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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its"
type="topic" style="task"
id="printing-setup-default-printer">
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="printing#setup" />
<link type="seealso" xref="user-admin-explain" />
<revision pkgversion="3.7.1" date="2012-11-16" status="outdated"/>
<revision pkgversion="3.13.92" date="2014-09-22" status="review"/>
<revision pkgversion="3.18" date="2015-09-29" status="final"/>
<revision version="gnome:40" date="2021-03-05" status="final"/>
<credit type="author">
<name>Jim Campbell</name>
<email>jcampbell@gnome.org</email>
</credit>
<credit type="author">
<name>Paul W. Frields</name>
<email>stickster@gmail.com</email>
</credit>
<credit type="editor">
<name>Jana Svarova</name>
<email>jana.svarova@gmail.com</email>
<years>2013</years>
</credit>
<credit type="editor">
<name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>
<email>kittykat3756@gmail.com</email>
<years>2014</years>
</credit>
<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
<desc>Pick the printer that you use most often.</desc>
</info>
<title>Set the default printer</title>
<p>If you have more than one printer available, you can select which will be
your default printer. You may want to pick the printer you use most often.</p>
<note>
<p>You need <link xref="user-admin-explain">administrative privileges</link>
on the system to set the default printer.</p>
</note>
<steps>
<item>
<p>Open the <gui xref="shell-introduction#activities">Activities</gui> overview and
start typing <gui>Printers</gui>.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Click <gui>Printers</gui>.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Depending on your system, you may have to press
<gui style="button">Unlock</gui> in the top right corner and
type in your password when prompted.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Click the <media its:translate="no" type="image" src="figures/view-more-symbolic.svg"><span its:translate="yes">settings</span></media>
button next to the printer.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Select the <gui style="menuitem">Use Printer by Default</gui> checkbox.</p>
</item>
</steps>
<p>When you print in an application, the default printer is automatically
used, unless you choose a different printer.</p>
</page>
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