How to display the expanded print menu by default

When printing any document, it is likely that from time to time, we are forced to access the expanded menu where we can select different printing options, such as sheet size, orientation, printing resolution ... In these cases , we must go to the option Show details, located on the left side of the dialog box.

Unfortunately this option, not always stored, so when re-printing a file or document, if we want to access the details of the printing, we must again activate that button so that more details of it are displayed. If you want this option to appear natively, here's how to do it.

How to enable the print panel extended menu on Mac

• If we are tired of having to activate this additional menu, we must first access Terminal.
• Next we must write the following command:

defaults write -g PMPrintingExpandedStateForPrint -bool TRUE

• We press enter to confirm. It will not ask us for confirmation at any time, nor will it ask for our account password.
• We left Terminal.

We do not need to restart the computer for the changes to take effect, so we can directly access the expanded print menu if we want to print any document.

How to disable the print panel extended menu on Mac

If over time you have tired of seeing this expanded menu, which all it does is confuse you, you can easily disable it doing the following steps:

• First of all, we open Terminal again.
• We write the following command:

defaults write -g PMPrintingExpandedStateForPrint -bool FALSE

• We press enter to confirm. As in the previous option, we will not be asked for confirmation at any time, just as we will not be asked for the user password.
• We left Terminal and solved. The print options menu will be simplified again.