Removing a Printer
You might want to remove a printer setup for several reasons:
The physical printer has been removed from service.
You don't want to use a particular network printer anymore.
You have several definitions of a physical printer using different default settings, and you want to remove one of them.
You have a nonfunctioning or improperly functioning printer setup and want to remove it and start over by running the Add Printer Wizard.
In any of these cases, the approach is the same:
1. | Be sure you are logged on with Computer Administrator privileges. |
2. | Open the Printers and Faxes folder. |
3. | Be sure nothing is in the printer's queue. You have to clear the queue for the printer before deleting it. If you don't, Windows will attempt to ... |
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