Introduction
In this article, you will learn how to manage a printer in windows 11.
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Add a Printer using Settings
Step 1
Go to Settings > Bluetooth & devices > Printers & Scanners.
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Step 2
Click the "Add a Printer or Scanner" option to look for nearby printers, whether they're linked to your PC or not.
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You should see your printer’s name appears here. Otherwise, you will be shown the following.
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Click on "Add manually" to add the printer manually using the "Add Printer" dialog.
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Add a Printer using Control Panel
Step 1
Go to Control Panel > Hardware and Sound.
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Step 2
Click "View devices and printers".
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Step 3
Click "Add a printer" to auto detect printers.
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Step 4
If you don't get the printer autodetected. Click on "The printer that I want isn't listed", to open the "Add a printer" dialog box, to add the printer manually.
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How to change Printer/Printing Preferences
To modify the settings on your printer, go to Settings > Bluetooth & devices > Printers & Scanners or Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Devices and Printers. Select the printer of your choice to view the printer settings.
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Make changes to Printing Preferences
We make changes to Printing Preferences, in order to change orientation, page order, pages per sheet, borders, and page source. From the maintenance tab, we can perform various types of printer maintenance tasks.
Click on "Printing Preference"
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Make all the changes and click "Apply" to make the changes effective.
How to change Printer Device Setting
We make changes to devices setting to make changes that are related to the hardware system like the port to be used, how should the printer be shared, etc.
Click on "Printing Properties."
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Make all the changes and click "Apply" to make the changes effective.
Printing a Test Page
Go to Settings > Bluetooth & devices > Printers & Scanners. Select the printer of your choice to view the printer settings.
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Click "Print test page", to print a demo page.
How to Set up your Default Printer
By default, windows decide your "default printer". In order to change the default printer, we need to uncheck "Let Windows manage my default printer"
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Go to Settings > Bluetooth & devices > Printers & Scanners. Select the printer of your choice to view the printer settings.
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Click the "Set as default" button to set the selected printer as default.
How to manage your print queue
Navigate to Settings > Bluetooth & devices > Printers & Scanners, then choose the printer for which you want to examine the queue. You can see what's printing by right-clicking a printer in the Control Panel interface. While printing, you may notice a printer icon in the notification box.
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Click "Open print queue" in Settings, "See what's printing", and print icon from the taskbar to open the print queue.
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Right-click on the "Document Name", to see the various actions you can perform.
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How to troubleshoot a Printer
Many times we face problems printing. To find and solve the issues, we can run a troubleshooter.
Go to Settings > Bluetooth & devices > Printers & Scanners. Select the printer of your choice to view the printer settings.
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Click "Run the troubleshooter" to start the troubleshooter hai.
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Conclusion
In this article, we discussed how one can manage a printer on Windows 11.
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