Lexmark 10E Managing print jobs, Setting your printer as the default printer, For Windows users

Managing print jobs

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 printer folder opens.

4Right-click the printer, and then select Set as Default Printer.

For Macintosh users

1From the Apple menu, choose System Preferences.

2Click Print & Fax.

3Select the printer from the Default Printer pop-up menu, or select the printer and click Make Default, depending on your operating system.

Changing the printing mode

To conserve ink, you can change the default printing mode for all print jobs to Quick Print. It uses less ink and is ideal for printing text-only documents. If you need to change 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.

To change the default print mode:

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 printer folder opens.

4Right-click the printer, and then select Printing Preferences.

5Select Quick Print as the printing mode.

For Macintosh users

1With a document open, choose File > Print.

2From the printer pop-up menu, choose the printer.

Printing

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