Windows 8 Bible

Wrap-Up

The typical printing scenario is that you choose File Print from a program’s menu bar, or press Ctrl+P, to print whatever document you’re viewing at the moment. But as you’ve seen in this chapter, there’s more going on behind the scenes, and there are things you can do to manage your print jobs.

• Every document you print is a print job, temporarily stored in a print queue.
• To open the print queue, double-click the printer icon in the Notification area, or the printer’s icon in the Printers folder.
• To manage print jobs in the queue, right-click any job and choose an option from the shortcut menu.
• To cancel all documents that are waiting to be printed, choose Printer Cancel All Documents from the print queue’s menu bar.
• To print to an XPS document rather than paper, start printing and get to the Print dialog box as you normally would but choose Microsoft XPS Document Writer as the printer.
• To read an XPS document, open it in the new Windows Reader app.
• To print from a Windows 8 app, choose the Devices item from the Charms bar, then select the printer to print to.