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  <info>
    <link type="guide" xref="printing#setup"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.7.1" version="0.2" date="2012-11-16" status="outdated"/>

    <credit type="author">
      <name>Jim Campbell</name>
      <email its:translate="no">jcampbell@gnome.org</email>
    </credit>
    <credit type="author">
      <name>Paul W. Frields</name>
      <email its:translate="no">stickster@gmail.com</email>
    </credit>
    <credit type="editor">
      <name>Jana Svarova</name>
      <email its:translate="no">jana.svarova@gmail.com</email>
      <years>2013</years>
    </credit>

    <include xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="legal.xml"/>

    <desc>Pick the printer that you use most often.</desc>
  
    <mal:credit xmlns:mal="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="translator copyright">
      <mal:name>David Aguilera</mal:name>
      <mal:email>david.aguilera.moncusi@gmail.com</mal:email>
      <mal:years>2011</mal:years>
    </mal:credit>
  </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 administrative privileges on the system to set the default
    printer.</p>
  </note>

  <steps>
    <item>
      <p>Open the <gui xref="shell-terminology">Activities</gui> overview and
      start typing <gui>Printers</gui>.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Click <gui>Printers</gui>.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Select your desired default printer from the list of available
      printers.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Click the <gui>Unlock</gui> button in the top-right corner and enter
      your password.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Select the <gui>Default</gui> option.</p>
    </item>
  </steps>

  <note>
    <p>When choosing from the list of available printers, you can filter the
    printer search results by specifying a name or location of the printer
    (for example, <input>1st floor</input> or <input>entrance</input>).</p>
    <p>The search results filtering is available only in the dialog for
    adding new printers.</p>
  </note>

  <p>When you print in an application, the default printer is automatically
  used, unless you choose a different printer for that specific output.</p>

</page>
