Determining the status of a printer by looking at its icon
You can tell the status of a printer by looking at its desktop icon:
Plain icon indicates a printer that is not currently chosen for printing.
Default icon indicates the printer you have currently chosen to print on.
Printing icon indicates a document is printing on this printer.
Stopped icon indicates you have stopped the print queue.
Error icon indicates there is an error on this printer.
Disabled icon indicates this desktop printer is not available.
Switching between printers
If you have more than one printer available, you must select which printer you want to use. The printer you select is called the default printer.
A bold outline around a desktop printer icon indicates that it is the default printer, where all your documents will print until you indicate otherwise.
A plain outline around a desktop printer icon indicates that it is not the default printer.
You can change the default printer in one of three ways:
mSelect the printer by using the Chooser.
mDrag the document you want to print to a desktop printer icon.
mSelect the printer by using its desktop printer icon.
These are described in the next section. If you switch printers, you should check your document before you print it to see whether the formatting changed.
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