Learn how to set the default printer in Windows 11/10. If you keep switching locations, then you can let Windows manage the default printer.

Here's how to set a default printer on Windows and macOS to avoid the frustration and waste of sending a black-and-white document to your color photo printer.

If Windows 11/10 keeps changing your default printer, disable Let Windows manage my default printer setting or tweak your Registry.

To set a default printer on your Windows 10 computer, you'll need to search for and open into your Printers & Scanners menu.

From there select Change my default printer when I change networks, and select the network you want to associate it with. Repeat this process for any of your installed printers, and you're all set.

Currently at work there are two printers. The first one is a HP Officejet pro 8600 and a brother dcr-8110dn . The HP printer is wireless and the brother requires a usb cable to be connected to the ...