Windows
comes with an incredibly useful feature called the Send To command. This
feature is found by right clicking on any document, and it allows you to
bypass file associations and open up documents in any program. You can
also send documents to the printer without having to open them first.
Doing either of these requires that the program or printers be listed in
the Send To menu.
Follow
these steps to add a printer to the Send To menu:
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Single-click
the Start menu, mouse over Settings, and select Printers from the
list.
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Right-click
your printer's icon inside the Printers folder and select "Create
Shortcut" from the menu.
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You will then
be asked if it's OK for the shortcut to be placed on the desktop.
Single-click the "Yes" button.
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Go to your
desktop and find the newly placed shortcut to your printer.
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Select the
new shortcut by single clicking on it. Once it's highlighted, hold
down and release the CTRL key + X at the same time. (This will
"Cut" the shortcut to be placed inside the Send To menu.)
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Open up My
Computer from your desktop and select the drive where Windows is
installed.
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Open up the
Windows folder and double-click the Send To folder.
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Hold down and
release the CTRL key + V at the same time to "Paste" the new
printer shortcut inside the Send To folder.
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Try
out the new shortcut by sending a document directly to your printer.
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