Setting your printer as the default printer
Your printer should be selected automatically from the Print dialog when you send a print job. If you have to manually
select your printer, then it is not the default printer.
To set the default printer:
For Windows users
1Click , or click Start and then click Run.
2In the Start Search or Run box, type control printers.
3Press Enter, or click OK.
The printers folder opens.
4Right‑click the printer, and then select Set as Default Printer.
For Macintosh users
1From the Apple menu, navigate to:
System Preferences > Print & Fax
2Select the printer from the Default Printer pop‑up menu, or select the printer and click Make Default.
Changing the default printing mode
To conserve ink, you can change the default printing mode for all print jobs to Draft or Quick Print. It uses less ink and
is recommended for printing text-only documents. If you need to c hange to a different print mode to print photos or
other high-quality documents, then you can select a different mode from the Print dialog before sending the print job.
For Windows users
1With a document open, click File > Print.
2Click Properties, Preferences, Options, or Setup.
3Navigate to:
Quality tab > select a print quality > OK
For Macintosh users
1With a document open, choose File > Print.
2From the printer pop‑up menu, choose your printer.
3From the print options pop-up menu, choose Quality & Media.
4From the Print Quality pop‑up menu, choose a print quality.
5Click OK.
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