Question: How to Set Default Printer in Windows 10?

How to set a default printer in Windows 10

• To choose a default printer, select the Start button and then Settings . Go to Devices > Printers & scanners > select a printer > Manage. Then select Set as default.
• In Windows 10, your default can be the printer you last used. To turn on this mode, open Start and select Settings > Devices > Printers & scanners.

To change the settings to manual, use the following steps: 1] Click on the Start button and then click on the gear like symbol which will open the Settings page. 2] Among the tabs on the left, please click ‘Printers and Scanners’. 3] Turn the option saying ‘Let Windows manage my default printer’ to OFF.Solution 2:

• Open the Registry Editor (Right mouse click Windows Start → Run → regedit)
• Navigate to this key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows.
• For name “LegacyDefaultPrinterMode” set the “Value data:” to “1” to return to the old Default printer behavior in Windows 10.

Resolution

• Navigate to Windows Start menu.
• Click “Settings”
• Click “Devices” in the Settings dialog.
• Make sure you are in the section “Printers & scanners”
• Disable the setting “Let Windows manage my default printer” by setting it to “Off”.
• Click the Print&Share printer ‘Print+Share’ and select “Set as default”.

How do I change my default printer on Windows 10?

Set the Default Printer in Windows 10

1. Touch or click Start.
2. Touch or click Control Panel.
3. Touch or click Devices and Printers.
4. Touch and hold or right-click the desired printer.
5. Touch or click Set as default printer.

How do I change my default printer?

To change your default printer:

• Choose Printer and Faxes in the Control Panel (Start, Control Panel, Printers and Faxes).
• Right-click on the printer you want to make the default printer.
• From the context menu that opens up select Set as Default Printer.