How to Create a Default PDF Printer Setting

Click once on the Windows 'Start' button, once on 'Settings' and select the 'Printers and Faxes' option. This action will launch a pop-up window that lists all available printers.
Right-click once on the 'PDF' printing icon, and select the 'Printer Preferences' option. In this example, 'Adobe PDF' is used. This action will launch a 'Preferences' pop-up window.
Use the tabs on the 'Preferences' window to select any default print settings that you want for your PDF printing. Note that, with the exception of printer trays, most of the print settings are the same as with a regular printer. Click once on the 'OK' button to save the settings as your defaults.
Right-click once on the 'PDF' printing icon, and select the 'Set as Default Printer' option. This will use the PDF writing program as the default print option for all programs. You will notice a check mark near the PDF print icon.

How to Remove the Printer Head on a Brother MFC

Push the button to open the front cover of the Brother multifunction unit. Push the button on the front of the unit to open the paper outlet cover.
Locate the print head cartridge and grasp the handle to lift it out of the printer. Be sure to hold the print head cartridge by its handle.
Remove the new print cartridge from its packaging. Remove the top of the aluminum package.
Grasp the handle on the top of the new print cartridge and set it on a flat surface. Make sure the print head cartridge does not touch anything as you are lifting it out of the box. Be sure not to shake or tilt the cartridge.
Open the top of the aluminum package from left to right. Pull each of the seals off of the new print head cartridge one at a time. Remove the tape from the top of the cartridge, and hold the protective cover. Carefully remove the protective cover from the print head cartridge.
Grasp the cartridge by the handle and position the flat end toward the back of the printer. Line up the rollers on the print head cartridge with the arrows on the printer and carefully lower it into place. Pull the protective cover sheet off of the cartridge by pulling it straight up. Close the paper outlet unit and then close the printer.

How to Install the Microsoft XPS Printer Driver

Visit Microsoft's website to download the XPS viewer software. You can find a download page by searching for 'XPS' under the Windows Hardware Developer Central section. Click 'Download the Microsoft XPS Essentials Pack' to continue. Alternatively, you can select to download only the viewer, but you will be provided with fewer features. Save the file, and when it has finished downloading, click 'Run' or 'Open' to begin the installation.
Walk through the steps in the installer, which will copy the files to your computer. The XPS file viewer, document writer, thumbnail handlers, filters and print drivers will all be installed. You must read through the Microsoft Software License Terms and agree to them for the installation to continue.
Test the installation. Open any printable file, such as a document, image or website, and click 'File' at the top of the screen, then 'Print.' Select the 'Microsoft XPS Document Writer' as the printer, and click 'Print.' The program will then ask you where to save the file, and after a moment of rendering, an XPS file will be created.

How to Delete Printer History (6 Steps)

Open the computer's 'Control Panel' from the system menu icon on the taskbar.
Click the 'Hardware and Sound' link in the Control Panel options. Select the 'Printers' link in the Hardware and Sound sub-menu.
Locate your printer's icon link in the pop-up window that appears.
Click the printer's icon link once to highlight it, and select the 'See What's Printing' tab option in the menu across the top of the window. A pop-up window will appear, and display all of the printer's history.
Right-click over the printer history and/or activity you want to delete. The printer history tabs will be located directly below the 'Document Name' column.
Select the 'Cancel' or 'Cancel All Documents' action in the drop-down menu in order to view and delete printer history items and activity. The Cancel action will enable you to delete selected printer history items. The Cancel All Documents action will delete all of the printer history simultaneously.

How to Find the IP Address of My HP 4100N Printer

Find the printer's control panel. Press the right 'Menu' button until the 'EIO' menu appears.
Press the right 'Item' key until you see the 'CFG Network' option. Use the 'Value' keys to change the setting to 'Yes.'
Press the right 'Item' key until you see the 'CFG TCP/IP' option. Use the 'Value' key to change the option to 'Yes.'
Press the right 'Item' arrow until you see the 'DHCP' option. Use the 'Value' keys to change the setting to 'No.'
Select the right 'Item' arrow key until you see 'IP Byte 1.' Use the 'Value' arrow key to change the setting to the first number in the IP address, then click 'Select' to accept the setting. Repeat the process with 'IP Byte 2,' 'IP Byte 3' and 'IP Byte 4.'
Press the right 'Menu' button until the 'Information' menu appears. Press the right 'Item' arrow until the 'Print configuration page' option appears. Press the 'Select' button to send the configuration page to the printer. Wait for the configuration page to print, then look at the TCP/IP settings to make sure the settings are correct.

How to Charge a Polaroid PoGo Printer (4 Steps)

Connect the AC adapter charger cable to the AC adapter port on the left side of your Polaroid PoGo instant mobile printer.
Plug the adapter into a wall outlet. If the printer is functioning correctly, the Power/Battery LED will begin blinking orange indicating that the battery is charging.
Wait for the LED to blink green in approximately 2.5 hours indicating that the battery has charged completely.
Unplug the charger from your PoGo printer and the outlet.

My Canon Printer Won't Print

Check the cable connection running from the Canon printer to your computer. If the USB data cable is not completely connected into either the computer or the printer the print request is not going to reach the printer.
Fill the paper tray of the Canon printer. If there is no paper (or only a few sheets) the printer is unable to print the document. Fill the printer tray and retry to print the document.
Open the document you want to print and select the 'Print' option. Click the printer selection and choose the Canon printer. If the Canon printer is not selected as the go-to printer it does not receive the printer request.
Install the Canon printer's drivers. Without the drivers the computer is unable to send the request to the printer. These drivers are available on a driver installation CD that came with the hardware. Insert the CD into the computer and follow the prompts of the installation wizard.
Change out the ink cartridges of the Canon printer. If the cartridges are running out of ink the printer is unable to produce the document.