Make the Printer Default to Draft

There is a way that the default print setting can be Draft instead of Normal.

Changing the default is no more difficult than changing the setting for the current print job—you just approach it differently. Launch the Printers and Faxes applet from Control Panel. Select your default printer and click the link titled Set printer properties. The exact steps that follow will depend on the printer, but next, you will probably click Printing Preferences. Here’s your old friend, the box where you always select Draft mode. Select it here and click OK, OK. Now Draft is the default.