Managing print jobs, Setting your printer as the default printer, Changing the printing mode – Dell P713w All In One Photo Printer User Manual

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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:

1

Click

, or click Start and then click Run.

2

In the Start Search or Run box, type control printers.

3

Press Enter, or click OK.

The printer folder opens.

4

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

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:

1

Click

, or click Start and then click Run.

2

In the Start Search or Run box, type control printers.

3

Press Enter, or click OK.

The printer folder opens.

4

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

5

Select Quick Print as the printing mode.

Changing the printing mode for a single print job

1

With a document open, click File Print.

2

Click Properties, Preferences, Options, or Setup.

3

Select Automatic, Quick Print, Normal, or Best.

Note: Printing in Quick Print mode uses less ink and is ideal for printing text documents.

Pausing print jobs

1

Click

, or click Start and then click Run.

2

In the Start Search or Run box, type control printers.

3

Press Enter, or click OK.

The printer folder opens.

4

Right-click the printer, and then select Pause Printing.

Printing

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