Why my computer instead I try and print a document that asks you to save the document’s print? Whenever

Main issue merely by dankohner1: Why is it that every time I try and print a document my computer asks me to save the document instead of print?

instead of just printing the document. It will not let me print, why is this?

The correct printer is selected.

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Answer by Ioannis

When you click the print button, a small window appears. On the top part of this small window there is a drop list. You have to select the correct printer from there first and then click the print button on the bottom right corner of the small window.

EDIT

So it is probably not what I initially thought it was.

If what you are trying to print is an MS Word or Open Office Writer document, try saving the file as a .pdf and then try to print the .pdf file using Adobe Reader (free and safe download from the official Adobe website). Let us know what happens!

Answer by Hugh

You’ve selected the wrong printer.

Change the default setting.

Edit:If the printer is correct, delete it and reinstall.

Answer by Denver Al

It sounds like a Print To File printer (like Microsoft XPS Document Writer, PDF creator, etc.) is set as your default printer in Windows instead of the printer you want to print to, but you say you’re selecting the right printer, so a “print to file” port may be configured for your printer, so that whenever you print you are actually trying to create files with the print information in them on your computer’s hard drive.

Hopefully you’ve installed your printer (software, interface cable, etc.) onto your computer already, if not you’ll need to do that first, as well as make sure the printer is ON and connected to the computer. Usually when installing a printer it will ask if you want this to be your default printer, check the box or select “Yes” as needed. This should take care of it, but if you didn’t do that when you installed it then you’ll need to do this:

A simple way to check and change the default printer is to open a document you wish to print, go to the menu bar at top and click on “File”, move down the pop-up window to “Print”… and click on it. In the Print pop-up window find your printer in the window at top and right-click on it and then click on “Set as Default Printer” then select Print or Cancel at the bottom. Now shutdown the application you used, otherwise it may still try to use the old printer selection. Now whenever you click on the print icon it will print out on your printer instead of going to a file.

If you still have the “Save As” problem then the problem is your printer is setup for the wrong port in the properties section of the printer setup, a “print to file” port instead of a standard communication port to your printer and you’ll need to change it.

For XP:

Go to “Start”, select “Settings” then “Printers and Faxes”

Right click on your printer and select “Properties”

Click on your “Ports” tab (then see below)

For Vista:

Click the Start button, then Control Panel, now Hardware and Sound, and then click on Printers.

Right click on your printer and select “Properties”

Click on your “Ports” tab (then see below)

Windows 7:

1. Click Start (orb) button and then click ‘Control Panel’.

2. Then click ‘view devices and printers’ option under ‘ hardware and sound’.

3. All the available printers will be listed under ‘printer and faxes’. Right click on specific printer and then click on ‘set as default printer’.

The problem is your current port setting for your installed printer is set to “FILE: Print to File” and as such is printing the document to a file on your hard drive instead of to the port that your printer is actually connected to. Scroll through the list of available ports to find the port that your printer is connected to (probably USB {may be named like DOTsomething} or LPT1 or whatever you have) and check the box next to it and click the OK button at the bottom of the window – that should fix your problem.

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