Change default printer - how it works

Windows automatically sets an installed printer as the default printer. We show you how you can change it so that you can quickly print something from the Internet, Word or another program, for example.

How to set up your default printer

• Click "Start" and select "Control Panel".
• In the "Hardware and Sound" menu, click "Show devices and printers".
• All available printers appear. The printer you want to select as the default must first be connected and the driver installed on the computer.

• Right-click your preferred printer.
• A context menu appears with various options. Select "Set as default printer" here.
• The green tick now jumps from the old standard printer to the new one. This confirms the successful change to the standard printer.

With Word, for example, you can simply click on the printer icon and the standard printer will print out the document once. This practical tip shows you where you can find the cheapest printer cartridges online.

The instructions refer to Windows 7.