<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revision pkgversion="3.7.1" date="2012-11-16" status="outdated"/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>
