Northwestern Print: Faculty and Staff on Windows: Set default printer to BW queue

Step-by-step instructions for faculty and staff to set the Northwestern Print black-and-white queue as their default printer on Windows 11. Covers navigating to Printers & scanners in Settings, selecting the BW queue, and setting it as default. Includes notes for users who cannot find the print queues or do not see the Set as default option.

This article explains how to set the default printer on Windows to the Northwestern Print faculty and staff print queue BW.

1. Select the Windows 11 search box and type Printer.
2. Select Printers & scanners from the search results.
3. Select BW from the list of printers.
   • Note: If you cannot find any Northwestern Print faculty and staff print queues, contact your local IT support. For unmanaged computers, follow the instructions to install Print Deploy.
4. Select Set as default.
   • Note: If you do not see the Set as default option, select the back arrow in the top left corner of the Settings window. Scroll to the Printer preferences section and turn off the option Let Windows manage my default printer. Then return to the BW print queue and select Set as default.
     
     
5. Close the Settings window.