinstall the printer driver.

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