2010/07/29

Me vs. Windows XP: Setting the default printer

I installed Bullzip PDF printer since I was lacking the built in print-to-pdf functionality that Mac OS X has had since it's first release. After the installation I discovered that the PDF printer now was my deafult printer and there was no way of changing that in the print dialogue (where I expected to find it).

Turns out that you need to open Printers & Faxes in the Start Menu and in that dialogue right click on the printer of your choosing and set it to default in the contextual menu. Nifty!

My next project will be to figure out how to set up profiles for economy printing en full colour printing like you can in Mac OS X, but that's for another day.

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