Using Your Printer Software
 
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Desktop Printing
 
Desktop printing is useful when you have a number of documents to print at once, 
or when you have a document that is already formatted for printing on a 
particular printer. There are two methods to print documents from the desktop. 
To perform desktop printing, either:
 
•
 
Drag the icons of the documents you want to print to the desktop icon of the 
printer you want to use. 
 
OR
 
 
 
•
 
Select the icons of the documents you want to print, then choose 
 
Print
 
 from the 
 
File
 
 menu. When the 
 
Print
 
 dialog box appears, select your print options, then 
click the 
 
Print
 
 button.
 
Checking Printer Status
 
You can tell the status of a printer by looking at its desktop icon: 
 
Icon
Description Icon Description
 
Idle printer (default)
Printing stopped on 
default printer
Idle printer (not default) Error on default printer
Printing on default printer
Printer not available or 
connected