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Printers and Faxes

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Start Settings Printers and Faxes (Classic Start Menu only)

Control Panel [Printers and Other Hardware] Printers and Faxes

The Printers and Faxes folder contains icons representing your installed printers and fax devices. Once a printer is installed here, you can print to it from within any application, drag documents to the its icon to print them, or double-click on the printer icon to see or change the status of current print jobs.

Right-click a printer icon and select Set as Default Printer to make that printer the default in all applications' print dialogs, or select Properties to change the default print settings for the printer. Double-click on any printer icon for a view of the printer's job queue. Finally, use the Add Printer wizard to install drivers for a local or network printer

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