How can I add a printer to the send to context option?

John Savill

July 12, 1999

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A. To add a printer to the send to context option perform thefollowing:

  1. Start Explorer

  2. Move to your SendTo folder of your profile, e.g. %systemroot%ProfilesSendTo

  3. Open the printers folder (Start - Settings - Printers)

  4. Right click on the printer and drag to the SendTo directory and select 'Create shortcut here'

  5. Rename the shortcut to a shorter name by pressing F2

You will now be able to right click on a document and send to the printer,cool!

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