How to set any Printer as your Default Printer If you are printing documents and would like a certain printer to be the first option when you click on print. You can set it as your default printer by following these steps: Click on the "type here to search" bar in the corner of the screen. You can also just press the Windows key to bring the search up. Type "Control Panel" into the search bar, and hit Enter. A window will pop up like the one above with different options. Select "Devices and Printers". This will bring you to the printer page, you will then find the printer you want under the printers section. Right click on the printer you would like to set as default, the dropdown will have a option called "Set as Default Printer". A popup may say that if you click yes, windows will stop managing your default printer, you can click ok on this popup. Done! The selected printer will now be the first option when you go to print. You can follow these same steps to change your default printer whenever needed.