HOWTO: Change Your Default Printer
In all versions of Windows, whether you have one printer or more, only one of those printers is set as the “Default Printer”.
The default printer is the printer on which many programs will print, if you click their Print icon. Most programs also have a Print option under their File menu, which will display a print dialog box — which will let you choose between multiple printers.
Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint are three examples of programs that have a Print icon that immediately prints to the default printer.
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