Windows 8 In Depth

Changing a Printer’s Properties

Every printer has several sets of preference and properties dialog boxes, each with enough settings to choke a horse. Different printers have different features, and your particular printer’s driver will dictate the particular set of options available to you. The following sections describe the most general and common options. Those relating to network printer sharing are covered in Chapter 21.

The different sets of printer properties and preferences each serve a different purpose. If you right-click a printer’s icon in Devices and Printers, you will see these choices:

• Printing Preferences—These are the default settings that each application will start with when you use an application’s Print function. These ...