printing from excel - print settings not applying to workbook

[bigbmxdave]

Afternoon all

I've got an annoying problem with my excel documents that I cant seem to fix.

I've got a workbook with several large medium sized sheets and
my printer is set to duplex by default,

if I go to file >> print I can go into printer properties and select single sided. However if I then try to print the entire workbook my new print settings only apply to the worksheet I am currently viewing. so the sheet I have open will print out single sided but all the others in the workbook will use the printer default settings and come out duplex.

Unfortunately setting the printer to single sided by default isnt an option.

Has anyone come across this issue before?

-Im using windows XPSP3
-Excel 2007 SP3
-The issue affects all excel workbooks

regards

 

[bigbmxdave]

Any ideas or suggestions would be much appreciated

 

[bigbmxdave]

Morning All

I've tried several things such as readding the printer or recreating the .xlsx sheet,
the issue persists through all my printers.

Would anyone at least be able to test this on their installation to help me narrow down what could be causing it?

regards