{"id":2522,"date":"2016-05-10T18:23:39","date_gmt":"2016-05-10T18:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abletp.net\/?page_id=2522"},"modified":"2020-10-07T13:49:34","modified_gmt":"2020-10-07T17:49:34","slug":"set-default-printer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abletp.net\/how-to\/set-default-printer\/","title":{"rendered":"Set Default Printer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This tutorial will show you how to set up your default printer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>NOTE:<\/strong> This tutorial is for Windows 7 operating system. Steps in this can be used to set up your default printer in Windows 10 as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While on the desktop. Click on the \u201cStart Menu\u201d button. The \u201cStart Menu\u201d button is located at the bottom left of the desktop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/abletp.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Step-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/abletp.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Step-1.jpg\" alt=\"Step 1\" class=\"wp-image-2525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abletp.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Step-1.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/abletp.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Step-1-980x551.jpg 980w, https:\/\/abletp.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Step-1-480x270.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1280px, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After opening up the Start Menu, Click on the button called \u201cDevices and Printers\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/abletp.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Step-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/abletp.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Step-2.jpg\" alt=\"Step 2\" class=\"wp-image-2526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abletp.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Step-2.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/abletp.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Step-2-980x551.jpg 980w, https:\/\/abletp.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Step-2-480x270.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1280px, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After opening up \u201cDevices and Printers,\u201d find the name of the printer that you want to set up as your default printer and right click it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you right click the printer, a drop down menu will appear and then you would click on the \u201cSet as Default Printer\u201d option. A little green circle with a check mark should appear over the printer to indicate that the printer has been set up properly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/abletp.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Step-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"783\" height=\"631\" src=\"https:\/\/abletp.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Step-3.jpg\" alt=\"Step 3\" class=\"wp-image-2523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abletp.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Step-3.jpg 783w, https:\/\/abletp.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Step-3-480x387.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 783px, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/abletp.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Step-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"788\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/abletp.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Step-4.jpg\" alt=\"Step 4\" class=\"wp-image-2524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abletp.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Step-4.jpg 788w, https:\/\/abletp.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Step-4-480x390.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 788px, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you click on &#8220;Set as default printer,&#8221; the printer you clicked on should have a green circle with a check mark inside of it signifying that it is the default printer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This tutorial will show you how to set up your default printer. 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