Changing Printer Properties

Viewing printer properties gives you information about a printer's computer connection or network location, sharing options, related software drivers, color management options, graphics settings, installed fonts, and other advanced settings, such as spooling . Spooling, also known as background printing , is the process of storing a temporary copy of a file on the hard disk and then sending the file to the print device. Spooling allows you to continue working with the file as soon as it is stored on the disk instead of having to wait until the file is finished printing.

Change General Properties

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Click the Start button, and then click Printers And Other Hardware (Home) or Printers And Faxes (Pro).

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Select the printer icon you want to change.

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Click Set Printer Properties.

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Click the General tab.

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If you want, change the printer name or location, and then type a comment.

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Click OK.

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Change Device Properties

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Click the Start button, and then click Printers And Other Hardware (Home) or Printers And Faxes (Pro).

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Right-click the the printer icon you want to change, and then click Properties.

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Click the Device Settings tab.

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Click the plus sign (+) to expand the options you want to change.

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Click an option link.

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Click an option list arrow, and then select a setting.

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Click OK.

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Change Spooling Settings

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Click the Start button, and then click Printers And Other Hardware (Home) or Printers And Faxes (Pro).

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Right-click the the printer icon you want to change, and then click Properties.

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Click the Advanced tab.

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Click the Spool Print Documents So Program Finishes Printing Faster option.

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Click a spooling option to specify when you want the printer to start printing your documents.

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To keep documents in the spooler after they are printed, select the Keep Printed Documents check box.

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To print documents that have completed spooling before other documents, select Print Spooled Documents First check box.

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Click OK.

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