peculiar printing experience in vista

My printer, a Lexmark 730, works fine when invoked by Excell or Word but
when trying to print a picture, Photo Gallery seems to take over and invokes
the xps document writer. If at that point I try to change to the Lexmark 730
printer the system acts as if that printer did not exist. Can somebody please
make sense out of that for me.
Karl

Let me add to my own message that the problem seems to be with Windows Photo
Gallery because I can use Arcsoft Photo Impressions, browse to the file, and
print it via the Lexmark 730 printer.

"Karl, Mississauga" wrote:

> My printer, a Lexmark 730, works fine when invoked by Excell or Word but
> when trying to print a picture, Photo Gallery seems to take over and invokes
> the xps document writer. If at that point I try to change to the Lexmark 730
> printer the system acts as if that printer did not exist. Can somebody please
> make sense out of that for me.
> Karl

Try FastStone viewer instead. www.faststone.org.
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Birk Binnard
http://www.birkbinnard.com

Windows and the Gallery remember the last printer you used. Open Gallery
select Print on the menu and change the selection to the correct printer.
Make sure your printer is selected as the default in Printers.

"Karl, Mississauga" wrote:

> My printer, a Lexmark 730, works fine when invoked by Excell or Word but
> when trying to print a picture, Photo Gallery seems to take over and invokes
> the xps document writer. If at that point I try to change to the Lexmark 730
> printer the system acts as if that printer did not exist. Can somebody please
> make sense out of that for me.
> Karl

Thank you Birk for the tip. I tried FastStone and it is a good alternative to
printing pictures in Vista but it does not answer the question why Vista
doesn't do it right all by itself.
I also thank Mary for her reply but my Vista does not work that way. I don't
even get a chance to select my printer because it does not come up as a
choice when I try to select it, even though when working in Office 2007 and
all other applications my printer works.
This might help someone to zero in on the problem.
Karl

"Birk Binnard" wrote:

> Try FastStone viewer instead. www.faststone.org.
> --
> Birk Binnard
> http://www.birkbinnard.com
>