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05-28-2024 04:19 PM
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Consider the method used to select the Default Printer.
What?
If Windows is managing the Default printer and perhaps not doing it correctly -- or at least not how you want / expect -- then printing can be interrupted when you move from one place to another and the Default Printer is changed.
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Preparation > Check / enable the printer as the “Default Printer”
Windows 11
Settings > Bluetooth & devices > Printers and scanners
Scroll down > Switch OFF Let Windows manage my default printer
Scroll up > Select (Left-Click) your printer from the list of printers > Set as Default
Windows 10
Settings > Devices > Printers and scanners
UNCHECK (clear box) Let Windows manage my default printer
Select (Left-Click) your printer from the list of printers > Manage > Set as Default
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References / Resources
HP Printer Home Page - References and Resources
Learn about your Printer - Solve Problems
“Things that are your printer”
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