Printing from the standard administration PC
Recovering disappeared network printers
When the entries for network printers disappear, this is usually due to a connection problem.
This is how you recover the entries:
- To be on the safe side, save all open documents.
- On the desktop, select the Tools folder and then Login-Skript erneut ausführen (Execute login script again, in German).
- All printers should now be available.
Setting default printer
- Set network printer instead of local printer or Print to PDF as permanent default printer:
Please contact the Service Delivery team. - Set local printer or Print to PDF instead of network printer as permanent default printer:
Please contact the Service Delivery team. - Set a local printer or Print to PDF instead of another local printer or Print to PDF as default printer:
- Select Start – Settings (gear icon) and then Bluetooth & devices.
- Click Printers & scanners.
- Select the desired printer from the list.
- Click Set as default.
- Set a network printer as default printer for the current session (not permanently, but only until logout):
- Select Start – Settings (gear icon) and then Bluetooth & devices.
- Select Printers & scanners.
- Select the desired printer from the list.
- Click Set as default.
Document is saved as file instead of being printed
If the window Save PDF file or Print to file appears on the screen, you have...
- either set Microsoft Print to PDF as the default printer – this will save the document as a PDF file or a text file,
- or the network printers have ‘disappeared’ due to a briefly interrupted connection (see section Recovering disappeared network printers).