Printing from the computer’s desktop, Checking the printer status – HP Deskjet 3420 Color Inkjet Printer User Manual

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icon

meaning

Printer is idle and set as the default printer.

Printer is idle and not set as the default printer.

Printing on the default printer.

Printing stopped on the default printer.

Error on the default printer.

The printer is not available.

printing from the computer’s desktop

Desktop printing is useful when you want to print a number of documents at once or print a

document that is formatted for a particular printer.

Use one of the following methods to print from the desktop:

Drag the icons of the documents you want to print to the printer icon on the desktop.

Select the icons of the documents you want to print, then select

File

>

Print

. Select the

options you want from the Print dialog box, then click the

OK

button.

checking the printer status

The printer desktop icon shows you the status of the printer.

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