I didn’t realize myself that this is only available on laptops. I did notice that you only get the Manage Default Printers button if you click on a printer, or at least that’s what I’m seeing.
*From:* [email protected] [mailto: [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Free Jr., Bob *Sent:* Thursday, October 1, 2015 4:02 PM *To:* [email protected] *Subject:* RE: [NTSysADM] Change default printer based on location I had to set a printer as default, then it appeared. Location based printing is under Manage Default Printers just as Charles mentioned. Only available in “premium” versions of WIN7 *From:* [email protected] [ mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On Behalf Of *James Rankin *Sent:* Thursday, October 01, 2015 12:47 PM *To:* [email protected] *Subject:* RE: [NTSysADM] Change default printer based on location Yeah, I can’t find anything like that either. Clarification would be nice ;-) *From:* [email protected] [ mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On Behalf Of *Melvin Backus *Sent:* 01 October 2015 20:43 *To:* [email protected] *Subject:* RE: [NTSysADM] Change default printer based on location I was actually pretty excited when I saw this, but I must be missing something. I’m not finding that in any of my Win7 machines. Are you saying that’s an actual entry / menu item? -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. *From:* [email protected] [ mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On Behalf Of *Charles F Sullivan *Sent:* Thursday, October 1, 2015 9:39 AM *To:* [email protected] *Subject:* RE: [NTSysADM] Change default printer based on location Eric, what you’re looking for is built right into Windows 7, if not earlier versions. Devices and Printers > Manage Default Printers. *From:* [email protected] [mailto: [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *[email protected] *Sent:* Thursday, October 1, 2015 8:29 AM *To:* [email protected] *Subject:* Re: [NTSysADM] Change default printer based on location Group Policy Preferences with an item-level targeting of IP range? Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone on O2 ------------------------------ *From: *Eric Brouwer <[email protected]> *Sender: *<[email protected]> *Date: *Thu, 1 Oct 2015 08:24:38 -0400 *To: *<[email protected]> *ReplyTo: *<[email protected]> *Subject: *[NTSysADM] Change default printer based on location Greetings, I split time between two different offices with two different subnets. How can I change my default printer based on which office I am at? I am constantly printing things to the other office... Thanks, Eric
