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How to print multiple copies automatically?

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My problem is very simple. Yet could not find a solution!

I need to print 3 copies every time I print using Firefox. Am using a ticket printer. All printer properties & preferences have been set to 3 copies. I double checked that.

When I print in Firefox, the print dialog box shows 1 copy. I manually have to increase it to 3 each time. I thought Firefox would have read the 3 copies setting from my printer, but no.

I thought if a manually put it 3 in the printing dialog box for the first time, Firefox will save it when I print again, but no. It reverts back to 1.

So each time I print I have to manually increase it to 3. How can I solve this annoying issue?

My problem is very simple. Yet could not find a solution! I need to print 3 copies every time I print using Firefox. Am using a ticket printer. All printer properties & preferences have been set to 3 copies. I double checked that. When I print in Firefox, the print dialog box shows 1 copy. I manually have to increase it to 3 each time. I thought Firefox would have read the 3 copies setting from my printer, but no. I thought if a manually put it 3 in the printing dialog box for the first time, Firefox will save it when I print again, but no. It reverts back to 1. So each time I print I have to manually increase it to 3. How can I solve this annoying issue?

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Would you please take a look at this article, and scroll down to the copies section :

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-print-web-pages-firefox#w_print-window-settings

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The article did not help me.

I changed my number of copies to 3. Printed it. Repeated same process again. Number of copies is back to 1 instead of 3.

Meanwhile all printer properties and preferences have 3 copies as setting.

Am using Firefox 52.2.0. Got the same problem on Firefox 60.

How to solve this?

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I'm not aware of any setting to change the default number of copies listed in the Print dialog. Occasionally people report that theirs defaults to a number higher than 1, but no explanation was reported for it. Possibly there is a hidden/optional preference, but web searches have not turned one up. It may be a question of how compatible Firefox is with a particular printer driver.

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Found another way to bypass this problem. No luck at all with the saved copy setting in print dialog box.

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Do you want to post your solution/workaround for reference by others?

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Well, I had to modify my POS software to print multiple copies.

1 tab prints the ticket for the client.

Another program ran in another tab prints a second ticket.

Still trying to print a 3rd ticket.

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Please ignore above post.